The encounter of a lifetime - Charles Lerclerc

Chapter 73

We wake up in our little bungalow and enjoy a breakfast that we order from room service. We decide to sit on the table that is on our terrace with a view of the sea. We have lots of fruit, pancakes, waffles, in short, everything is perfect.

Charles: So bébé what would you like to do today? We can go to the beach, go cycling, visit the city, whatever you want. But tonight I have a surprise for you.
Emma: I can't wait to find out what this surprise is. And for today we can go to the beach this morning and then do some biking if that's okay with you.
Charles: Sounds like a perfect program to me.

He gets up and comes to place a soft kiss on my lips while passing his hand through my still wet hair.

After having finished our breakfast, we go to put on our bathing suits and head towards the beach. Our hotel has a private place with deck chairs and umbrellas. So we sit on two deckchairs and go swimming. The water is very hot and it is really clear. It's like in the pictures you can see. It is transparent with fine white sand all around.

We swim a bit, then I go to sit on the lounge chair to read a bit while Charles continues to swim. He took a mask and a snorkel and plans to snorkel, so he may stay in the water for a while yet.

For my part, I took a new book that my sister gave me. It's called Throttled and was written by Lauren Asher. She bought me this book because apparently "it looks like my life". So I immerse myself in this romance to see if it actually resembles my life.

A few hours later Charles comes back to me and sits on the chair next to mine.

Charles: What are you reading?
Emma: A romance between a Formula 1 driver and his teammate's sister.
Charles: Wait what? Are there really pilot romances?
Emma: Of course. There are several books that exist and there are also fanfiction to obviously.
Charles: The what?
Emma: Fanfiction. These are stories that are often written on Wattpad in relation to well-known personalities. And there are plenty about you.
Charles: We? All pilots?
Emma: Yes. Wait I'll show you look.

I take out my phone and start showing him how many fanfictions there are about him.

Charles: But this is all about me?
Emma: Yes. But there are also tons on Lando, Pierre, even certain or for example you are in a relationship with Pierre or things like that.
Charles: Wait what? Where am I with Pierre?
Emma: Yes yes.
Charles: Oh my god this is all unreal.

I laugh like crazy. Seeing him uncomfortable like that is really funny, because he's always so self-confident and hardly impressionable.

He asks me what these fictions are about and asks me if he can read a passage. I tell him it's not a good idea but he insists. So I show him a spicy scene between him and his girlfriend in a fiction. He turns red as a tomato and hands me the phone without saying a word. After a few moments he asks me if many people read this kind of thing and if I have already read it. I don't lie to him and confess to him that before we got together I happened to read it. He asks me to show him the one I read but I refuse. He insists like a child but I stand my ground. It bothers me too much that he sees the spicy scenes that I read about him.

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We decided to do some biking this afternoon and walk around the island a bit. The bikes we rented are very Californian with baskets in front and are in pastel colors.

We leave to explore a little, we go through small paths in our hotel first, where we find lots of restaurants that we want to try during our stay. We then go further along the sea. The walk and the view are very beautiful. We stop after about 1 hour of cycling near a small wooden hut on the beach that sells ice cream. We take one and take the opportunity to have a cocktail in a pineapple because we find it very funny.

After our short stop we head back to our hotel while racing to find out if we will be the fastest.

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After taking our shower and getting changed for the evening, we go for a drink on one of the terraces of our hotel. It's sunset time which makes the moment even more special.

Charles posts a story on his instagram to immortalize the moment.

He took 15 minutes to take his picture to really look how he wanted, which made me laugh a lot. Even when he does simple things, like making a story, he makes me laugh.

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After this small cocktail we go to eat in a small restaurant of our hotel. It is very pretty and we eat very well there. Charles takes fish and I take pasta.

As soon as we have finished our meal we go outside. Charles tells me we need to get to the beach quickly. I didn't quite know what was going on. Arrived there it is completely dark and that's when I realize that the water "shines". The water is electric blue and there are stars in it. I had never seen anything so beautiful in all my life.

Charles pulls out a kind of blanket from his backpack along with a bottle of champagne and two goblets. He takes my hand and invites me to sit next to him. He pours us drinks and we sit there most of the night, both just enjoying the view and each other's company. It is once again one of the most magical moments of my life.

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