Picture Perfect || Charles Leclerc

Part Fourteen ✨

Charles POV

There was my beautiful girl. Although, she is not my girl, yet.  My plan with Pierre worked. I saw her rolling her eyes when she looked up from her phone. I just gave her a small smile and stood up when she got closer to our table. I gave her a subtle kiss on the cheek which she luckily accepted.

'Thankyou for coming. You look breathtaking' I was sure there was some drool at the corner of my mouth. I could look at her forever.

'Well not voluntarily but sure. You look handsome.' She was almost shy to say it but I was happy she did.

'Look, I'm sorry for what I said, I shouldn't have done that. I'm not the best at expressing my feelings..' I looked down and started fidgeting with my rings.

'I know, I'm not blaming you. I'm just a bit dissapointed I guess' I nodded my head at her and our food came. We talked about work for a bit while eating our dinner and we drank a couple of glasses of wine.

'I have to use the bathroom real quick' She said to me.

She came back after a couple of minutes and her cheeks were bright pink. She is so cute.

I waved the waiter over to ask for the bill but he said someone already paid. I looked at Shannon and she showed me her beautiful smile.

'You didn't have to do that' I said with slight dissapointment.

'I wanted to!' I had to laugh at her and we made our way out of the restaurant.

I took her hand in mine and she let me which meant she opened up a bit. I took her along a walk at the beach to a spot where I had set something up. I set up a blanket with some candles and a bottle of wine. It was a small gesture but I wanted to show her she was not just fun to me.

I looked at her and she was already smiling from ear to ear. I admired her face when I looked at her. I've always loved her eyes. They are ocean blue and I love the ocean.

She sat down at the blanket first and I followed her. I opened the bottle of wine and filled our glasses with it. When they were filled I handed one glass of wine to her and we looked deeply into each others eyes. I could feel the tension building between us.

We began drinking the wine and talked about our family a little.

'My mum really wants to see you again sometime, if you want to ofcourse!'

'I would love to! She is like my second mom' I smiled at her comment and it made my stomach flutter a bit.

I grabbed a present out of my pocket which I bought for this night. She looked surprised but accepted my present. She started opening it and her jaw fell to the floor.

'Charles, you didn't have to do this!' I smiled at her and stroked my hand gently against her cheek. She leaned into my touch like she was longing for it.

'Put it on for me' I said and she put on the silver ring I bought for her, which had her initials on it.

She came closer to me and embraced me in a tight hug. 'Thankyou so much Charles, I love it!'

'It's not just a ring actually, it's a promise ring. It's my promise I'll always be by your side and I'll never hurt you again baby. I really love you, not just as friends.' My little speech made her blush incredibly.

I put my hand on her cheek again and I leaned in towards her. She started leaning in too and our lips touched within seconds. I love the way she tasted. This time it was her who swiped her tongue across my bottom lip. I quickly let her in and our tongues danced around each other perfectly. It was like our mouths were made for one another.

She pulled away from me to catch her breath and stared deeply into my eyes again.

"I love you too Charles" She gave me one last peck on my lips and caressed my cheek softly.

"Can you sleep with me tonight?" I asked her.

"Ofcourseee!" Gosh that was kind of a relieve.

We went back to the hotel and got to my hotel room this time. Shannon didn't have any clothes with her here, so I gave her my hoodie and some joggers. We got in bed and watched a movie until she fell asleep in my arms. I closed my laptop and went to sleep too.

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After a couple hours of sleep I felt Shannon shifting a lot besides me. I opened my eyes and saw she was all covered in sweat. She was turning and whimpering this whole time. Shit.

'Get off of me!' She yelled. Fuck.

I shook her body wildly to wake her up. She didn't respond at first but after a couple of seconds she opened her eyes. She looked very pale and terrified.

I firmly took her into my grip and held her there. 'You're safe baby, you're with me' I felt her relax against me when she heard my voice. I could hear she started to sob quietly so I stroked her hair for a little.

'Don't cry beautiful. Nothing is ever going to happen to you again' I felt her gripping me tightly as if she was afraid I was gonna let go of her.

'Thankyou Charles, for being here.' She closed her eyes again and drifted off to sleep.

'Anything for you, chérie.'