Love Is My Drug (Sebastian Vettel)

Chapter 29: Defamation

Author's note: Thanks to you all who have added my story into your library. But for now, I have to say that... the conflict is coming! I hope that this one doesn't sound cheesy and I don't disappoint you all. Enjoy the story and please vote and comment❤️

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Red Bull team members ran into the parc fermé. They were so glad to see Seb win his 4th WDC title at his very young age. After he got out of his car, he hugged them one by one. Some of them also stroked his wet hair. He gave them the thumbs up and then waved to the Indian fans. And they responded him with screaming 'congratulations'.

Then, he was greeted by Christian and Adrian before he was weighed. The latter would accompany his driver to the podium to receive the constructor trophy. When he appeared, the crew cheered so loud.

As usual, the podium finishers got their trophies and they took their champagne. Nico and Romain sprayed their champagne to Seb who won both the race and the title. And for the photo session before they left the podium, they lifted him and put his legs on their shoulders and the photographers took the photos. Of course, he didn't forget to show his finger. Clara and all crew clapped their hands together.

Some seconds after, they left the podium and immediately went to the press conference room. Clara surely had to go there as well. So, she separated with all team members who went back to the garage.

After that, she waited for Seb who was doing the post-race press conference with Nico and Romain. She was sitting behind some reporters, cameramen, and photographers. Sometimes, she had a conversation with Nico and Romain's press officers.

It didn't take too long though. The press conference finished and it meant that the next activity for him was the interview session. Clara talked to Seb on their way to the media pen. "Seb, I'm so proud of you!"

"Thanks, Cla. Without you and others, I wouldn't be here as a 4-time world champion."

"That's obviously our job as your teammates to support you in good and bad times."

"Thank you again. It means a lot to me, mein liebchen."

From the tip of her eyes, she could see the reporters who were getting ready to interview him. They started checking on their recorders, while the cameramen were adjusting their cameras.

Interview time. Seb answered all questions that were given by the reporters, and of course with a happy feeling. She also recorded his interview with using the recorder from the team.

From that interview, Clara could conclude that Seb was very thrilled with his 4th WDC title, but he didn't expect anything yet for the following season, as he still wanted to focus on the last races of the season.

The session finished around 15 minutes after. So that was time for them to go back to the hospitality. From a distance, Seb and Clara could see some members gathering on the first floor, including Heikki, Rocky, Adrian, Christian, Dr. Helmut, and also Scott and Nira.

"Hi, all!" Seb greeted them.

Clara was feeling weird with the way they stared at Seb. It suddenly felt quite tense there and she didn't know why. She wondered if something happened like he was disqualified from the race due to breaching the rule or something like that. But she hoped that she was wrong.

"Seb, I want to ask you something," Dr. Helmut said to him.

"Sure, Helmut."

"Some minutes ago, I was looking for you, so I entered your room. And you know, I found this."

Dr. Helmut showed a pack of drug in pill form that he took from his jacket's pocket. Clara and Seb glanced at each other and both of them were very confused. "What is that? I swear I don't own it. It isn't mine."