Chapter 16: Selene

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TWO WEEKS LATER
SINGAPORE

"Welcome back, Lando! It's so nice to have you back racing. How are you feeling?" Will Buzton asked Lando at the media pen.

"Thank you. I feel fine and yeah...happy to be back...ermm...the recovery took longer than expected for the knee but I'm just happy to be driving again. I did FP1 and 2 in Brazil and felt comfortable in the car... "

"We saw your whole family is here, plus your girlfriend to support you on your first race back. What other preparation did you have to do for this race? Singapore is the most physical track on the calendar."

"Yeah...ahmmm...Singapore is indeed physical. I never really stopped training except for the legs, but of course it's different when you haven't been in the car for long. I'm sure my neck will be sore on Sunday. And yeah, my family, my girlfriend, they're all here to support me"

"We've been hearing you and Carlos are very close to being family because you are dating his wife's sister."

"What? Who told you that? Well, I have always been an honorary Sainz.. ha-ha. Selene and I are just enjoying our time together and I'm lucky she's been with me during this difficult time."

I was smiling while watching the interview because Lando looked very happy to be back on track. He worked really hard to get back into shape. The trauma from the accident was being managed through therapy.

I was waiting for him at the McLaren hospitality area as he finished his meetings with the engineers. It's been four hours since he entered the room. We left the paddock at 11 pm.

"Did you eat?" I asked him while we walk towards my car.

"No. Well, I had some bread but it doesn't count.You?"

"We ate while waiting for you but I can join you for late dinner."

"Perfect." He put his arm around my shoulder as I entwined my fingers in his. I knew he was tired but when he saw fans have been waiting, we stopped so he could sign autographs and take selfies,

I felt the love of his fans for him so I whispered something while we were boarding the car.

"Your fans love you so much"

"Yeah. They wait for hours with no guarantee drivers would pass here or the other gate."

"I want to give out paddock passes, can i do that for them?"

"You do?"

"Yes. I reckon they are all excited to watch you so let's make it extra special for some." I said

"Well, we can just announce it on instagram and the winners can get it from one of your guys or let me check with Caroline if we can do it via Mclaren."

"D, let us make arrangements for 150 paddock club tickets. Tomorrow?"

Dimitri nodded to affirm he got my request.

Lando's eyes glowed after he heard the number of tickets.

"That's a lot of tickets, baby. You'll make so many happy. I'll match it so we can make 300 fans happy."

I leaned in to kiss him as we cozied up in the car on our way back to the hotel. Lando managed to squeeze in a call to McLaren's Caroline to check and make arrangements.

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"Baby we're live." He said as I tried to fix my hair before I faced the camera.

" He said as I tried to fix my hair before I faced the camera

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