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Sunday October 16, 2022.

Monte Carlo, Monaco.

It was the early hours of the morning when Charles felt a movement in his bed, he was sleeping with his children like most nights that the children stay in the house, so he knew that one of the twins was awake, when he opened his eyes he noticed that his eldest son was missing and Hunter was awake looking at his mom, while Brooklyn was still sleeping in his sidecar crib, the faint scent of sandalwood and grapefruit could be smelled in the air, Charles's nose was still getting used to the scent of Max back in his room so it was always the first thing aught when he woke up.

"Hunter baby, where is Hayhay?" Charles asked his son, the two-year-old didn't answer and just shrugged his shoulders, which meant that surely when Hunter got up Hayden was no longer in bed.

Charles made an attempt to get out of bed, pulling the sheet and duvet off his body, kissing Hunter and swinging both legs out of bed, knowing Hayden had probably gone to the bathroom on his own without lifting Charles since "he is a big boy" although they had learned to go to the bathroom just over two months ago.

"Happy birthday mommy, I love you" Hunter said after turning to where Charles was, the little boy lay down on Charles's lap, as if he didn't want him to get out of bed.

"Thank you, my love" Charles replied giving his son a kiss on the forehead, when he tried to stand up again Hunter did not move from his place "Honey I have to look for Hayden"

"But it's your birthday" Hunter replied with a pout "You don't have to get out of bed."

“And what about Hayden baby? You know that your brother is afraid of the dark so he can be sad” said Charles, it would not be the first time that the omega had to search the whole house for his eldest son and then find him near a window or leaning on the floor to see some light in the hallway below the door.

"Hayds is with dad downstairs" Hunter answered, at first, he had an expression as if it was something obvious, until he changed it for a surprised gesture "you didn't have to know that"

Charles's middle child began to cry, he kept repeating that he had ruined the surprise, the omega lay down again on his bed with Hunter in his arms, he began to lull him and release pheromones full of tranquility, he repeated in his ear that he hadn't ruined anything since he already he knew, although it was a lie since he had no idea that Max was in his house, but that seemed to calm the little two year old so a white lie that he would surely forget wasn't such a bad thing.

In another part of the house, Max and Hayden tried to make breakfast, the kitchen seemed like a battlefield, Max did not have great skills in gastronomy and during the first stage of his relationship with Charles, the Monegasque was the one who cooked while Max only passes the ingredients or he did something specific like cutting the vegetables, since when they had divorced the Dutchman lived on precooked food or delivery most of the time, except when his children went to his house since Charles prepared meals for him; much of the breakfast he prepared was thanks to recipes he found online with his eldest son as taster, Charles would kill him if he found out he fed Hayden raw dough.

"Listen Hayds, as soon as we go upstairs you have to run to bed with mom, I'll come a few minutes later, you just have to distract him with Hunts, ok?" asked Max in a whisper to his eldest son, the boy nodded.

Carrying a four-person breakfast tray with one hand and a hyperactive child on his hip was pretty low on Max's list of favorite activities, but a little over two weeks ago this would have been nothing more than a dream for the alpha, so that I manage for to achieve this, when they reached the top floor, Max left his son on the floor and motioned for him to go back to Charles's room, which the little boy did, giggling as he ran.

"Happy birthday mom, I love you so much" Hayden said stretching his arms as far as he could as he entered the room.

"Where were you darling?" asked the Monegasque when he saw how Hayden was trying to get on the bed, he was still hugging Hunter, so it was impossible to help him apart from stretching one of his arms to make a lever with his.

“With daddy” Hayden replied quickly as soon as he could get on the bed, and like Hunter his expression quickly changed to one of surprise.

Max's laughter was heard in the hallway, luckily Hayden was able to hold back his tears although he looked sad, the Dutchman came to the room a short time later, holding the tray with breakfast on it.

"They're incredible huh, they keep even the smallest secret from mom, and they can't with dad" said Max with a fake annoyance in his voice.

"Maybe mom already knew" Hunter replied quickly so that his dad didn't feel bad, Hayden nodded his head.

Max looked curiously at the omega who only winked at him, so he continued the game raising his hands as a sign of forgiveness, he left the food on the bed, but the Dutchman did not enter the nest, even though he and Charles are still fine did not live in that house, twice he had only stayed to sleep he wish that they came back so he didn't know if he was or welcome.

"You can sleep with us Maxy" said Charles after seeing how the father of his children was struggling to get into the nest or not.

They ate breakfast giving small pieces of food to Jimmy and Sassy, the cats had stayed with Charles after the divorce although as with their children, the two of them also went to Max's apartment frequently.

"Can we stay in bed all day please?" Charles asked, lying down better on his bed after placing the tray on the floor, hugging Hunter more closely who was next to his mom.

"Nope, I planned a whole day like you did in Singapore so as much as I would love to stay here, we have to leave in an hour" Max said seeing how Charles' eyes filled with curiosity.

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La Croisette

Around 09:20 in the morning they got out of bed, Charles was not allowed to wash the dishes or prepare his children for departure, so after getting ready, and grabbing a sweatshirt from Max in case he went down temperature, down to the ground floor of the house to meet the rest of his family ready to embark on the journey to God knows where that Max planned.

"NO" Charles yelled before Max opened the door to the garage, four pairs of blue eyes looked worriedly at the omega "we can't leave"

"Why what happened?" asked the Dutch alpha in alarm.

"How are we going to leave without bringing any snacks for the boys?" Charles asked going to the kitchen, a couple of little feet sounded behind him and a somewhat annoyed snort as well.

"We're not going that far; I don't think they're hungry" replied Max seeing how the omega was looking for something in the cupboard.

"Even if we went to my mom's house, I can't go out without taking anything just in case" replied Charles, pulling out a bag of what looked like lactal bread.

"We can buy him something on the way" Max saw how Charles's eyes closed for each word he said, so his voice lost strength "or I can help you prepare something and by the way you do something for us too"

In the end they made a dozen ham and cheese sandwiches, as well as keeping a bottle of apple flavored water along with small plastic serviette bottles in there, Charles also kept other snacks and a few other things that Max couldn't get a good look at.

