Ma chérie • Kylian Mbappe

21. Mine

"Emma I am so sorry", Ethan hugged me.

"It's okay it's not your fault, I should have known better", I wiped away some tears.

"I am sure Kylian's just afraid this will turn out like his past relationships. Like he said, give him some time and eventually he'll figure it out, that you're not like the rest of them. He loves you Emma, I can see that", he reassured me rubbing my back.

"I don't think it's that simple anymore. I gave him back his promise ring..", I admitted.

"What? Why did you do that?", he looked at me with big eyes.

"Because I was angry okay!", I yelled.

He pulled his hands through his hair.

"Your phone!", he said after noticing it was ringing.

I rolled my eyes. "Ignore it. That's what I'm doing all day already."

"Why? Who is it?", he asked.

"It's Achraf..", I said.

"Give it to me", he held out his hand.

"What?"

"You heard me. Give me your phone!", he demanded.

I didn't understand why, but at this point I don't even care anymore, so I placed my ringing phone into his hand.

"Hello? No, here is Ethan. Yes. No, I think it's better if you stop calling. No, I'm being serious, don't come near her. Of course! That must be a joke right? Ugh. Yeah you did fuck up, you're right! I can't help you man, you have to sort this out by yourself. Definitely talk to him, you can't just ignore this. Yeah, bye."

"What did he say?", I wanted to know as soon as Ethan hung up and gave me my phone back.

"Don't worry. He wanted to talk to you and apologize but I said he should stay away from you for now. He also keeps calling Kylian to clear this up, but he's also ignoring him and not answering his texts", he explained.

"And?"

"What and? I said he needs to talk with Kylian about this and he has to handle this on his own. That's another thing that's fucked up. He knows my brother, he knows he would act this way so why would he even let it get this far? It's just stupid!", Ethan spat shaking his head in disbelief.

"I don't understand. What are you trying to say?", I asked.

"I'm saying that maybe my brother has a good point of being mad", Ethan said getting up and getting himself a glass of water out of my kitchen.

"Okay and why? Again, nothing happened!", I remembered him.

"I know, I mean I believe you. But like I said Achraf knows Kylian pretty well, he knows how he reacts to stuff and he knows the media. He's not new in this. Of course sometimes you forget maybe or try to blend it out and live a normal life, but I don't think that's the case", he continued talking.

"Are you saying he did this on purpose? Like he knew the media would talk about this and put it in a different light? So that Kylian and I would get in a fight, because he.."

"Because he's interested in you. Yes", Ethan completed my sentence.

I was speechless.

"No fucking way", I put my hand over my mouth.

"I could be wrong, but something just seems off", he said.

"This is fucked up. He's Kylian's friend", I said.

"I know, but if you want something.. Well.. I don't know maybe I'm just exaggerating", he stretched his arms.

"Fuck.. I really don't know what to say", I put my head in my hands.