Don't Blame Me | Charles Leclerc

Chapter 4

Charles was walking back and forth, waiting for Angie to meet him at his apartment as she asked. It was weird for her, she never wanted to come to his place and she decided to do that only the day after the drama broke out about him cheating on his official girlfriend with his secret girlfriend. He was nervous, not knowing what to expect from this situation.

He almost ran to the back door when he heard someone knocking. He quickly opened it and leaned in for a kiss, but Angie passed right by him without even saying hello. She wasn't smiling like she used to, a serious look on her face and her arms crossed on her chest were indicating that something bad is supposed to happen.

"Have you seen my pictures on Twitter today?" She asked quickly as Charles was closing the door behind her.

"No. What pictures?" Charles asked concerned. "I haven't been online since yesterday. I was not in the mood to see people slandering me, you know?" Charles wanted to take her hand and lead her to the sofa, but Angie rejected his hand and stood her ground. "Okay, what's happening baby? You're acting weird and I'm starting to get worried"

"You're starting to get worried?! Imagine leaving your apartment in the morning and having cameras basically shoved into your face!" She was gesturing pretty heavily when she was not mad, but it was on another level now. "Paparazzi were waiting for me to come out and asked questions. If I knew you have a girlfriend, if it was really only a one night stand or you were having an affair for longer, what it feels to be a homewrecker..." She finally sat on a sofa and a single tear has rolled down her cheek. "They even followed me all the way to the university! And waited there until I'm done with my classes only to harass me when I'm out and follow me back home! I had to sneak out the back door to come see you and avoid all of the people that are standing in front of your garage. Charles, I can't live like that"

"These bastards are unbelievable. I'm so sorry this happened to you love, I would make it right if I could" He sat next to Angie and gave her a hug as she quietly sobbed. "It's going to pass, people would eventually forget and in 11 months when my contract is going to end, we're going to be officially in a relationship" He tried to console her, but it didn't seem to be working.

"No Charles, we won't be. What if someone asks how long we've been together and one of us is going to slip and say a year and a half when you just got out of a year long relationship with another woman?" She had a point and Charles was aware of that, but didn't want to admit it. "People are saying all of the worst things about me online. When my pictures from this morning went on Twitter I was called the nastiest names you could imagine. They're not going to forget and if we ever come out official, they're gonna remember it was me that you cheated with. I'm not able to deal with that. It's your world, not mine" Angie wiped away her tears and stood up. "I'm sorry Charles, I love you and it's not changing anytime soon but I can't be with you anymore. I need to protect my mental health from all of the shit that's happening in your life, because if I don't, they'll get into my head and I can't risk that"

"Angie, you can't leave me! We're going to get through this, I promise" Charles grabbed Angie's hand and placed it on his chest. "Our love is stronger than this. Come on, you know that. You can't give up on me so easily, I told you things can get hectic in my life sometimes. Don't leave me like this"

He felt tears coming and tried to stop them, but just couldn't. Angie was also crying, it was obvious none of them wanted to break up but Angie seemed sure of her decision. Charles was looking his girlfriend in the eyes searching for any type of doubt, unfortunately he didn't find any.

"You basically threw me under the bus saying I was a one night stand. I don't accept being the bad guy in this situation and getting all of this hate. I've agreed when you told me you don't want to make us official. I even accepted you having a fake girlfriend for the public! It hurt when I saw pictures of you kissing and hugging. And the radio message after you crashed? I didn't think it would be this hard for me, but I managed to get over it because I love you. But this is just too much" Angie started to head to the door, but stopped with her hand on the handle and turned around to look at Charles one more time. "If you don't come clean and tell the public that your relationship with Diana was fake and it was me that was your girlfriend in the first place, I don't see myself ever coming back to this circus that is your life right now"