The Footballer's Girlfriend

Part Three - Chapter Fifteen: Spanish Vogue

"I feel huge," Eliana muttered with a shake of her head, she brushed her fingers against her bare bump and tried to ease her mind; she was twenty-six weeks pregnant and she couldn't believe how big she was getting.

It was even strange doing a photoshoot when she was so big, Eliana didn't feel right and she hoped that the feeling would go away when the shoot got under way.

This would be her last one until her little boy was born and Eliana was grateful for that, she was sure that she was going to be the size of a whale when it came to delivery.

"You look beautiful," Cristiano replied leaning over and kissing Eliana, he knew that she was starting to get very uncomfortable and he couldn't imagine what being this big was like for her.

The way that Cristiano saw it, there was just more of his wife to love right now even if he didn't risk telling her that to her face; he had seen the look she had shot at one of the assistants when they'd commented on how big she was.

"Not long now," Cristiano murmured to her, the pregnancy was flying by and he couldn't wait for their son to arrive; he couldn't quite wrap his head around the fact that they were going to have such a big baby.

The midwife had slowly started to talk them through what would happen when their son was delivered by C-section, it was going to be booked during their next scan so that the baby would arrive safely.

The last thing that the midwife wanted was too put Eliana through a normal birth, the little boy was going to be large and there was likely to be damage if he had a normal birth with the large risk of Eliana bleeding out.

Making a small noise of agreement, Eliana looked at Cristiano pleased that he seemed more confident now that they had talked; she couldn't imagine what he would be like when their son was born.

***

Resting a hand on the bump, Cristiano brushed his lips against Eliana's trying to ignore the sound of a camera snapping around them; this was all so strange and it didn't make it easy with the film crew also watching them.

Eliana brushed her fingers through his hair, she tried to ease his mind knowing that the photoshoot had gone well; she could last a little longer without any worries.

Kissing Eliana, Cristiano couldn't resist not even caring if that wasn't what the director had asked for; he just wanted to kiss his wife, who was doing so well modeling while this pregnant.

It had been a very long time since the couple had worked together modelling, it had been how they first met and Eliana had a feeling that they would do it again someday.

"Cris," Eliana warned him softly, she pulled back smiling at him knowing that they were meant to be working and she couldn't imagine what would happen if she didn't stop him.

Cristiano certainly wouldn't care about the cameras catching an intimate moment between them, he had only ever been like that with her and she doubted that anyone really got to see this side of him but her.

Kissing Eliana again, Cristiano couldn't help but wonder how he had gotten so lucky; he smiled feeling his son kick and he couldn't wait to hold him in his arms for the very first time.

"I love you," Cristiano breathed so only Eliana could hear him, he ducked down and kissed her bump knowing that he would give anything to make this easier for her.

The pregnancy would be over soon and Cristiano was determined to be there for her every step of the way, even if he did have to go to Brazil for the world cup.

There was no way in hell that he was going to let Eliana be alone when their son finally came into the world; Cristiano was going to be there and hold her hand when it happened.

***

"The pictures look amazing," Eliana mused admiring Cristiano, he was doing some solo shoots and he looked so comfortable in front of the camera; she guessed he was used to it now after years of modelling.

It wasn't his favourite thing to do but it was a way of expanding his career since football wasn't going to last forever and Cristiano was determined to have some way of supporting their family when he was done.

"Just think it could have all been different," Jorge murmured sitting down next to Eliana, he was impressed with how far Cristiano had come in just a couple of years; he had never thought his client would be this happy.

The family that he had built with Eliana was everything to Cristiano, he adored his family and they would always come first for him no matter what he was doing.

"How so?" Eliana asked peeking at Jorge, she rested a hand on her bump and knew that nothing would change how she felt; she loved Cristiano and she wouldn't ever change.

It had been a long time for them to get to this point and Eliana couldn't help but be hopeful for the future; they had Elsa and in a couple of months they would have a beautiful baby boy as well.

"You weren't the original model that they wanted for the Armani shoot," Jorge mused looking at Eliana, she already knew that and she had been brought in at the last moment to replace some Sports Illustrated model that had dropped out at the last moment.

The director had moaned about how unprofessional the other model had been about waiting until the last moment to drop out; he had really landed on his feet by having Eliana model instead.

"The model missed her flight for the shoot... how lucky was that?" Jorge teased looking back at Cristiano, he knew that if the other model had made it then there was a chance that the footballer would have dated her.

Jorge didn't think that Cristiano would have settled down for her like he had done for Eliana, he had really been lucky that the model had missed her flight allowing Eliana to take her place.

"For me and him... very," Eliana replied with a smile, she rubbed her stomach and tried to relax knowing that she was glad the photoshoot had been done in her own home.

Soon she would be able to relax for a little while, her mother would bring Elsa home later once the crew had left; they hadn't wanted to disturb the little girl with what was going on.

Jorge nodded his head, he couldn't imagine what he would have had to deal with if Cristiano had fallen for Irina Shayk; he doubted that she would have given Cristiano what Eliana had.

"Glad we'll never have to find out," Eliana murmured carefully getting to her feet when Cristiano finished, she rolled her eyes as he hurried to her side to steady her; he worried way too much about her sometimes.

Cristiano kissed Eliana as he wrapped his arms around her, holding her close he was just glad that the shoot had gone well and they were now finished; he would be able to relax with his wife for a little bit.

Watching the couple, Jorge smiled knowing that if Cristiano had never met Eliana then he'd never have the control that he had now; it hadn't just worked out well for the couple but it had worked out for him as well.

"How are you feeling?" Cristiano mumbled gently, he brushed a hand against the bump knowing that he would always be there for Eliana; he wasn't going to ever miss out on being with his family.