Sequel of "Come Back...Be Here - Charles Leclerc"
Four years later, Mary and Charles inevitably cross paths again.
Will they rekindle their love? Or are the scars too deep?
By now, it was already snowing in Boston and Bobby and I prayed that the airport wouldn't shut down tomorrow in order to be able to catch our plane to Florida as we were set to spend Christmas at his family's mansion in Palm Beach. The past years, I always flew back to London to spend the holidays with my family as the Kennedys had a strict "No ring, no bring" rule for all their gatherings. But I had the ring this year and I was looking forward to spending some time with my in-laws.
"You know, I never spent Christmas somewhere warm" I told Bobby when we had settled into our seats on the plane. "You'll love Florida, but watch out for the alligators, they're everywhere!" he chuckled and I looked at him horrified. "But I will protect my beloved bride" he added and leaned in to kiss me.
My fiancé was right and I indeed loved Florida, and Christmas was very much like every other gathering at Hyannis Port, with an army of cousins, uncles and aunts around. His mother, Carolyne and me also continued our wedding planning, finally finalising our guest list. The date was set for mid-June and it was an "intimate" affair with around 600 people invited and 250 lucky folks of them had been chosen to join us for a wedding dinner afterwards. My dress was going to be custom-made by Ralph Lauren and I had already flown to the atelier in New York personally to talk to Ralph about my wishes and visions for the dress.
We then took a plane to London on the 26th to join my family for a day and to not miss out on our traditional Boxing Day trip to Stamford Bridge. Bobby was still very new to European Football, so he just cheered on Chelsea because we did too.
And after that, we finally took a jet to Switzerland to drive to a chalet in St Moritz, obviously owned by his family, to spend a week of skiing there. All of the East Coast's who's who was there too, the Vanderbilts, the Rothschilds, the Rockefellers, and of course they were all childhood friends of my fiancé. His best friend Nick Rothschild, who was also going to be his best man, was throwing a New Year's bash and had invited a very selected group of people. As far as I knew, Oli and Amelia were invited, obviously not because of him, but because of his girlfriend, Alice and her boyfriend, some other friends of Bobby's, some Greek Prince and apparently a few Italians too, as Nick had spent a year at uni in Milan when he was still younger.
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📍 St. Moritz - Switzerland Tagged: achi_of_greece, mary.wright98 bobbykndy Winter in the Alps ⛷️
It was finally New Year's Eve and Bobby and I were getting ready to go over to the Rothschild chalet for a heavy night ahead. When we stepped inside, I noticed that it looked similar to the Kennedy's only that there was a long table set for all of us in the middle of the living room. "There they are!" Nick exclaimed and greeted us warmly. "You'll never guess who's coming!" he added, speaking to Bobby. "Who?" my fiancé asked curiously. "Charles Leclerc! He's dating Aurelia Aldobrandini!" Nick exclaimed and I rolled my eyes. "What? No way! AA?" Bobby howled with laughter. "Ok so, she's the niece of the Fiat owner and we call her AA because she has a bit of a drinking problem. Her parents keep her on a short leash, but yeah, I met her in Milan and we kind of stayed connected. Anyways, she's now dating your ex" Nick explained to me. "Great!" I said and smiled.
Charles and Aurelia were one of the last one's to arrive and while she greeted everyone happily, Charles stayed in a corner of the room, looking like a lost puppy. Our eyes met and I gave him a friendly wave, which he not only not returned, but he quickly looked away. Rude asshole. Aurelia was now making our way over to us and greeted my fiancé, who promptly also introduced me. "Sooo, I heard you're dating a hotshot athlete" Bobby teased her. She rolled her eyes. "Sometimes I just pray that he disappears into thin air" she said annoyedly. "Oooh! Champagne, excuse me guys" she chimed up when she saw that we were standing right next to the bar.
"Shall we go talk to him?" Bobby asked me after we had mingled around for a bit more. "Who?" I asked confusedly. "Charles? He looks a bit lost" he replied and looked at me. "Um, you can go, I'll just find Nick's sister" I said. "No, come on! I like being glued to you" he said grinning and pulled me towards my ex. "Heyyy man, commiserations on the missed out Championship, but Lando was just on fire this year!" Bobby said after greeting him. "Thanks. Hi Mary." he said and nodded in my direction. "How cool is it that you're dating Aurelia? She's like one of my childhood friends, her family sometimes spent the summers in Cape Cod with us!" my fiancé said, he always knew how to make up a conversation. It was a talent that was very much needed for his future career as a politician. "Amazing" he scoffed. "I'm going to the loo, if you'll excuse me."
"Wow. What a happy couple" I said and we both burst out in laughter. "That was the weirdest two small-talks I ever had in my life" Bobby howled. It was now time for us to take our seats. My fiancé and I sat right at the center, in front of Nick and his sister, the hosts of the evening. Charles and Aurelia sat at the right end of the table and I saw that Oli and Amelia were sitting next to them. Charles' face finally lit up a bit as he was engrossed in a conversation with my brother and also Aurelia seemed at ease talking to Amelia.
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📍 St. Moritz - Switzerland Tagged: alicebecket mary.wright98 Ringing in the New Year
carmenmmundt You girls look great! Happy New Year! fred_becket Looking good you two! Greetings from us and baby Theo sitting in cold Wiltshire! victoria.kennedy Happy New Year! I can't wait for you to become my sister this year 😍😘
The food was amazing and we finished around 23:45 and got dressed to watch the fireworks from the balcony. I put on my future mother-in-law's heavy fur coat that she had lent to me for the holidays, as she definitely didn't need it in warm and sunny Florida. "You look like a Russian Tsarina" Bobby said as we made our way outside. "Let's hope I don't end up like the last one" I chuckled.
Suddenly, someone started the countdown and at 8, Bobby and I pressed our lips together, waiting to ring in the new year, the year we were going to be married. "I love you" he said when we pulled away in 2028. "I love you" I replied and everyone around us disappeared in a blur, we were just living in our own world for a few moments.
