Champagne Problems

ᴛʜɪʀᴛʏ ꜰɪᴠᴇ- ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ ᴡᴀɴᴛs ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪᴛ ᴡᴀɴᴛs

„What? What happened?" I asked him.

He was in shock.

„No, no, no. This can't happen" he said, picking up his breath.

„Charles, try to calm down, okay? Try slowly breath in and breath out" I said. He followed my lead and came down a little bit.

„Thank you" he told me.

„Okay now, tell me what wrong"

„They leaked photos from today with Jules" he slowly said.

„Okay, but thats not too bad. I mean they can only assume, right?" I tried to think.

„Well" he stated nervously

„Well what Charles? Talk to me"

„They put two and two together. They realised it was the child that Max brought to the races, so they knew it was your child. They found out we were together back in the days. Amélie, they think it's my kid, I mean we look like twins. What are we doing now?" he explained.

I was shocked. By now I held the same expression on my face as him.

Can the day get any worse?

„Charles, please tell me you're making a horrible joke" I nervously asked

„I'm sorry, Amélie. It's real" he told me and gave me his phone to read.

„Charles Leclerc rumoured to have a child with Verstappens girlfriend" click to read more.

I mean, they stated the obvious in the article, but they said things that just aren't true. For example that I only am together with Max to possibly get revenge or that I just want to sleep around.

I mean there were already a few pictures of Jules and me online, but nobody obviously knew who the father was. Now that people put things together and have seen Charles with him, they're gonna put out a big story and it will get huge media presence. The thing Charles didn't want.

„Honestly, I'm not even pissed about them finding out, I'm more pissed about people hating on you and spreading lies. Like, you don't sleep around. Things just happen. Please don't let them get to you, okay? They don't know anything" he said and moved over to hug me. He turned us around so I'm laying on him. I sighed and let me sink into this hug. He always had these comforting hugs.

„I'll talk to my PR Manager tomorrow to see what we can do about this. There will be a solution, I promise"

„Charles, now that I'm not together with Max anymore they will have more to say. They will find out eventually. I'm so fucked up. There won't be any solution, I will always be the bad person in this" I explained

„Hey, Amélie. You aren't a bad person. The media just need something to talk about and you are the easiest target. You can't do anything about this, the heart wants what it wants."

I looked up to him. He looked directly into my eyes.

‚The heart wants what it wants'

He was right. It wants what it wants.

„It will get better. You have me and I have you. Thats all what counts" he whispered

„And Jules" I smiled

„Yeah and Jules" he repeated laughing.

„We'll see how everything is tomorrow. Let's try to sleep" he said and gave me a kiss on my cheek.

„Bonne nuit" I said.

„Bonne nuit" he whispered.

I thought we would change position, but he still held me like this. Me laying on his warm, shirtless skin. I felt like his skin was burning into mine, but I felt safe in his arms. I felt home. Something I never felt with Max, maybe in some moments.