Another Love

20 Red

The next morning, I went to the circuit and went straight to the hospitality to get a cup of coffee when I saw Mia and the PR team sitting around a table, talking about something that was posted on Instagram.

"Speaking of the two. Are you two enjoying your time leaving crumbs for the fans to put together, the newly crowned Ferrari Princess?" Mia asked as she appeared beside me before pulling me towards their table.

"Who you talking about? I hope that it's not me because I ain't no princess." I said looking at her mortified.

Stephania gave me her phone showing a post by @F1News which was a series of photos, the first being me and Charles exiting the shop when we bought the alcohol stock for his yacht, then a photo of me and him with Penelope in between us in Cannes, then a photo of me and him exiting his yacht at the dock, then a photo of us on our hike, then 3 photos of me and Pascale in different places from yesterday with a caption

"@CassandraEliSmith, who we shall now call as @Ferrari & @Scuderia_Ferrari's Princess, was seen spending time with not only @Charles_Leclerc but also his friends and his mother in Cannes and Monaco. The last 3 photos are not even a day old everyone, so is this them putting an end to the fans' misery when they had gushed over their photos at the first Gala they attended only to be disappointed when he was then photographed with another girl not even a day later?"

I rolled my eyes after I read the caption and gave Stephania's phone back.

"The photos of me and Pascale from yesterday and the photos in Cannes and the yacht are understandable because we were technically with other people and we do not know who is who in the crowd but how the hell did they get a photo of me and Charles on our hike? I didn't even see anyone there or even on our way up. Damn!" I said almost shouting.

"So, you are dating. Now, the question is, are you gonna confirm it or what?" Stephania asked as she looked up from her phone.

"I don't know. Ask Charles first, I need some time to think." I said as I got up and said goodbye before heading to the mobile lab.

I logged off on all my social media except WhatsApp and spent the whole day in the mobile lab preparing the lab for the weekend and running additional tests on the fuel to make sure that we brought the right one to avoid mishaps or identify if there were mix ups and the like before sneaking off and walking back to Charles's apartment as he sent me a message saying that he's going back first.

We spent the night chilling and cuddling.

The next day, Charles went to the circuit for media day while I stayed in his apartment, cleaning up a bit and also doing the laundry, then chilling while logging back into my social media accounts waiting for Charles to come back.

I then cooked Penne al Pesto for our dinner just before I received a message from him saying that he is out with some friends and will be back a little late so I just ate then watched Frozen II because why not, then went to bed.

I woke up with my phone pinging nonstop and Charles's side of the bed, untouched so I got my phone to see if he had a message which he did, which said 'Good morning and I'm sorry cherie. Andrea called me for training early and we're going straight to the circuit. See you at the garage' so I looked at the time ignoring the multiple notifications and saw that it was almost 8 am.

I got up and went to take a shower before changing into a khaki-colored trousers, cream halter top and cream sandals from Gucci before brushing my still wet hair, deciding not to blow-dry it and grabbing my phone and heading out of Charles's apartment with his key.