Baby Blue.

Chapter 27: Redemption Day

T-10 min to the McLaren launch! Will I have manifested the Gulf Livery?We'll see - but this is one of my favourite chapters.See you next week!besitos, sourpatchsoda

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"Did your parents say anything about me?" I put my jewellery on the dresser in my hotel room.

Daniel is sitting on the bed. He takes off his shoes, laughing. "What do you think?"

"I don't know what to think, so please tell me." I turn to him with a jerk.

"Liv, how many times do I have to tell you. They like you. There's nothing about you not to like. I promise." He pulls me by my wrist onto his lap.

"You sure?" I look him in the eye.

"Sure." He kisses me and I sigh happily.

"I heard rumours in the paddock that Lando has a thing again with that Portuguese girl from last year?" Daniel is already in bed when I come out of the bathroom.

"Mhm. Supposedly he only accompanied Forkie because he's interested in the other girl," I reply uncertainly.

I don't know when, but at some point, we got into the habit of just calling Max Fewtrell Forkie - His fans have been calling him that and now there's no confusion with Verstappen.

"Don't you like her?" Daniel lifts his blanket so I can crawl under it.

"I don't know if she's the one." Is all I say.

"And who is the right one if it were up to you? I know the big sister complex is big, but—"

"Please let Lando sort it out himself," I mutter.

I rest my head on Daniel's chest and listen to his heartbeat.

"Okay."

The following day I am awake well before Daniel and am just in the bathroom when I hear a knock at the door.

Just as I am about to leave the bathroom, I see that Daniel opens the door dressed only in shorts.

"Olivia I—Daniel?" I hear and see Nathalie. She looks confused at the room number.

"For fucks sake," I curse and quickly pull her into the room.

Daniel rubs his eyes sleepily and only now seems to realise he's in my room and has just

revealed to another person that we're together.

"Shit, fuck, no," he groans and puts his head back.

Nathalie looks from him to me, stunned. "Goodness me, I was right!"

"What?" I shake my head.

"I swore to Charlotte that you guys had something going on! Ha, I'll rub it in her face." Nathalie giggles.

"Forget it, oh my God." I bury my face in my hands.

"Okay, before this gets out of hand, we don't have a thing going on. We're dating." Daniel pulls a shirt on, and Nathalie shrugs.

"Doesn't change the fact that I was right."

"Please don't tell anyone on the team." I look at her pleadingly.

"Well, except Lando, Michael, half the paddock..." Daniel laughs softly.

I give him a nasty look.

"So the bosses don't know yet? Fine, I'll keep my mouth shut then. What about Charlotte?" Nathalie looks at me with a pout.