Style: M.Verstappen

Chapter 26

SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX

The season was coming to a close and Max leading the championship. However during qualifying, things didn't go slightly his way. With a red flag in Q3, Max ended up finishing P5 in qualifying. The night in the hotel room was stressful for Max but when he had Isla asleep on him, all the stress seemed to disappear. "Are you okay?" Lilianna asks, sitting beside her boyfriend and daughter. "Yeah. I am now I'm with my girls." Max smiles, opening his free arm for Lilianna to cuddle into him.

The Northern-Irish mum lays her head on his chest and wrapped an arm around his torso. As soon as she was in a comfortable position, Lilianna immediately fell asleep. Max smiles as both McNair girls slept peacefully, cuddled into him. That was when he realized how lucky he was. The peace was disturbed by the sound of Lilianna's phone ringing. The girl began to stir. "Shh, I've got it. You go back to sleep." Max whispers to the girl. She relaxes back aaginst him as Max carefully reaches over and grabs her phone.

He answers the call. "Hello?" he asks, not looking at the caller id. "Who's this?" the voice on the other end. "Max Verstappen. Who's that?" Max asks, answering the question before asking his own. "Lily's brother, Paddy. Is she there?" Paddy asks. "Yeah but she's asleep." Max says. "Oh, okay. Can you ask her to call me back when she wakes up, Max?" Paddy asks. "Of course. It's just the timezone." Max says. "Oh yeah, it's race week this weekend for you drivers." Paddy chuckles, forgetting his sister has work. "Yeah. I'll make sure she calls you back though, Paddy." Max reassures the older McNair sibling. "Okay. Thanks, Max." Paddy says. "Of course." Max responds before putting Lilianna's phone back and wrapping his arm around her and falling asleep himself.

THE NEXT MORNING

Early the next day, Lilianna was the first awake. She looks beside her to see Isla peacefully asleep on the other side of Max. Looking at the redbull driver, Lilianna's heart filled with content as she looked between Isla and Max. Placing a soft kiss on Max's cheek, Lilianna carefully moves out of his arm and heads to change into her clothes ahead of going to the paddock.

"Mummy." a little voice says behind her. Lilianma turns around and see's Isla with her arms raised to her. "Morning sweetie." Lilianna smiles, sitting Isla on her hip. "Are you still tired?" Lilianna asks, brushing some hair out of her daughters face with her fingers. Isla simply nods her head as Lilianna softly kisses the side of her face. "Shall we get you ready then go and wake Max?" Lilianna suggests to Isla who nods.

Lilianna helps Isla change before the pair head back into Max's room where he was still asleep. "Okay. Jump on his bed and wake him for breakfast." Lilianna smiles. She and Max have kept their relationship quiet from pretty much the whole paddock so none of the other drivers were aware of them dating. Especially the media.

Isla jumps onto Max's bed and scrambles ontop of him. "Max, wake up." Isla says with a little giggle. "Since when did two change?" Max asks, his eyes slightly open. "Just now." Lilianna smiles and sits beside him on the bed. The girl leans down and places her soft lips ontop of his. "Morning love." the girl smiles. "Morning. I could get used to waking up like this." Max says, a small smile on his face. "Me too." Lilianna agrees.

PADDOCK

Walking through the paddock enterance, the scream of fans could already be heard. "Okay. I better get to McLaren. Good luck" Lilianna smiles, Isla's hand in hers. "I will. Have fun." Max smiles, heading to redbull's paddock.