It was a 25 minute drive from Monaco to Nice, he only knew they were going to the French city because he saw the sign on the route, Charles put on his Spotify playlist of his children's favorite nursery rhymes, this was an unknown image of Max, that of the loving family man, yes someone from Mercedes or some mv0 believer saw him singing “Baby Shark” and doing a deeper voice when it was the 'daddy shark' part, they were surely going to use it to embarrass him or put him down, but there was no more favorite version of Max than Charles that this one, although he loved Mad Max (certainly angry Mad Max has given Charles the best sex of his life) the off-piste Max, the affectionate alpha who got up in the morning to take care of one of his children when he woke up crying, the one who saw cocomelon and he sang nursery rhymes just because his children they loved them, that was undoubtedly Charles's favorite version.

The first thing they found when they arrived was the promenade, where Max parked the car to make it easier to get around Nice and serve as a point of reference, Max took Brooklyn out of his chair to put him in his baby stroller while Charles helped him put they backpacks on the twins and grabbed his youngest son's diaper bag and gave him the backpack with the food and drink along with the other things he brought "just in case" for Max to carry.

"I hate these backpacks, they look like leashes for dogs" said Max annoyed, holding with his right hand the 'straps' that join Hayden's Raccoon backpack and Hunter's Fox backpack "looks like I'm walking Jimmy and Sassy"

"Since you found out I was pregnant with them, you became obsessed with calling them puppies" replied Charles ironically carrying Brook's baby stroller "also Sassy I don't know would let him put a harness, Jimmy maybe yes"

"That has nothing to do with it, they are my pups, but that doesn't mean I want to treat them as such" replied the alpha looking at his older sons who were a few feet ahead of them.

"It's ok Maxy, that Hunt runs off again like he did in Singapore, or that Hayden thinks he is the leader of the pack and wants to cross the street without help" Charles replied to Max's complaint "or take them both raised, sure that they wouldn't mind being 'treated like babies'”

The Dutchman just rolled his eyes, the omega had a very good point, but Max wouldn't admit it out loud.

The views of the historic and luxurious buildings that were along the seafront did not stop filling Charles' attention, his photo gallery quickly filled with images of Max and his children with some nice building behind, Charles had studied bachelor's degree of history with specification in the history of art and archeology, although he had never practiced since the same year he had graduated he got married and the twins were born, so seeing those majesties that some were rebuilt and others were saved from the Second War world was a wonder to his eyes.

"Can we go to the beach?" Hunter asked looking at the blue water of the French coast.

"Don't drink, us didn't bring clothes for the water and the sun is very strong" The Monegasque answered looking towards the sun "although if you have to put sunscreen on them, thanks for reminding me, Hunter"

The four Verstappen alphas complained when that white cream all over their skin, Max hated the texture of the sunscreen but as it had to be the example for his eyes he just limited himself to making faces every time the cream settled in the union of some part of his body, Hayden was more quiet since he's 'the biggest' (by three minutes) and didn't like causing trouble for his mom, very unlike Hunter who was concerned that sunscreen didn't dry fast and stuck to his clothes, and Brooklyn was he spent it pouting every time the cream touched some chubby part of his body, for Charles it was easier since it was his own hands that spread the sunscreen over the visible parts of his body.

They met tourists who approached Max for a photo or to congratulate him on his new championship, Charles and his children walked away every time that happened since the Red Bull driver was very reserved with the family issue and did not like that anyone can approach him with intentions to see or meet his puppies, for that same reason before his divorce Max did not like to leave home, and with the entire coronavirus pandemic it was easier to comply with that, and thanks to that measure it is that on the internet there weren't many pictures of their children's faces.

There were also some celebrities who were residents of Monaco walking by most approached the Dutch to talk, but unlike his fans Max finished the conversation very quickly, not bothering if he was rude or not.

“Could we spend part of our vacation in Cannes?” Charles asked suddenly, the omega was looking longingly at the port.

"Sure, why?" asked Max standing right next to him, the twins came running to their parents when they felt his father not move.

"Call me lazy, but I want to spend at least a week on your yacht in the Mediterranean Sea, ride the jet skis, play volleyball with the boys, stay all day on the yacht except to go eat" Charles replied with a giggle "Besides, it seems that the boys really like the view"

"So, we won't go to Ibiza post world cup?" asked the alpha with a tone that he thought was sarcastic, but he wasn't very good at the look on Charles's face when he heard the name of the Spanish island.

"Excuse me Maxy, but I'm not ready to go back to Ibiza" The Monegasque replied with a pout, their relationship was improving at an advanced pace since Max's birthday in Singapore, but there were still issues that hurt and they did not dare to touch.

"It was a joke love" The Dutchman quickly replied "we can go to an island in Oceania or one in the Caribbean"

The conversation didn't continue, it was evident that they had to talk about the things they hadn't discussed yet, but this was Charles's birthday, Max wasn't going to ruin it with complicated topics. On one part of the course, they came to a sign announcing an important and popular golf club in the city.

"Mommy is your club" Hayden said pointing to the logo of that golf course, the twins had seen it on Charles's clothes that he used most of the time when he was going to drop them off at Max's apartment.

"Do you still play golf?" Max asked as they walked towards the part where the different boats were parked.

"Yes, with Uncle Lando, Uncle Alex and Uncle George" Hunter answered for Charles, on several occasions the other three men went to Charles's house first, their children already considered them uncles.

"We come every time Alex and I have some free time, last year it was easier since Alex didn't have a team" the omega finally spoke, ignoring Max's increasingly stronger scent.

"Are you alone?" Max asked the question as casually as possible, but Charles laughed anyway, knowing his partner.

"Lewis and Carlos sometimes come, Pierre has accompanied me from time to time, but you know golf bores him" explained Charles while delivering a bottle of milk to Brooklyn "90% of the time it only serves to scare away annoying alphas"

"So, you come here most of the time alone?" He asked the Dutchman again, the alpha inside him was upset because his omega was exposed to dangerous situations while he was calm with his children in his house.

"Sure" replied Charles casually, he knew how to quickly annoy Max "I'm a divorced omega Max, there are few places where I could find an alpha to start dating"

"You were" Max emphasized, hugging Charles from behind with his only available arm, the omega only laughed exposing his neck a little and the permanent mark that was still a little fresh from Japan being more visible.

