No Love Greater

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

I left the circuit back to the hotel after our win at the Turkish grand prix with the intention to reach the airport on time for my flight to London. Alexander McQueen's creative designer, Sarah Burton would release their fall collection on Friday and I was the headline model for the event. The two-week interval to the next race at the Circuit of the Americas gave me ample time to prepare for what would be the biggest modeling job in my career till date and I was determined to ace it.

The flight to leave Istanbul was close to midnight so I slept till 9pm before I was ready to check out. One of the bell boys had taken my luggage to the reception while I looked round to see if I mistakenly forgot some of my belongings.

Ten minutes was what I spent waiting for the elevator to stop at my floor and I almost at one point wanted to use the staircase down.

Déjà vu.!!!

It eventually opened but Lewis and Angela were inside the lift again just like the other time. I got in and positioned myself at the empty side but at the third floor it stopped moving.

The elevator stopped and we were trapped. I saw Angela press the 'door open' button but it didn't seem to work. She pressed the 'call' button and it didn't work either. Only the emergency lights which were a bit faint were on.

I tried remaining calm but I was sweating and internally began to panic. My mobile phone had no network and I couldn't contact anyone. I was getting tired and we had only been here for five minutes. This seemed like it was going to be long but I needed to get out of here.

LEWIS POV

Angela and I were stuck in the lift as well as Selena. and all through the period she tried to press the buttons, Selena was quiet in the corner she stood. I knew her too well to know that she was panicking internally and trying to keep her cool. Then I noticed she started sweating when we had spent about ten minutes locked in. She looked around her like she was searching for a place to sit but there was none. I had a small bottle of water with me and thought to offer her but wasn't sure of her reaction. It seemed Angela noticed too because she came to me and took the bottle of water then walked over to Selena.

"You need this", Angela said to her while I watched their exchange.

"No thank you", Selena replied.

Then Angela grabbed her arm and spoke again.

'You need to drink up, you are sweating and your body is warm", she repeated.

"Fine, I'll have it", she said and took the bottle from Angela.

"Drink it please", Angela said waiting in front of her and she drank it in two gulps.

"Thank you", Selena said to her.

She started looking better and more relaxed in no time. We waited for another five minutes before the maintenance team were able to open the door to the elevator and for everyone to get out.

Selena walked towards the staircase while we entered the opposite lift going down to the reception.

We got into the car taking us to the hotel where McLaren team stayed to meet Daniel and Angela got talking again.

"I don't think she was feeling well, her body was very warm", she said to me.

"Probably just the flu", I responded to her.

"Possible", she said nodding her head.

"Do you think she will be at the after party tonight?", I asked her.