Jessie was sweet, petite, sexy as hell and everything that Sebastian Vettel had ever wanted, but she was out of bounds, she belonged to another man.
Jessie's husband was Seb's best friend. Seb would never betray him, no matter how much he wanted Je...
It was early evening when Seb pulled onto his parents' driveway. His mother's white Volkswagen Passat wasn't parked on the drive, but his father's black Tiguan was. She must have gone out. He breathed a sigh of relief. He had a temporary reprieve.
He got out of his car and walked up the path to the front door. It was unlocked. Heppenheim was such a safe place there was no need to keep it locked. That's what his parents said anyway. He kept telling them to lock it, but they never listened.
A sharp bark sounded out and a small brown ball of fluff shot down the hallway and began jumping up at him.
"Steady on Wilf," he told the Shih Tzu.
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"Wilf, less of the noise!" came his father's voice. Seb almost laughed out loud at the expression on his father's face as he spotted him. "Sebastian!"
Norbert Vettel marched briskly down the hallway and the two men threw their arms around each other. They hadn't seen each other since Christmas.
After they broke apart Norbert grabbed hold of Seb's arm and all but dragged him down the hallway to the kitchen.
"Your mother will be so happy to see you. I'm happy to see you. You look well! You should have told us you were coming, I'd have got some Jägermeister in. You are staying I presume? Hot chocolate?"
"Yes please Father, and yes I'm staying for a couple of nights. I didn't know I was coming. I've been to Zurich. I filed for a divorce this morning, so Mother may not be so pleased to see me."
He sank down onto one of the oak dining chairs. He hated being at odds with his mother. He hoped that with time she'd come around.
"Son, try not to take it to heart. Your mother loves you. At the end of the day, if you're happy she'll be happy."
Seb sat in silence as his father bustled around the kitchen making hot chocolate and putting some biscuits onto a plate.
Finally he placed Seb's mug on the table and sat down opposite him. "Did you see Ava?"
"I did."
"How is she?"
"At first she thought I was going back to her. She was all apologetic and loving. When she realised I wasn't, she turned nasty."
"I always knew she wasn't the one for you."
"You tried to talk me out of marrying her. I should have listened to you."
"Son, you had to do what you had to do."
"The Vettel Legend.... the woman I fell for..... I still love her."
"According to the legend you will love her for the rest of your life."
"It's Jessie," Seb blurted out. Norbert gave a deep chuckle.