An unpleasant feeling began to develop inside Max, since the divorce he had thought that Charles was still grieving for the end of his marriage, the Dutchman tried to rebuild his life but the parties and the nightlife were what ended his family so it came out very sporadically, preferring to stay with his children, it never occurred to him that Charles was going to try to have a relationship with someone else, at least until Singapore and he told him about the kink and fantasy that some alphas had, but he wanted to convince himself that only was messing with him, but knowing that he went to golf clubs to meet other alphas turned on something inside the Red Bull driver, perhaps he had dates, casual sex or that something tried or even courted him mad Max start to clench his fists, this was another issue that he had to talk to Charles in the future.

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Grasse

Seeing the time Charles knew it was 09:50 in the morning, Max left them alone for a few minutes to approach a mini cruise ship that was about to set sail, the Monegasque did not know what the Dutchman had planned, but if he had to guess he would say that cruise was on the list of things to do.

Well no, or at least not yet, since Max raised the twins to climb faster, when the omega arrived with Brookie where the three alphas were, they began to walk towards the car, the photos in their instagram stories were all of the omega together with his family, received greetings from Max's acquaintances, as well as most of the Red Bull driver's fan pages, when checking his cell phone, he did not notice at the moment that they reached where the car was parked.

It was 50 minutes by car, Max made a joke that "it took longer to travel within a French city than from Monaco to France", Charles just looked at him offended and his two older children laughed at their mother's reaction while he 13-month-old baby imitated his siblings.

The town they had arrived at seemed to be medieval, it could easily be the scene of a series like Vikings or Game of Thrones, it seemed as if it had been frozen intime.

“It is as if it were the international city of perfume and aromas” said Max as he felt the different fragrances that flooded his nose.

"Mom likes perfume" Hunter said in an attempt to whisper to his dad, though everyone could hear him.

“Mom loves perfumes” Hayden went along with his brother's idea, only he grabbed his mom's arm and kissed his when Charles looked at him.

"Sorry for my little obsession guys" Charles answered with a mock annoyance in his voice.

"It's not annoying" Hayden replied to his mom, the smell of lemon and eucalyptus was slightly sour, as if he wanted to somehow show that he was angry with what his mom said without getting angry with him.

“If you like perfumes we like them too” said Hunter blowing a kiss to his mom, the boy was holding on to his father's arm since Max was carrying the baby stroller from Brooklyn now.

A lady who was walking near the family heard the small talk and congratulated Charles for having raised such good children, although he almost ruined the atmosphere when I asked "when will the girl?", Charles replied that "for never, the factory it closed more than a year ago”, the lady wanting to argue with Charles because of the aroma she was emitting as if she wanted him to change his mind, that was until a growl and a strong aroma of: wood, sandalwood, coffee with milk, lemon, grapefruit, eucalyptus, candied peanuts and chocolate was present along with angry pheromones, the lady just gave Charles a last look before going down another path totally opposite the one he was going first.

"Thank you, but it was incense, I could easily take care of her" said Charles after giving the four alphas that accompanied him a kiss on the cheek, and perfumed them a little to calm them down.

"I know, I just wasn't going to let you fight with a stranger on your birthday, I didn't allow that doctor and not even my mom, I'm not going to let an old woman want to decide about your body" replied Max stealing a kiss from Charles on the lips.

After a few minutes, and while they were drinking the first round of juice and Brook was drinking his bottle, they arrived at Fragonard, a beta guide was waiting for them outside the vicinity of the factory, Charles looked inquisitively at Max, but the Dutchman only took the language. Max had them enrolled in a perfume manufacturing course, the guide told them about the history of perfumes, Charles was very focused on the data provided by the beta that guided them, who did not pay attention to the indiscreet look that the man dedicated to him at Charles's hands in search of a ring or the frustration in his eyes when he noticed the mark on the necks of Charles and Max, but the one who did notice was the Dutch alpha, who looked at him threateningly, did his best so that his scent did not mix with his emotions because or else Charles would quickly really realize what was going on and forcing Max to apologize, the beta blushed slightly at the older Verstappen's gaze so he went back to behaving professionally.

Upon arriving at the workshop there were already some people waiting, some people recognized Max and took pictures with him, there were a couple of omegas who were devouring the Dutchman with their eyes, so when Charles sat down he gave him his two children, Max knew instantly what was going on so that instead of laughing as he would have done in the past, he approached to kiss Charles but a growl (or rather an annoyed meow) and a little hand on Max's face prevented it.

"No no" Hunter said as his parents looked at him, the two-year-old giving off his scent of wood and chocolate mixed with pheromones of anger.

"What's up Hunts?" asked Charles seeing his son annoyed with him “Why do you look at your dad Hayds?"

"Daddy can't kiss you, he has to ask first" Hayden replied, the smell of lemon and eucalyptus was the same as his twin's, Max had a surprised expression on his face, apparently Charles had told the twins about it consent and Max had broken that rule.

The alpha apologized to Charles who had a proud and amused smile on his face, meanwhile he also thanked his children for showing him "his mistake", after he had asked Charles if he could kiss him, he did, Max couldn't have enough of that, going almost two years without kissing the love of his life made him look like a man lost in a desert and the Monegasque's lips were a cold coke.

The workshop began, the kind beta teacher began to show what to do, in the center of the main table where all those who participated in the workshop were seated, there were different floral, fruity and some other very specific essences, each participant was given a jar with the diluted alcohol.

“This mommy smells like daddy” said Hayden sniffing a bottle that had the fragrance of sandalwood.

"I already smell like dad a lot of the time, plus daddy's scent is more natural" Charles whispered as he hugged Hayden closer to his body, Brooklyn and Hunter were sitting on Max's lap.

"So, which fragrances are you going to choose?" asked Max moving his left leg where his youngest son was sitting, for the thirteen-month-old it seemed like the funniest thing in the world, Hunter instead was laying his back on his dad's chest, to feel the aroma characteristic of Max.

"Tulips, strawberries and vanilla" Charles replied as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.

"Why those?" Hayden asked, if there was something that characterized and differentiated his eldest son from his twin, it was that he was very curious and inquiring, while Hunts is shyer and more introverted.

