Charles must have driven straight from seeing me to Silverstone in time to get to there for media day. The drive is nearly two hours so he must just have arrived on time. I lay in bed procrastinating about what Maria would have to say about everything, while he drove. Finally getting out of bed when I saw his text saying he had arrived and was heading straight into interviews. The media day is huge at Silverstone so I knew he would be incredibly busy and wasn't expecting to be able to talk through the day. After doing my morning skincare, I strolled over to my bedside table and ordered room service. The pancakes were calling my name. My foot tapped at the table leg as I stared at my phone. Subconsciously knowing that Maria would be calling me any moment. Despite knowing she would call me, I was still shocked when her name popped up on my lock screen. I sighed while I answered the phone, bracing myself for what she had to say.
"Hey" my voice was quiet and stretched out.
"You probably already know why I'm calling, what did you do?" She was stern but quiet. The type that scared the living shit out of me. I hated disappointing people, especially my team. Maria had taken on the maternal role since I moved out to Monaco and I thought more of her as family then I did as my manager.
"It was not my fault, I thought I could trust her. I just slipped out. I never meant for everyone to find out-"
"Well it happened, no point making excuses now" she interrupted my verbal diarrhoea, "there was a contract in place and you broke it, now instead of trying to change the past we need to look into the future" I felt so guilty, not only to her. But a tiny part of me felt bad for Lando. Even after everything; the cheating, the lying, the betrayal. I still loved him and would never dream of hurting his career.
"I'm sorry, I really am. I feel so bad. What can I do" I pleaded.
"Well you have the YSL event tonight so i've already called ahead and pulled some strings so you won't be doing any interviews, which is good and we can avoid it for now." After last night I had completely forgotten about the event. "Lando's team is dealing with his image, but luckily for you it has not been tainted like his has" I rubbed my face, my head pounding with stress.
"Okay, so what shall I do?" I asked
"You need to stay quiet, the source is not verified and they have no physical proof. This can just be played off as a rumour. Do you know who leaked it to the press and do you know who the girl he cheated on you with?"
"I don't know who the girl he cheated on me with. But the girl who leaked it, I went to dinner with last night. She was an old school friend. I thought I could trust her" I still hated talking about it. I felt all the emotions I tried so hard to ignore all these months build up.
"Well you obviously couldn't" her tone so cut throat I could physically feel it stabbing me in the stomach. "You need to learn that not everyone in this industry is your friend."
"I know, I said I'm sorry '' I couldn't help but slightly raise my voice. I was tired of not being unable to make a single mistake without the whole world knowing. It was exhausting.
"It's fine, I'm sorting it out," Marias tone instantly changed. She could tell I felt bad about it and didn't mean it, "I'm sorry I should have come across like that," I think that was the first time I ever heard Maria apologise. "We just need to pray that they don't press charges for breach of contract" my stomach dropped. Lando had no reason to be forgiving towards me. I had genuinely no idea if he would or not. Or what his team decided to do.
"Do you think they will?" I asked timidly, my voice shaking from worry.
"I doubt it, they probably want this to wash over and be done with even more than we do."
"Okay" I chewed at my fingernails, staring blankly at the hotel wall. Barely computing what she was saying. I had no thoughts in my mind but ten thousand all at the same time.
"I need to go now, but call me if you need anything at all" she hung up the phone as I said goodbye. After finishing the call I could barely bring myself to finish my food. I had lost all my appetite and just wanted to apologise to anyone that would let me. Even to Lando. Which was weird as I never thought I could bring myself to speak to him again.It felt like only five minutes had passed until I finally clicked out of my thoughts, escaping my own mind. I looked down at my phone to see it was already twelve. I was seeing my parents in less than an hour and was still in my joggers and a sweatshirt. I leapt out of the chair, running to the bathroom to put on some light makeup. The weather was warm. Incredibly warm for Britain so I decided on a pretty white sundress. I sprinted around the hotel room picking up everything I would need and left as quickly as I could.
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On and Off the Track
FanfictionShe the current girlfriend of Lando Norris, living a lifestyle of super yachts, high end restaurants and millions of followers. But what happens when her head suddenly gets turned by another F1 driver who just happens to be her boyfriend's number on...