Rules ⇝ Toto Wolff

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♫ There is tension between us
I just wanna give in
And I don't care if I'm forgiven ♫

Toto Wolff POV

The rest of Friday was a complete mess. There was a lot to be made, a few meetings were done before we headed back to the hotel. I found Grace sleeping in the motorhome in my room when I went to find her. Her laptop was open on her father's company website and email. She was working. Her personal email was also open and I saw all the emails from Felix. Asshole.

"Grace, darling, we need to go to the hotel. You need to eat something" I whisper carefully caressing her face. She starts to wake up and looks at me startled. She sits down and regains her composure.

"I'm sorry. I was watching television to relax and I fell asleep. Let's go" She says getting up and organizing her things to leave.

"Is everything okay?" I ask to make sure and she nods.

"My parents bought tickets for this weekend and the next. They want to see us since we are in Austria. I tried to talk them out of it but they weren't having it" She says as we walked out.

"That's fine, they are welcome here. Do I need to upgrade their ticket?" I ask maintaining my position by her side as people walked by us.

"No. I think he bought the best ones he could find. I was just giving you a heads-up" She says as we walked through the paddock and we said our goodbyes to those we knew.

"Looking good there Toto. You look gorgeous Grace" One of the journalists says and Grace smiles.

"Cute couple" Another one joins playfully and we laugh.

We did our trip to the hotel and the dinner was something light and fast, tomorrow is a full day in preparation for the qualifying and then the race. We go to our rooms and I watch as she opened the door.

"Thank you for protecting me. You are doing way more than you are obliged to. I am really thankful for that" She says looking up at me.

"Don't think about it. He won't show up here" I say kissing her forehead carefully.

"I will see you tomorrow" She says slightly kissing my lips.

"Get some rest, you clearly need it" I say as she was preparing to close the door and she nods.

The next day was full, I was so focused that I didn't even notice Alex and Sophia were already here until the last practice had been done. I greeted them excitedly and stood by their side in the garage.

"This is really a huge confusion. I can't believe you all can work under this pressure" Sophia says surprised.

"Not everyone would do well here but it's definitely a different world" Grace takes a quick glance around the garage as she says it and I smile.

"Has he been here already?" Alex asks and I look at him confusedly.

"Who? Felix? Why would he be here?" I ask looking at the three of them.

"He is in the paddock. They saw him when they were getting in" Grace says quietly while avoiding eye contact and I take a deep breath.

"I will take care of it. Stay here, don't get out of here for nothing, okay?" I say but I don't get out of their sight until she looks at me, which she does.

"I will be fine" She assures and I nod going into the back office. I then do what I had to do, I picked up my phone and called the number I decorated.

"Hey! It's me, let's go to Plan B. Thank you" I say as soon as the person answers.

"I will call you once it's done. Keep your eyes on the phone"

The call ends and I get back to the garage. Grace was clearly pretending to be fine. Felix enters the garage and smiles at me. I smile back, but not in a friendly way. The way his smile dropped assured me that he felt the animosity. I was winning, I would always win.

"Look at me" I whisper and she does so. "Kiss me like you mean it"

"My parents can see us, they just walked to the other side of the garage" She whispers back.

"Kiss me or I will kiss you" I state as she stopped to think if I was serious.

"Lean down, you are too tall" She says coming closer and resting her hand on my chest.

"You had no problem with it before" I say while leaning down.

I feel her lips touching mine, my hand goes to her cheek and the other to her waist. One of her hands was on the back of my neck and the other was still on my chest. It lasted a few seconds but it was enough for him to see, nobody would take pictures of it so we are in the clear of that. I also don't care if my team sees it.

"Happy?" She sarcastically asks and I smile.

"Definitely" I say giving her a kiss on the forehead before going back to work.

"Marking your territory?" I hear Felix ask as he approaches me.

"She is mine, I have no doubt about it. I am just sad for you, you should've understood my last threat. You should've never crossed my path again. You are messing with the wrong person" I say almost tasting the victory. My phone rings and I see the text saying it's done. So, it's official. I won, by far

"I am trembling just thinking what you can do to me. Bu-uh" He says ironically.

"Do you have a lot of savings?" I ask with a smile.

"Why do you care?" He blurts out angrily.

"I bought the company you work for. The tickets to be here are pretty expensive so I just wanted to know if you have some savings before firing you. Every time a company is bought there is some cuts needing to be done. I can tell you are one of those" I say crossing my arms showing just calmness.

"The company I work for isn't for sale" He was doubting himself but he wouldn't give me the benefit of the doubt. He didn't want to show his weakness.

"Everything has a price. That one was like a spare change to me. I will give it to her tonight after I make her mine like you never could. She will love the gesture, don't you think?"

I asked the question but I didn't even wait for the answer. I just joined Alex in his talk with Lewis and Valtteri.