“Because your dad is from the Netherlands so that's why tulips, you and Huntie as well as I were born in Monaco and the strawberry is very well known there, and Brook was born in Belgium and most of my cravings when we lived with Grandma were of vanilla-flavored desserts" Replied the omega caressing with his nose the scent gland of his firstborn, being so absorbed in his son he don't notice the look of love in Max's eyes.

The 100 ml bottle was finished with a label that was adorned with a mint leaf, a pine tree, a clove and jasmine, which were some of the scents belonging to his father, Lorenzo, his mother and Arthur respectively.

A few steps further from the first factory they found a perfumery where there was a workshop for children to make their own perfumes, the twins were months away from turning three so they didn't think there was a problem with that, besides they wouldn't be alone, it was only 30 minutes and for Charles there was no better gift than the enjoyment of his children.

There were different fragrances and ingredients, there were other girls and boys at the table, but it seemed the twins were the only alphas in the group, the prying eyes of the parents were annoying, some seemed worried, and others weren't looking at their children like they were if they were something strange, as if alpha children did not like this type of activity, Max showed his teeth to a couple of parents who were looking at their children.

“What smells are my loves going to choose?” Charles asked, causing Max to change his mind, because or else the Dutch alpha didn't know what he could do.

"Lime and matcha tea" Hunter replied proudly, passing the fragrances to his mom. "It kind of smells like Hay-boo and Brookie."

“I want carob and walnuts with honey” Hayden answered after his father read them and showed them the fragrance bottles “so I smell like Hunny and Brook”

Max and Charles looked at each other for a moment, both feeling the same: the pride in how they raised their children and the love they transmitted to them and that the three of them feel, if people outside can think what they want of them, but they two knew what they were like and how they were raised, and no alpha or stupid omega can change that with their archaic thoughts.

After 30 minutes making the perfume and decorating both bottles, Hayden chose a red car while Hunter preferred a blue motorcycle, they kept it in the bag that the Monegasque brought and continued touring the small town located between France and Monaco, until they found the famous Musée International de la Parfumerie.

Brooklyn fell asleep in his baby stroller, while the twins got tired of walking so Max carried him, Hayden on his shoulders and Hunter on his hip, the history of perfumes, soaps and cosmetics throughout hundreds of years ago it was a visual enjoyment and olfactory for the omega, for a long time he could not get carried away by his inner omega since he had to be the main father after his divorce, but now and enjoy these little things again without having to think twice if it was something that his children would enjoy or not, or if I had to doing this type of activity without them and not being able to enjoy it 100% for being without them.

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French Riviera Cruise

The family got back in the car to head back to the seafront in Nice, Charles gave his sons a sandwich while he and Max shared half of one, the drive back was calmer as the twins mimicked their younger brother and fell asleep within minutes of start the trip, during the fifty minutes that Max drove his right hand never left the thigh of Charles, the silence reigned for quite a long time, with only the aromas mixing inside the vehicle and the small snores of their children sleeping in the back was a piece of paradise for both parents.

Arriving at the bay there was this mini cruise ship arriving at the coast, the twins had woken up, but Brooklyn only complained when they wanted to put him back in his baby stroller, so Max carried him in his arms and Charles took care of grab the strap of your children's backpack solder, and as Charles had originally thought Max had chartered a trip to the French Riviera.

The glorious views of the French Mediterranean coast were more than spectacular, the first thing he noticed was the charming Promenade des Anglais in the vicinity of Nice beach, his sons were fascinated seeing the countless villages that dotted the mountainous landscape, although Brooklyn he began to get impatient when he realized that he not only wanted to be with his mom but that he was also hungry, so he began to let out small groans as he moved in his dad's arms.

"Brookie is hungry mommy" said Hayden who was sitting next to Max and had reached out his hand to his younger brother to check if the baby wanted to eat, which he did when he took Hayden's hand to his mouth, so that Charles thanked his firstborn and grabbed the thirteen-year-old baby months of Max's arms.

“Does ‘des anglais’ mean of the angels?” Max asked, directly observing how the omega nursed Brooklyn.

“Yes, its name comes from the English who came to Nice in the 18th century to enjoy the health benefits of the local climate” Charles replied stroking the cheek of Hunter who was playing with Brooklyn hands “They built the ride themselves maritime, so that its wives can walk since the coast was very irregular at that time”

The Dutch alpha's eyes never left Charles's chest until he put it back, he didn't know how he had managed to bear not releasing pheromones with clear sexual tension in them, but from the look the omega gave him when he was cleaning himself, he knew that he had noticed the Max's current state and that he would use it to his advantage that night.

The cruise guide was recounting facts about the French Riviera, but Charles and Max were engrossed in the laughter their children let out as the cruise went faster or as the water crashed into the boat.

A few minutes later their children started a game where they pointed to a building and Charles or Max had to tell them what it was, although they had different personalities the twins shared many identity traits and one very obvious one is that they could not sit still for more than five minutes in the same place.

"What is the name of that church?" Hunter asked pointing to a white and orange church, even though Max is not a believer of any religion and Charles is not a practitioner, they had taught their children to locate the different religious temples so that they refer to them with respect, for example: if there were crosses it was a church, if there were minarets it was a mosque, etc.

"It is the church of San Miguel, and it has Italian influence in its construction" Charles replied, zooming in with his cell phone to take a good photo of the Christian temple.

"What are those people doing with those sticks in the water?" Hayden questioned when observing how some people got into the sea with some sticks.

“They are fishermen, and those sticks are fishing rods” replied the Monegasque gently rocking Brooklyn who was still in his mother's arms, Charles was paying so much attention to his children that he didn't notice that Max had taken a picture of them until he heard the sound from your cell phone camera.

"And that pink church?" Hunter inquired when seeing the cathedral that was at the end of the tour.

"It's not a church my love, it's a chapel and it's called St Pierre's Chapel" replied the omega, laughing slightly when he saw Hayden's surprised face and even more Hunter's when he heard that the chapel had the name of his uncle and godfather respectively.

"Is that a wall?" consult Hayden when the tour is almost finished when he saw the construction.

"You could say yes, it is known as "The Citadel" and it protected the city from maritime attacks" Charles replied while taking a picture of his three children together with that architectural jewel in the background.

