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we played with the kids until georgina finally came back downstairs.

"seems like you guys are having fun," she said while sitting down on the sofa holding bella.

i laughed, "me and eva are having loads of fun with these barbies,"

"thats nice. do you want to hold bella while i get you guys some snacks?"

"sure!" i smiled and sat next to her on the sofa. she gave bella to me as i carried her in my hands.

while georgina was gone, i pulled out my phone and took a picture of me holding bella and sent it to joão.

eleanor

Sent: 1 Image.

loml💕

that's you in 9 months but with our baby

i blushed. god this boy is such a flirt.

eleanor

my mother would be so happy if that happened, but no thank you 🙏

loml💕

oh cmonn🙏

georgina came into the room holding a plate full of biscuits and two glasses full of water. i put my phone away so i couldn't reply to him.

she put them on the table and said, "help yourselves girls!"

me and rosia picked up a biscuit each and ate it. after eating it i went back into the floor to continue playing with eva.

"barbie's going to a party" eva said as she made barbie walk to her drawer.

"oh yeah? which dress should she wear?" i smiled.

she thought for a few seconds then smiled and picked up a pink glittery one made for dolls. "this one!"

"good choice! it's so pretty." i said as i helped her put the dress on barbie. "and how is she going to get to the party?"

she picked up a toy carriage and i thought that my younger self would have loved playing with this

she made barbie go into the carriage and she shut the door. she moved the carriage across the room until she stopped at a place.

"here" she said, taking barbie out and making her enter the 'party'.

she looked at me and smiled. i smiled back and asked her "does barbie know how to dance?"

"yes!" she jumped up in excitement and made barbie's hands move up in the air like she was dancing. she was so cute.

while barbie was dancing i picked up my glass of water and drank half of it cause i was so thirsty.

"so how are you and joão?" georgina questioned.

i smiled. "yeah.. we're good, everything's great."

"i can tell looking at your neck."

i looked at my neck in alarm and sure enough the concealer had rubbed off. "ah shit" i muttered.

"don't worry." she laughed, "i'm not judging."

but it seemed like rosia was. she looked at me pretending to gag. i rolled my eyes at her and laughed.

"and how are things with cristiano?" i asked back.

"everything's good. he's just finished practice so i'm assuming he'll be here in about 20 minutes." she explained. "and how about antónio, rosia?"

rosia grinned and started telling georgina about him. i noticed that joão had texted me.

loml💕

do you wanna go for dessert after u come back? we need to talk.

after reading his message i got anxious at the last part.

eleanor

sure.. meet there at 6?

loml💕

yes. just tell rosia and she'll know where it is.

-

after a few hours it was 5:30 and we had to go.

i hugged eva and rosia hugged mateo and alana. i wondered where cristiano ronaldo jr was but i assumed he was in his room.

"thank you for coming, girls. i hope to have you back soon," georgina winked.

"thank you for having us. we had a great time," rosia smiled as i nodded.

we walked into rosia's car as georgina closed the door.

"joão asked me to go out for dessert and he said you knew where?" i asked her curiously.

her eyes lit up. "of course i know where! it's basically our childhood dessert place - it's bare expensive though. i'll take you there."

"thanks," i smiled and looked out the window. rosia played music again.

20 minutes later we finally arrived at the dessert place. i thanked her for dropping me off once again and got out the car. i walked inside and scanned the place until i found a familiar face.

rosia drove off as i walked over to joão. he was sitting in a booth waiting for me.

"hi." he said while i sat down opposite to him.

"hi," i replied suspiciously.

"i was gonna ask you out to eat dinner, but, i have a massive sweet tooth." he grinned and gave me a menu so we had one each. "get whatever you want."

i looked through the menu and god was rosia right. £20 for cake and custard??

"joão this is so expensive.. why don't we just share one?"

"no." he refused quickly. "are you forgetting who i am? i'm a millionaire, get whatever you want."

"alright, sugar daddy." i joked.

just then a waiter came by our table and asked kindly. "what would you two like?"

joão waved a finger at me, signalling that i could go first.

"um - can i get the brownie with vanilla ice cream please?" i asked.

"of course." the waiter said while writing it down. "and for you sir?"

joão spoke. "could i get a waffle with oreo ice cream?"

"yep! your orders will be here soon." he said with a smile and took our menu's and walked away

"so." i said. "what did you want to talk about?"

he instantly became nervous and i could tell. "well - um, it's kind of a question actually.."

i smiled, "go ahead, shoot."

"you know, the world cup is starting soon and i have to leave next week to fly to qatar."

and now i became nervous. would that mean not seeing him for a month??

"and i wanted you to come with me.. will you?" he asked nervously.

i immediately smiled, "i need to ask my parents first but of course i'll go with you!"

he let out a breathe he was holding and his legs stopped shaking. "thank god you said that. i couldn't imagine a whole month without you," he smiled.

i smiled back. "i don't think i could ever go a month without seeing you too, either."

he grabbed my chin and kissed me gently.

"how was practice?" i asked after we pulled away.

he ran his hand through his hair and sighed, "it was alright, but coach is making us practice 2 hours every day this week."

"i bet your exhausted,"

"very. how was it with georgina?"

"oh it was great, me and eva got along quite well.. georgina's so nice though," i told him.

i saw the waiter come to our table and place our desserts down, "enjoy!" he said while walking away.

joão picked up a spoon and handed me it and picked up a knife and fork for his waffle.

i picked up some of the brownie and ate it. immediately i moaned, "mmm"

"is it good?" he asked.

"extremely," i answered back as i got some brownie in my spoon and fed it to him.

"you're right," he said after he ate it. "it's delicious."

he got some waffle in his fork with nutella and oreo bits and he fed it to me before trying it him self.

"yum!" i exclaimed.

we continued to eat our desserts, and i gave him some of my vanilla ice cream. when he ate it he got some on his mouth.

i used my thumb to swipe it off him and i licked it. he stared at me intently and i knew what he was thinking

"stop being so dirty minded joão, it's vanilla ice cream," i blushed.

"sorry. my bad," he laughed.

after a while we were stuffed and we couldn't eat anymore. he payed the bill and then we got in his car.

"will you stay at mine tonight?" he begged.

i shook my head, "sorry i've gotta go home - my mum is probably worried about me."

he groaned but said, "alright, i understand."

-

when we got to my house he kissed me quickly and let me go.

i waved him bye as i got out the car and opened my front door.

"eleanor, we need to talk." my mother said.