Bad Reputation

46.

A couple of days later, Kelly and Max Verstappen also joined us in Spain.

I invited them mostly for Francesca, I knew she liked Kelly a lot and maybe she could talk about Kelly about all the hate and how to deal with that.

Kelly received a bunch of it as well and she handled it. She hated it though, but she did it for Max.

Just like Frankie did for me. Even though it would get much worse.

"I was in the club a couple of days ago" Verstappen said as we were sitting together on the couch.

We rented a pretty nice house, big enough for all of us, so I was happy they decided to come as well.

"Yeah? Was it fun?" I asked.

"Yes it was okay" he shrugged. "Anyways, I've heard a rumor about a bet"

I sighed, I was tired about hearing that bet. "She wasn't a bet, she never was"

I got up, looked outside. Francesca was laying with Kelly on the sunbed, sunbathing, but probably mostly gossiping.

About me, about Max. Probably both.

"I am not talking about her" he said as he got up and walked up next to me. "You are the bet"

I turned my head to him. "What are you talking about? What bet?"

"Your Frankie made a bet with the bartenders, to wrap you around her finger, to make you fall in love with her"

I frowned, looked back at Francesca.

"No, she wouldn't do that"

He chuckled. "She definitely made the bet" he said as he looked at Francesca and Kelly as well. "And since she is here, I think she won it as well"

Yeah she definitely did, because I couldn't even explain how down bad I was for her.

"Those bartenders are full of shit though" I turned to him. "Was it Jordan?"

"No, it wasn't him"

I shrugged. Couldn't believe she would do that, she seemed in love, just like I looked when I looked at her.

I needed to talk to her, I wasn't gonna mess this vacation up because some bartenders wanted to gossip.

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We all went to dinner together, Francesca was sitting next to me the entire time.

She talked to Kelly most of the time but she still kissed me from time to time.

I looked at her, started to think about how this whole thing started.

She wanted my attention, kissed me, said she was there on her night off.
She was never there on her days off.

She stayed with me even though everyone was telling her I was a red flag.
Thought she did it because she really likes me, but I guess I was wrong.

But when we had sex, I saw how much she was enjoying it, saw the look in her eyes.

She looked at me, just as I looked at her.

We were in love.

I wasn't gonna believe it until I saw the look in her eyes when I asked her about it.

Verstappen looked at me, tilted his head a little and nodded. I knew what he was trying to say, he was telling me to talk to her.

He was right.

I leaned closer to Francesca. "Do you wanna go on a little walk?"

"Yes sure, I would love to" she smiled.

I quickly looked at Verstappen, nodded at him and held her hand.

I was gonna take her to the beach, she hated sand, just like I did but it was were we had our first date.

If there was one place where she would be honest with me then it was on the beach.

She intertwined our fingers, walked closer to me.

"This is absolutely beautiful, I don't think I wanna go home" she said as we walked on the beach, sat down on the sand and she put her head on my shoulder.

And for once, we didn't care about the sand.

She was right, this was beautiful and there was no one else I wanted to have next to me.

"I have to ask you something though" I said, which made her look at me.

"Yeah?"

"Was I a bet?"