"Wow mommy how smart, but daddy didn't say anything" Hunter spoke when he realized that only his mom answered his questions while his dad just took pictures of him, Charles couldn't help laughing and Max pretended to be offended by emitting his scent of sandalwood and grapefruit with slightly angry pheromones mixed with happiness.

"Dad doesn't know because this is France and he's Dutch" Hayden replied to his twin, the omega covered his mouth with his available hand so as not to laugh out loud, Brooklyn seemed to agree with his brother because of his gurgles and his aroma of coffee with milk next to candied hand that her small body emitted, while the Red Bull driver almost spit out the drink, he was drinking upon hearing his eldest son's reasoning.

"Oh sure, he only knows things about Holland" Hunter continued speaking, as if that was the correct answer, there were tears of happiness on Charles's eyelids, the aroma of cherry and watermelon was sweet enough for the four alphas that surrounded him were in a good mood, even though the older Alpha Verstappen had his mouth in an O when he heard what Hunts said.

"It's not Holland, it's called the Netherlands, and you're also Dutch" Max replied, grabbing his two older children and kissing each of their cheeks, the smiles of the two little alphas seemed to not fit on their faces, the dimple they had inherited from Charles was very visible and Max couldn't help but thank whatever it was that allowed the Dutchman to get his family back together for this moment.

Admiring and exploring the spectacular views of the Mediterranean Sea and the French coast was perfect entertainment for Charles, discovering all those villages located on the slopes, seeing the cultural heritage of Nice for an hour was one of the best experiences for the Monegasque, but without doubts his favorite part was when his family was happy, the photos and videos that were taken, Charles's heart and internal omega were ecstatic with everything that had happened in those 17 days, sometimes the last 21 months seemed more like a nightmare lucid than its damn reality.

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Place Massena

The family of five began to tour the fantastic scenery of Nice, looking for a restaurant on the beach, Charles chose a plate of ravioli with a Tapenade filling, a Socca dough pizza for his three children and Max ordered a Salade Niçoise.

"What is that dark paste mommy?" Hayden asked looking at the filling of what Charles was eating.

"It's a paste of crushed olives with capers, anchovies and olive oil" answered the omega, cutting the pizza into small pieces so that Brooklyn could eat more easily.

"Can you buy me some please?" Hayden asked again, the omega just laughed and gave him half a ravioli, the little alpha made a strange face but apparently, he liked it because of his subsequent reaction, he also wanted to treat his mom to his food, so he gave a bit of dough Socca with cheese that I was eating.

When their food and drinks were finished, and Max paid by leaving a good tip, they headed to Nice's main square, Place Masséna was between Old Nice and the more modern part of the city, Charles and Max sat down on the bench located around the statue of Apollo, Brooklyn was sleeping in the Monegasque's arms while Hayden and Hunter were playing just stepping on the black squares on the floor since the white ones were "lava", Max had recorded a video for his story on instagram, he hadn't written anything he just put an orange heart and flag Monaco and the Netherlands just as the face of any of his children was not seen and he added the effect of black and white to make it even more difficult to identify the place, Charles laughed when he saw it because of the extremist way Max had of protect his family but the dutchman just rolled his eyes exaggerated in appearance.

There were local people passing by, some recognized Max taking photos with the alpha congratulating him on his championship, the twins were getting impatient that strangers want to hog their dad's attention, even though Charles had explained that his dad was famous and that the People just wanted a photo with him, for the two alphas it was as if Max had chosen to spend time with strangers instead of being with them, so they had the same idea: apply the law of ice.

“Come here mijn liesfdes” said Max as soon as he finished the round of photos and autographs when he saw that his two older children were sitting on the floor with their heads resting on Charles's legs, but none of them even looked at him “Hey I'm talking to you Why are you ignoring me?

"I don't think they're going to talk to you, they're angry" Charles answered for his children, Max wanted to ask why, what had he done in those 10 minutes that made his children angry, but he smelled the sour aroma that accompanied the odors typical of his children, so he didn't.

"Oh sure, that's fine" was the only thing the Dutchman managed to say, Max controlled himself as best he could to avoid giving off sad pheromones, he couldn't spend more than two weeks with his family without ruining it, the older alpha saw Charles whispering to him something to the twins, Hayden and Hunter began to nod in agreement. their little heads and their scents quickly changed from anger to embarrassment,

"Sorry" said the twins at the same time as soon as they were in front of their father, their cheeks were painted red because of whatever Charles had told him, the omega looked amused at the situation while Brooklyn seemed to be getting up from his mini nap, either because he stop being sleepy or the sudden change in scents affected, they sleep.

"We don't like you spending time with strangers" Hayden spoke while Hunter nodded, Max's mind was already imagining that something like this could be and the Dutchman's inner alpha was pissed off by his fame now he just wanted lock himself in his house and stay the rest of the week until they have to travel to the United States in bed only moving to find food and go to the bathroom, but he did not live there yet and Charles would not be a big fan of the idea.

They went in search of ice cream, artisanal since that was Charles's favorite, Max perfumed each member of his family when he noticed that the young alpha ice cream man was looking more at Charles and Brooklyn, if the Red Bull driver was a person who will not be guided by your feelings if not with reason he would know that it was not necessary to impregnate his scent to his family, but it was not, he and his inner alpha wanted to make it more than clear that the four of them were exclusively his and if he dared to go one step further ("poor unhappy" Max thought) he wouldn't have a problem with fighting.

The scene of possessiveness was not indifferent to Charles, while the twins ate their ice cream cones trying to treat Brooklyn with their spoons, who ate from the same pot as his mother and changed their cones to try his twin's ice cream, Max did not ask for ice cream as much as charles he had assured his that Brad wouldn't be mad, when they were looking at an old building painted red with its blue shutters after they finished eating their ice cream and their older children were with their backpacks on and Max holding the straps and Brooklyn back in his car. baby stroller, Charlie asked.

“What was that jealousy scene in the ice cream parlor? What kind of danger were we running by ordering ice cream?” Charles was looking at his children but from the periphery of him he noticed the proud smile on Max's face.

