Ma chérie • Kylian Mbappe

20. Trust

The ringing of my phone woke me up. Still half asleep I picked it up to see Ethan was FaceTiming me.

"Hello?", I yawned.

"Are you still sleeping?", he asked.

"Yeah, what time is it?", I rubbed my eyes.

"It's 9am, get up!", he said, "So, then I guess you haven't seen it yet?"

"What do you mean E?", I asked him not knowing what he was talking about.

"After I left yesterday.. What happened?", he wanted to know.

"Why are you asking that?"

"Well, I don't know how to say this, but there's an article online of you and Hakimi..", he said.

My eyes got big. "What? What article?"

"I'll send you the link wait", he said.

Afraid about what I will see next, I still clicked on it being directed to a website. There was a big picture of Achraf and I as we were leaving the arcade game hall. In that photo we were both laughing very happily and he was holding his jacket over my head.

"Shit this does not seem good!", I exclaimed as I was scrolling down to read what they were saying.

"So? Do you wanna tell me something? Because Kylian is fucking pissed, like he saw Achraf's Insta story yesterday and already got suspicious, but after these photos dropped. Uhm yeah, he was beyond mad you could say", Ethan pulled me out of my thoughts.

"Shit Ethan what is that? Are they really saying Achraf and I have a thing going on? We did not hook up if that's what you wanna know! He accompanied Hanna and me to the airport and then we just decided spontaneously to hang out together, as friends!", I stressed the last part to make it clear, "Wait is that why I didn't hear from Kylian since yesterday? That's why he didn't text me back?"

"Yes he is absolutely mad and I think you really have to tell him that and make it clear that you only went as friends or else I'm afraid he might do something dumb. He doesn't know I'm telling you this, but he called me after seeing the story and I went over to Ney's place so they both wouldn't fuck up since it's now official, Bruna broke up with Neymar and flew back to Brasil and it seems that they're now broken up forever", he said.

"Oh shit. Ethan I don't even know what to say this is crazy. Where is Kylian now?", I asked him.

"We slept at Ney's place and they both went to training early", he said.

"Okay but I can't have this type of discussion with him at work!", I said.

"But you need to talk to him Emma! The thing is not only does it look like you cheated on him, it is also one of his closest friends..", he told me and I groaned.

"Yeah you're right. Fuck do they not have better things to do than posting this type of shit? Can someone not have normal friends nowadays and have fun with them?", I rolled my eyes.

"It's their job and that's how your life will be now. They're both famous, the media loves the drama", he explained, "I hope you can fix this. Tell me if you need anything."

"Thank you Ethan! I'll let you know", I said and hung up.

Fuck, this is just great.

After getting up and eating something for breakfast, I stepped into the shower and got ready for work. Today I walked so I could get my mind free. When I arrived there was already Gabriel waiting in the office.

"Please don't ask me anything!", I warned after seeing the look on his face.

"But I do have to say something.", he began, "The boss saw it.. And she asked me about it."