Forever and always

Chapter twenty

Olivia's pov:

July/ August 2021

I followed Max into his driver's room, he didn't say a word all the way there. He closed the door and sat down looking at me. "Why, Olivia? Why?" he simply asked, looking disappointed.. "What do you want me to say? I'm sorry for falling in love and finding someone who makes me happy, wasn't it what you wanted me to ever since the breakup with Matt?!" I asked. He took a deep breath and began to talk. "Yes, I want to see you happy! But I have known about Charles for many years. I know he's not worth it, he will use you and then dump you just like all of his previous girlfriends, he will with no doubt dump you whenever he finds someone he finds interesting" .. "I know that's not true!" I said, crossing my arms.. "It is, trust me Olivia. Have I ever lied to you?" he asked.

"No you haven't, but how can you sit there talking like that about someone you don't personally know? How can you really hate him so much, he's the most kindhearted person I know!" I said defending Charles.

He kept looking disappointed at me without saying anything. "Alright, fine, don't talk. But whenever you grow up and can accept that you can't control my life, maybe then we can talk.. Have a good practice Max, I'm out of here, I had enough shit talk for the day!" I said leaving him alone in his room. I walked towards Charles' room where he always said I could be if I wanted to, so that's what I did. I didn't really feel like talking with anyone right now.

I walked inside the empty room, I felt sad that my own brother was this selfish, and how he could talk like that about Charles, I know how much he loves me.

I sat down on the little two seater couch with my phone where I scrolled through instagram, a few fan accounts were going nuts about the pictures of me and Charles arriving together holding hands, people were so nice and supportive it was kinda overwhelming. After a little while sitting by myself pulling myself together, the door opened and in walked Charles. "You're back already?" he asked as he saw me sitting here all alone. "Yeah, it went horrible" I said as he walked closer to me. "I'm so sorry, what did he say?" he asked and sat down next to me, holding me close.

"He told me that I couldn't trust you, that you were gonna dump me for another girl and that he was very disappointed at me" I said I was so close to shedding a tear, but managed to pull myself together. "What the fuck! I hope you know that I will never dump you and I love you so much" he said, shocked. "I know, I know, and I love you too. Max obviously loves me very much, but he thinks he can control me, and he has to accept the fact I'm with you and if he doesn't he clearly is very selfish.. You made me so happy the last few months, you lifted me up from a black hole I thought I was stuck in, and I will be forever thankful for that!" I said, sending a little smile in his direction. "Aw, I would do it a million times just to see your gorgeous smile" he said, leaning closer to me. "How have I lived without you?" I asked, also leaning my head closer to his. "I was just thinking the same" he said, and closed the gap between us.

Charles and I talked for a while, he told me that Max had contacted him, and that he didn't want me to know which is just pissing me even more off, he isn't mature enough to text me, his own sister, what is going on with him.. I told Charles about the man earlier who talked shit to Luisa and I and he immediately wanted to find out who it was, and get him out of here. But I simply asked him to leave it alone, since it would make a big deal out of it. He didn't do anything else than talk shit to us, people are apparently just like that nowadays.

It was time for the second and last practice of the day, and Charles had just got into his car. I was watching from inside the garage this time since Luisa wasn't here for the second one, and I didn't want to go to the vip lounge alone. Plus it's always amazing and special being inside the garage.. The practice went fine, Charles was fifth fastest just right behind Carlos. Mick had crashed into the barriers so it was unknown if he will be able to race in qualifying tomorrow, since his car is very broken. But most importantly he was feeling alright.