Broken Speed | Verstappen & Leclerc

09 | sporty invitation

-|- Monaco -|-

I panicked and looked over at him, seeing a kind of hurt expression on Charles's face.

"No!" I said quickly, before I cleared my throat, "Sorry, I'm just... I don't know. It's a lot, I mean we never really had such a normal day and then you're here and help and... I just wanna say thank you."

Slightly I smiled at him, which he luckily returned. Over all these weeks I had learned one thing really good, lying. Hiding my true emotions, my feeling, I was an expert in that area, so Charles had no clue that this wasn't the reason I had been mad at him.

But like I said, I wanted to give him a new chance, also because somehow, even though I would never admit it, I liked that he was being here. That he was spending time with me, rather than with his girlfriend.

And the next two hours really were amazing. The boys asked a lot racing related questions, but, like they already mentioned, Charles listened to every single word, answering even the silliest questions.

He was really great and I also felt some butterflies again. From him acting with the kids, clearly not from something else. Even though I had to admit that he was looking stunning today, so handsome, the little dimples when he was smiling at Luka and Lio, the sparkle in his eyes when he talked about his race victories.

"It's so cool that you're so fast." the older sibling said after the Monegasque had shared another story while we were all eating our pizzas.

Well, I didn't had one fro myself, no I was eating what Luka and Lio left over from theirs. His comment though gave me a little sting in my heart as I wanted to be the one he would call fast. But at the moment I was everything else then that.

"You're so strong." Lio giggled and even reached for Charles's arm as the driver had undressed his sweater a while ago, leaving him in a white t-shirt.

"Lio." I admonished the younger boy, who just wanted to grab Charles's biceps.

The muscle flexed as I looked there and I immediately felt the heat rushing through my cheeks. Quickly I looked away, over to the kid.

"It's fine." Charles said before he turned his face from Lio towards me, winking, "I mean I'm used to it. The fan girls grab for it all the time."

Luka and Lio laughed and even the Monegasque smirked at me while my jaw dropped slightly, surely not prepared for such a comment.

"I'm kidding Max, calm down, it's all yours." he added with another wink, before he turned back and took a sip from his drink.

His comment though only caused me to feel even hotter inside, a tingle rushing through my lower body, my heart made a jump. He was clearly joking, still he had no idea what effect that had on me.

"I also wanna be that strong!" Luka luckily interrupted the awkward silence and I calmed down again, the heat waving off.

The boy then stood up and flexed his muscles, causing Charles a chuckle and I also had to smile.

"Me too!" Lio jumped up from his chair, also showing off his muscles to the driver.

"You two are so strong already." he then said before he leaned forward, "I'm going to the gym later, how about you and uncle Max join me? So we can get stronger together?"