Royal Speed | Leclerc & Verstappen

20 | rule break

-|- Netherlands 2021 - race break -|-

I still had no idea how I had agreed to this, but here I was in a car with Cathy and two of her security that would accompany us to the holiday house. Only that I would never arrive there. 

Yes, Verstappen and I had changed finally numbers at the race yesterday and later that night we had sat final details of this. It was crazy and I felt so bad for lying to my father, telling him that I would spend some more days here with Cathy.

Meanwhile she told her father that we would relax some days in the holiday house before we would return to work, she here in the Netherlands and I would fly back to Monaco. It was a massive rule break also, because I would be alone, with no security in a different country.

David would go with me, but he would stay at a hotel near by and from the moment I would met the Dutchman, he won't be there with me, currently in the car behind us. Nervously I started playing with my rings again as we came closer to our meeting spot.

"Why am I even doing this, it's so wrong." I mumbled.

"It's not, Charles." Cathy instantly returned, grabbing my hand that was laying in my lap, "You're following your heart and that can never be wrong."

"But we already broke so many rules."

"And you will break even more, but who cares. Look at Arthur and how crazy he is with that."

"But that's him, he's not the crown prince, he's not representing our country in a way I am, everybody expects me to be the good prince the prince who follows the protocol, the prince who marries a princess and give the royal family a child." I returned, slowly freaking out.

"Princess or racing driver I don't see a big difference." Cathy simply said and I looked at her, laughing as she only shrugged her shoulders.

"Thank you, for everything. I couldn't have done these last days without you." I said fully honest and squeezed her hand that was still holing onto mine.

"Always Charles, you deserve to be happy and from what I've seen he makes you happy. And you make him happy so please don't think to much and just look where this takes you." she smiled before she giggled, "And I wanna see some pictures of you. You have my number, text me or call, okay?"

"Okay mother." I joked and sarcastically rolled my eyes.

"Idiot." Cathy laughed and I joined in until the car stopped and my smile dropped.

"Is this the car?" our driver asked and we looked at the black sports car, not sure until the door opened and the Dutchman stepped out.

"It is." Cathy beamed before she jumped out, "Hi Max."

They hugged each other before I followed her, smiling at Verstappen as I got closer.

"Hey."

"Hello prince Charles." he returned before hugging me as well.

Instantly I closed my eyes again, taking this moment in as I really loved his hugs. They were just so strong yet comfortable and I could die for them. The sense of his aftershave hit my nose I instantly had to smile.