Lock Up ⏐Charles Leclerc

Chapter 33

Smooth operatooooooooor I'm so proud of Carlos!! Hopefully we'll get to see a Ferrari 1-2 for Silverstone.

Enjoy!

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The Hot Laps video I made with Charles was going viral.

It was the day of qualifying and I was currently watching it through the Mercedes hospitality. Because of the video, I gained a lot of attention when I entered the paddock, people asking for short interviews as I made my way to Mercedes. When I checked my phone earlier, my Instagram was blowing up because I promoted the video with the selfie I took with Charles. It didn't help either that he decided to follow me and his fans didn't fail to notice this.

Now, I'm here inside the hospitality and waiting for the first session to begin. If I were to watch from the garage, I wouldn't be able to escape the cameras and I seem to remember seeing one cameraman with the Netflix logo on his back.

Nope, definitely not.

As usual, Williams and Haas were the first to enter the track, warming up their tires before they began the lap.

"Is this seat taken?" A voice beside me said and I looked up to see Lewis Hamilton smiling at me.

I immediately shook my head and he sat down. I've seen him a few times around the paddock talking to either Toto or the Mercedes drivers. Lewis retired last year and moved on to become an advisor for the team like how Niki Lauda did before, coming to a few races.

"We've met before, right?" I asked and Lewis chuckled before nodding.

"I think it was the 2021 Met Gala." He said and I nodded my head, remembering we were seated in the same table. "I hear the teams have been fighting for your support."

"I wouldn't call it fighting." I smirked, knowing how people have been speculating which team I really supported. Now that I've already mentioned McLaren in the Hot Laps video, a debate has been going on whether or not I supported the papaya team. "I actually don't know why people are so interested in it."

"Aside from the fact that you're a big name in the film industry, there hasn't been this kind of talk when it comes to a girl and the drivers for  while." Oh, he knows something. I raised my eyebrow at him and Lewis lowered his voice so that the other people in the hospitality wouldn't hear. "You know about Ace and Milo, right?"

My eyes widened because I didn't know that they were aware of Ace, let alone Milo. "Mercedes knows?" Lewis nodded his head.

"Ace came forward before he signed his contract, saying that he wouldn't sign his name if it was going to be a problem."

Ace just proves to be greater every day. To sacrifice your dream job for something like that, risking the spread of the news if ever Mercedes did deny him, but I think when it comes to the people we are, everything is worth the sacrifice.

"What does this have to do with me?"

"I need you to watch out for them." Lewis said, a look of worry on his face. "Neither of them are ready but with Milo attending most of the races, there has been some talk in the background."

Rumors are really a pain in the ass. For Milo and Ace's case, it's not necessarily a rumor but the public doesn't know that. To the media, they just want something juicy to publish without any regard to the subjects of the article.

I nodded my head at Lewis. "I'll make sure to get some pictures of Milo and I taken." It was the only way to stop the rumors— start a new one.

"Are you okay with that? You're already being linked to Charles and Pierre. I even saw some fan accounts talking about it on social media."