An inconvenient attachment

Chapter 53

"We should get ready" I say. When we came back from midget golfing we laid down on my bed, and we haven't moved since. Kelly texted me earlier. She arrived in Milan with her daughter, asking if we wanted to go out for dinner. We are meeting them later. I grab my phone to look at the time. I see I have a message from an unknown number.

Unknown 18:06 p.m.: Hope you didn't forget what I told you. N

I know exactly who send this. Noah. Hinting about what he said about me breaking up with Lando. I have a plan. I just have to convince Lando. Don't think about it just yet, Mia. It will work out.

"Max and Kelly are probably waiting already" Lando says, he makes no moves to get up though. I go with my hand through his hair, making it all messy before I stand up.

"Oh fuck" I say when I suddenly realize. I quickly sprint to my jacket. "No no no." Tears are burning behind my eyes. "What's wrong?" Lando asks, leaning in the doorway. "My watch. I.. I lost it" I cry, it's not in my jacket. Crap. I always take it with me. I know it's not smart, since it has no strap anymore and just lays around in my pocket.

"It's probably at Max his place, I'll call him" Lando says, trying to calm me down. A few seconds later he has Max on the phone. "He Max, Mia lost her watch. Is it still at your place?" Lando sighs and puts a thumbs up. Oh my god. If I weren't crying already I could cry now. Lando quickly walks back into my bedroom, like Max is saying something I'm not supposed to hear. I don't care, my watch is found. Thank god. "Max has your watch" Lando says as he walks back into the living room. I smile. "Sorry, I freaked out."

Lando wraps his arms around me. "I get it. It's very valuable to you." I lean my head against his chest. I poke his side. "We should really get going" I say, very eager to get my watch back. I know it's safe at Max's place, but I want to carry it with me. "Max and Kelly are already at the restaurant. We'll go to his place after to get your watch" Lando says, while searching for his car keys. I nod. I'm a bit disappointed Max didn't bring it with them to the restaurant.

When we arrive a little later I see Max playing with Kelly's daughter. They look cute, the three of them. I hug them both and sit down next to Kelly. I enjoy dinner very much. Lando is making weird faces at Kelly's daughter the whole time, almost dropping food out of his mouth a couple times. Which made the little one laugh even more.

"Just a quick heads up," Max says as the dessert arrives, "there's a paparazzi outside." The waiter puts the desserts down before me and Kelly. Lando throws his head in his neck and sighs. "I fucking hate those guys" he says. I slap him in his stomach. "Language" I say while pointing to the baby. Lando holds up his hands. "Sorry."

"Don't bother, this one is a lost cause" Kelly says, pointing to Max. "Am not" Max says with an British accent, he acts hurt. Kelly gives Max a quick kiss. "Sure honey."

When Lando gets back from the bathroom I wave over the waiter. "This one is on me guys" I say. Lando laughs and says something to the waiter, who turns around again. "Too late, already paid" Lando says with a smirk on his face. I roll my eyes and sigh. "Too slow" Max teases, hinting about this morning.

Kelly and Max walk out of the restaurant first. There are more paparazzi now. The paparazzi yelling all kinds of questions to them. I realize when I walk outside, that in this very moment, my whole plan is ruined. My plan was to keep our relationship a secret. Noah would have thought we broken up, while in the meantime we were better than ever. Fuck, I can't let this happen. Lando seems to notice my face dropping. "What's wrong?" he squeezes my hand. I shake my head. I seriously could cry right now. "Is there a back exit?"

Lando shakes his head. "No, I don't think so. Come on, it's going to be fine" he says while dragging me along. Fuck fuck fuck. The first cameras start clicking. "Mia! Lando! Over here" one of them yells. "Lando! Over here!"

"Mia, why did Lando have to carry you? Were you drunk?" One of them yells. Dickhead. We quickly get in Lando's car. Max and Kelly came with their own car, so we'll see them back at Max's place.

Lando's pov.

"What's wrong?" I ask when I look at Mia, who is silently crying. She shakes her head. It's probably that fucking paparazzi asking about what happened at the track. Cunt. Mia doesn't want to talk about it. When we get to Max his place they are in the kitchen. "What's wrong?" Kelly asks when she sees Mia her face. "Nothing, I'm fine" Mia says. They both look at me now. I shrug my shoulders. Mia walks over to the couch and sits down. "Probably that damn paparazzi" I say softly to Max, making sure Mia doesn't hear. "I'm going to bring this one to bed" Kelly says. Grabbing her baby and walking down the hall. I sit down next to her and wrap my arm around her. After a few minutes she stops crying. I want to ask her what's wrong, but I think now is not the time.

"I'm going to grab something, you guys behave" Max jokes. Mia is still sitting on the couch. "Do you want to dance with me?" I ask, while standing up. "Sure" she says softy, I almost don't even hear her. I grab her hand and she slowly gets off the couch. I put my hands around her waist. Mia wraps her arms around my neck. "We don't even have any music" she says. "We'll make some" I say, then I start humming the first song that comes to mind. Tortoise by Frankie Stew and some other guys. "You're a very bad singer" she jokes. I feel her cheering up a bit. "I know."

"But I really like that song" she says, so I continue. I see Max walking towards us. As soon as he sees us he stops in the doorway. Max smiles and turns around before Mia sees him. I shouldn't forget to thank him about that later. I don't know how long we end up dancing together. All I know is that I don't want this to end.

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