"I was looking at you and Brookie with those heartfelt eyes, I had to do something to make him stop being stupid" Max said placing his free hand on the Monegasque's waist who only laughed at his answer.

"Obviously, an omega with a baby is the dream of any 18-year-old" answered Charles ironically, Max moved until he was behind the omega so he could hug him and support his chest against Charles's back.

"Hey, milfs are in fashion lately," the Dutchman spoke, placing kisses on Charles's neck, until he reached the permanent mark between the Monegasque's throat and collarbone, when his lips touched the mark that had not yet completely healed. he traced it with his tongue, the omega hisses a little giving him a nudge so that he stops "also it doesn't hurt to show the world that you were all mine again and this time forever"

Before leaving, Charles went to the famous Galeries Lafayette store, bought different perfumes and designer clothes for him and his whole family, Max made fun of the monegasco saying that "he had an addiction to perfumes" but the omega just stuck out his tongue, which provoked a round of laughter in their children.

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Musée Masséna

It was around 4:30 p.m. when Max made them get on a tourist bus, the bus was not very full and luckily, since most of the people were older or with their family, they did not approach the Dutchman and let them enjoy the family tour, Charles and Max had agreed that they would only visit two or three more places since at any moment their children would be overwhelmed by the amount of different and unknown aromas that they smelled today, in addition that they would need their naps, not to mention that they were also a little tired from the journey.

The first place they chose to get off was the Musée Masséna, which was the Massena art and history museum, according to their audio guide the museum focused on the history that the city of Nice shared with Napoleon Bonaparte.

They walked through most of the 23 rooms, the personal and historical works of art and artifacts that told the history of the city along with all the celebrated artists, writers and musicians who lived in Nice were a wonder to Charles's eyes, although he didn't there was better exposure than the room exclusively dedicated to Napoleon and Josephine.

"Is that a cape?" Hunter asked when seeing that cloak displayed "was he a superhero?"

"Yes, it is a cape, but not like Superman, but rather that of a king" Explained Charles, bringing his son closer so that he could see that cape more closely, he tried not to laugh since Charles himself asked the same question to him his father when he saw King Rainier III on television when he was four years old.

"A king? Like the one in Monaco, the Netherlands and Belgium?” Hayden inquired, the twins knew that the three countries that in one way or another were related to them were governed by monarchies, they knew the names of Albert II and William, they could even easily locate them.

"Yes, darling, France used to have a king, now there are few countries that still have one or a queen" Max answered, placing his firstborn son on his hip better.

“Are there more countries that have kings?” Hunter questioned, the expression of surprise on his face said it all, apparently it was something shocking for the two-year-old to know that not only Belgium, Monaco and the Netherlands had monarchs.

"Yes, there are some left, although there are quite a few that share the same king" explained Charles as he handed Brook his bottle with the apple juice.

“Wow, and it's just us who have a king and a different one” replied Hayden with his little O-shaped mouth, Charles and Max laughed lightly until their eldest son gave them an angry look.

The look that some omegas and alphas gave him, mostly the older ones, seemed to be touched by the fact that their children, even being men with algae as a secondary gender, will enjoy visiting an art museum, Charles appreciated each compliment and smiled proudly when they talked about how well behaved and raised they were, Max no, the Dutch alpha just gave him a polite smile and acted like he was in front of the media after a race, neither he nor his inner alpha was very happy with so many strangers talking of their children.

They spent some time in the spectacular English-style gardens that the old mansion had, Charles sat under a shade while he gave Brooklyn a snack, the twins and Max were running through the permitted parts, although they stopped after Charles will look at Max as if he wanted to murder him for tiring his children.

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Nice Opera

Minutes after Brooklyn finished eating they got back on the tour bus, to end their tour they had chosen the Nice Opera, it was a short transfer to that Italian-style theater.

"Everything is very red mommy" Hayden said pointing to the predominant color throughout the theater.

"Because that color along with gold were the traditional colors of that historical period" explained the Monegasque as he took a picture of the tapestries and mirrors that decorated the opera grandly.

"It looks like the color of Uncle Arthur's racing suit," Hayds replied seeing that the reddish hue was very similar to the suit Arthur wore in Prema, Brooklyn giggled from his baby stroller and moved his little legs, the scent of the baby from thirteen months indicated that he was happy to hear the name of his godfather, Charles only laughed at the conclusion his eldest son had reached and at the happiness of his baby.

Charles was quickly lost in thought as he remembered how none of his brothers were happy with his decision to give Max a second chance, Charles was the only omega of the five members of the Leclerc family so the four alphas were always extremely overprotective of him, Lorenzo being the alpha/older brother was the one who was angrier, Charles found out that his older brother came to threaten Max at some point last year, Arthur on the other hand dedicated himself to ignoring the Red Bull driver, when the youngest alpha of the Leclerc won or he was on the podium of a Formula 3 race and the Dutchman approached to greet and congratulate his ex-brother-in-law Arthur only accepted the handshake if there were cameras nearby or if he didn't just look at him badly and growl and then leave, his mom being her biggest supporter last year during the Brooklyn's pregnancy and saw how destroyed Charles was by Max's 'infidelity', he just told him that "it would be difficult for her to forget what happened, but if he was sure, i would try", but his brothers did not, both already made it clear to Charles that they did not want to see Max now and probably never, the fact that he has forgiven him does not mean that they too, since they did not believe in the story of the "unintentionally perfumed".

The Monegasque did not know how long he remained silent thinking about the bad relationship that existed, and probably will exist for his entire life, between Max and his family, but a fleeting kiss on his lips quickly brought him out of his reverie, when he blinked to return to the present and saw the frown on Max's face.

"What happened? What were you thinking?" asked Max as soon as Charles's eyes rested on him, the omega's sweet aroma was filled with pheromones loaded with shame and regret, the Dutchman's head quickly filled with the worst scenarios.

