Dances with Wolff - Max Verstappen

18.

It was the next morning and I didn't sleep at all. I knew for sure that I had to talk to Toto. I had to tell him what happened and what he thought was best. I texted him that I wanted to grab lunch with him. I knew it wasn't the best time but he always made time for me.

I waited for him in the hospitality. I really didn't want to meet up here but it was qualifying today so he was too busy to go out.
He walked up to me and gave me a kiss on my cheek. "How are you Rylee? How are your classes?" He sat down and ordered some food for the both of us.
"Hi Toto, I'm fine and my classes are going great. I really like it." He nodded and put his tablet and phone next to him.
"I actually wanted to talk to you about something.." I got his attention with one sentence. Toto looked up at me and nodded again. "So, Christian offered me a job as PR manager." I almost whispered the sentence but I was relieved I said it.
"Who's PR manager? Does he even know you're my niece?" He actually stopped eating and looked at me without even blinking.
"Max and no obviously not." We both sat in silence for a while. Did he really think they would offer me a job when they knew I was his niece?
"You should take it!" This time I was the one who was speechless. Did he just tell me to take the job? The job at Red Bull?
"Wait really?" He probably saw the confusion on my face because he put his hand on mine.
"It's a great idea. You'll be close to Max and Christian. You can give us information that we normally would never know. Like their strategy and how Max is feeling. We could take great advantage of it." Did he really just say this? Of course he would use this as an opportunity for Mercedes to win the championship.

I walked around the paddock. I was on my way to find Christian to tell him I didn't want the job. I didn't want to give information to Mercedes. It just wasn't fair.

"Hey you, I've heard you're gonna be my new PR manager." Max pushed me playfully and put his arm around my shoulder. He actually smelled really good.
"I haven't decided yet though. Lewis is such an easy person to manage you know." I laughed and moved a little closer to him. He looked down at me.
"I know I can be difficult sometimes, but I promise that I will calm down and only give mature and funny answers." It's cute. He was trying to convince me to work with him because he liked being around me. If he only knew...
"Pinky promise?" I put my finger in front of him laughing. "Pinky promise" he laughed, making a pinky promise with me.

He walked away while he was fixing his racing suit. I decided not to go to Christian today. I needed to think about this.
Toto wanted me to take this job to give personal information to them. Christian wanted it because he thought it would bother Lewis and Toto.
And Max... Max actually was just excited to spend more time with me and I genuinely believe he wanted me to do a job I liked.

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A.N : what do you guys think about Max and Rylee? Do you think she just needs to tell him the truth?