"Oh nothing" Charles replied with flushed cheeks, he didn't know how Max would take the avalanche of thoughts that were currently invading his head "It's not important"

"We promised to be honest with each other" said Max as he caressed the omega's left hand, paying extreme attention to Charles's ring finger "Tell me, I'm not going to get mad"

"I was thinking about my brothers" spoke after a few minutes Charles, Brooklyn had already fallen asleep in his baby stroller and the twins were a little less than ten steps away from them, so he could talk without any of his children listening " I realized that they may never want to have some kind of friendship or want to talk to you”

"I won't lie to you, I've been thinking about that too" Max reflected "But all in all I understand, you're their little omega brother whose husband came in one night smelling of another omega, who had to go through an entire pregnancy and take care of two children from a year practically alone, I would not forgive myself either”

Charles seemed like he wanted to cry, but the fact that they were in a public place may be what has prevented him from crying but even so it was impossible for him not to shed one or another tear, Max stopped to hug the Monegasque, which caused him to the twins realized that their parents already they were not walking and approached them.

"Why is mom crying?" Hunter asked seeing the small transparent drops on Charles's face, the little boy asked his father to pick him up so he could wipe the tears from Charles's face.

"Don't cry mommy, it's your birthday you have to be happy" said Hayden as soon as he was in his mother's arms, he brought his nose close to Charles's aromatic gland as the Monegasque did in them when one of his children was sad or needed comfort, quickly the aroma of cherry and watermelon Charles's returned to its usual sweetness.

They toured the theater for only a short while longer, as the twins seemed exhausted and too eager to go home so they could shower and nap until dinner time, it was a long day for the twins as they could only have a nap when they were in the car, and for as much as Max swore to Charles that he could carry the twins without problems so that they sleep in his arms, the birthday preferred that it was time to return to Monaco.

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Place Garibaldi

When the tour bus dropped them off at Place Garibaldi where the car was parked, it was almost 6:00 p.m. when Max's Aston Martin, as much as Charles intended to take a closer look at the square, today had been a wonderful day. exhausting and missed the comfort of home.

"Daddy, can we have a snack?" Hayden asked looking at one of those famous coffee shops located near the square.

"Do you want to have a snack here or should we buy something to eat in the car?" asked Charles squatting to be at the same height as his firstborn, he heard Max snort at the second option, as much as he loved his family, he also loved cleanliness inside his baby as was his DBX.

“Could we have a snack here? Please” Hayden asked again, Charles nodded after asking the rest of his family if they wanted that and for everyone to agree.

Max ordered a black coffee with hardly any sugar, Charles for his part also ordered a coffee but cut with milk, for his children they ordered orange juice, and to accompany them they ordered some beignets with fruit fillings, being of different varieties they did not know which ones they were stuffed with peach, apple or strawberry, they saw how the twins, when they took a bite, exchanged their beignets since "that fruit was the other's favorite" referring to the fact that Hayden liked peaches better and Hunter liked strawberries and both had grabbed just those but at reverse, when they finished eating the three children's faces were covered in powdered sugar so Charles took it upon himself to clean them up in the cafeteria bathroom while Max put things away in the car.

When the Monegasque finished getting his children ready and cleaning, he visualized that the fair had opened in the square, so it was impossible for the omega not to buy at least a couple of antiques in the different stalls, the Dutch alpha seemed anxious about something, but he still don't rush Charles, while for their children the snack seemed to have taken away all the sleep they had and had recharged their energy.

They finished their tour of the city of Nice by taking a photo in front of the statue of Giuseppe Garibaldi, anyone who saw them would not believe that 18 days ago they were divorced, with one of them not having the desire or intention to talk to the other again. but there they were looking at each other with eyes of the heart like the first time that Pierre had presented them in 2018, they were the clear example that some second parts do go well.

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Charles' house in Monaco

The trip to what Charles believed to be the principality began a few minutes after taking that photo, the omega was responding to messages and answering some Instagram posts from Max's fan pages that had congratulated him on his birthday, so he didn't notice until some five minutes later they apparently weren't going the classic way to Monaco.

“Can you know where you are taking me, Mr. two-time world champion?” Charles asked, seeing how Max took an alternate route to the one that linked France with Monaco.

"It's a surprise" Max answered along with the twins, which caused a round of laughter in the car "you heard them, it's a secret, so I'm not going to tell you much less"

"Oh that's fine, but you'll have to wake all three of them up for dinner" Charles replied pretending to be angry, but his scent gave him away and his children laughed even more, the older alpha Verstappen placed his right hand on Charles's thigh.

It was more than 40 minutes of travel, instead of the typical 25 to 30, when arriving at Charles's house, which was near the Monegasque coast, the omega saw five cars outside and recognized that they were his mother's vehicles, from Lorenzo, Pierre, Lando and Daniel, Charles looked at the Dutchman but the alpha just said "surprise" and they got out of the car.

The twins seemed to be totally happy when they noticed that most of their family were in their house, when they opened the door that separated their house from the outside world in unison a "SURPRISE" was heard, there inside that three-story house were the people Charles expectedfind: his mom, Lorenzo with Norman, Arthur, Pierre, Lando with Carlos and Daniel, the eight of them wore bonnets and had decorated the living room, on one of the sofas the gifts they brought to Charles were placed, the omega greeting everyone who had thrown him the surprise party.

"Oh, we're coming, we have to take a bath" said Charles realizing that the five of them still had to take a bath.

"We'll take care of the kids, you-you go take a bath in peace" Pascale corrected herself after the icy look that Charles gave him, holding Brooklyn in his arms.

Charles's alpha mother took the three children to the downstairs bathroom while Charles and Max went to the private bathroom in Charles's room, stripping each other's clothes off as they exchanged kisses.

"The tub or the shower?" Max asked after they both stopped to get some air.

"As much as I'd like to say the tub, we have guest's downstairs, so for another day," Charles replied with a derisive giggle that Max joined.

Max put the shower on a medium temperature, not too cold because Charles didn't like it but not too hot either because Max hated it, it was barely at a temperature that they would both enjoy, they got under the stream of water, the Dutchman grabbed the shampoo of the omega and put it in his hand to clean Charles's hair, which the Monegasque imitated, all was well with little kisses and caresses while they washed their hair until Max wanted to run the soap over Charles's nipples and milk-filled muscle, but received a whimper from pain in return

"What happened?" Max asked alarmed, maybe he had applied too much pressure in the area or hurt Charles without realizing it.

"They hurt Maxy, that happens" replied Charles carefully caressing his boobs, just then the alpha realized that today the Monegasque had only breastfed his youngest son once all day.

"Oh, the poor things are so full, right?" The Dutchman asked as he grabbed Charles's thighs and lifted him up so that his chest was at the same height as his mouth. "Do you need help with them my love?"

"As much as I'd like to say yes, Brook is nowhere near picketing if I don't breastfeed him, I think he's had enough of the bottle" replied Charles but it seemed like the omega's body was crying out for the alpha's intervention.

"Brookie only ate the left side today, so the right side is twice as full, I know a way for you not to feel so much pressure" Max said as he placed kisses around the right pink areola, he saw the drop of milk that came out of the nipple and couldn't help but lick his lips.

Charles couldn't even answer as a knock on the bathroom door interrupted them, it was Daniel who was letting them know that the thirteen-month-old baby was getting impatient, Max let out a snort that was answered by a blow to his stomach from Charles, the omega finished bathing and get ready next to the Dutchman, "you can take care of them later tonight Maxy" said Charles as soon as he finished putting on his clothes and left the bathroom, Max couldn't stop thinking about the future events that awaited him that night.

When the two came down they noticed that all their children were in the arms of their godparents, Hayden was telling Lorenzo something about what had happened today since the older alpha of the Leclerc seemed to be very absorbed in the story by the faces that were doing, Hunter on the other hand he was taking pictures with Pierre, but the one who was having a hard time was Arthur since he didn't know how to calm the baby down and Lando didn't know how to reassure his godson either, Charles just thanked the pair of godparents and grabbed Brooklyn, the baby barely felt the scent of his mom calmed down and his smell stabilized as soon as Charles began to nurse him, Max was at his side, fascinated as the first time he saw the omega nurse Hunter, it will always seem a wonder to him that the body of the man he loved the most is able to feed his cubs and that his children find so much peace being connected that way with Charles.

The party did not last long, they ate the pizzas that Charles's mother prepared, they opened the gifts that were history and art books of the post-Soviet countries by Pierre, Lorenzo and Norman gave him a SET of sheets and blankets for his nest , Lando and Carlos gave him a trip for him and Max to Tahiti with the two of them offering themselves as babysitters for their three children, Daniel gave him exclusive clothes from his merch and a vacation trip to Australia, but the most emotional gift of all was from his mother and Arthur who was a photo book full of photographs of Hervé with his children and Pascale so that "the boys know who their grandfather is", Charles didn't know but he held back the urge to cry but without a doubt it had been his favorite gift.

After that they sang happy birthday to Charles, they shared the cake and each one went home, Pierre who was the last to leave when signing with Alpine had already started renting an apartment in Monaco so he refused to stay in one of the guest rooms at the end of the day they were putting their children to bed, rather Max was putting the twins to bed in their rooms after putting them in their pajamas and a clean diaper, with only Brooklyn with them in bed as Charles was nursing him for the last time so that you can sleep peacefully.

"Move back here" Charles suddenly said as soon as he felt Max's arm around his waist.

"Are you sure? Wouldn't that be too quick?" The Dutchman asked, looking away from his son who was still holding Max's thumb as he sucked on his mom's nipple.

"We literally have three kids and a divorce; don't you think that's a long time?" Charles replied sarcastically as he began to rock Brooklyn to sleep.

"You don't have to be rude, you know" replied Max "but if that's what you want, I'm delighted"

They stayed in silence until Brook fell asleep and the omega left to take him to his own room, Max protested but Charles's wink told him everything, so as much as his alpha is hungry to spend as much time as possible with his family, Max's blood going south indicated something else.

It was already past 02:00 in the morning when Max rested his head on Charles's chest, right where his heart was from what the Dutchman could hear, his knot seemed like it was not going to deflate in a short time so he began to adore for the third time that night at Charles's tits, until he suddenly released his left nipple but tried not to move much so as not to hurt Charles, the omega looked at him surprised by his reaction.

"I also have something to ask you" said Max.

Charles didn't speak, he saw how the Red Bull driver was looking for something in the drawer of the table that was next to the bed.

"I asked you once when we had barely been dating for three months, you accepted when everyone told you it was crazy, since I saw you for the first time when Pierre presented us with something inside me he yelled at me that you would be my omega, we went through two unplanned pregnancies, I wouldn't even have to be asking you this for the second time if I hadn't been an idiot that January 18, but fate wants us together, you're not just my omega or I'm your alpha, you're the mother of my children, my best friend, the person whom I broke his heart and even so, seven months pregnant, I take care of myself in a hospital in Great Britain, who loves my family and friends as if they were his own" said Max seeing how Charles's cheeks turned red and tears appeared, the Dutchman was the same as the omega under him "Will you marry me Charlie?"

"You have your moments huh" was the only thing Charles managed to say as he felt the tears on his face.

"Hey, don't make fun of me, and answer me, do you want to marry me again?" Max asked, the alpha's heart began to beat faster for every second that Charles didn't answer, maybe if he had anticipated the facts, maybe Charles had no intention of getting married again.

"Yes Maxy, you are the only person I want to marry again" Charles replied and the scent of sandalwood and grapefruit was filled with peace and tranquility, the kisses began while Max placed the ring on Charles.

"Oh it's the same ring, I didn't know you kept it" said Charles seeing that it was the same engagement ring that Max had given her the first time and that it still fit.

"If it was difficult not to do it when you returned it to me with all my divers and belongings that were in your nest, it was my greatest proof that there was a time you loved me and that maybe I could do it again" Max replied as he put on his own engagement ring, it was Charles's idea that he also had one since that way everyone knew that he already had someone.

"You are a romantic, the first time you asked me in a restaurant that you reserve only for us and now you do it when we have just made love, will you ask me the third time when I am about to die?" Charles asked sarcastically, the alpha's gaze darkening at the mention of a hypothetical "third time".

"That's funny because there won't be a third time, this is the final one, I'm not letting you escape from my arms again without knowing if one day you'll come back or not" Max replied as he attacked Charles's neck with marks of love.

Half an hour later they fell asleep, Charles lying on Max's chest, with that diamond ring in the alpha's stomach, while Max's own pressed on the Monegasque's waist, if it can be that the second parts are mostly bad, but there are some that are really worth worth fighting for.