Another Love

35 Crash

Charles's POV

I was listening to Mia's phone call with Luna and all the words Luna said confirmed that I have hurt her and made her suffer the things that I promised myself not to let her suffer from but one thing stuck to my mind.

"You told her to clarify the rumors?"

Mia: "The whole team had a meeting and we concluded with having her clarify it because it was the easiest way to handle it and with her being the one to clarify it..we..we didn't know what else to do."

Her eyes watered as she looked at me with so much guilt in her eyes.

I know she loves Elise like a sister and this was hurting her.

If only I listened to her and not pushed for the pass to be given to Charlotte, this wouldn't be happening, she wouldn't be like this, I wouldn't be suffering not being able to see, hear or touch the girl I love and most of all, my Elise wouldn't need to leave with me breaking her heart to pieces and contemplate on quitting the job that she has always wanted.

Charlotte has been pestering me and everyone in the team and terrorizing the Shell team and everyone is just so done with her.

Before I could reply, Charlotte came walking in with Kika in tow looking apologetic at me and was about to kiss me on the cheeks when I stood up and walked past her to greet Kika and kiss her on the cheek.

"She was whining and being a bitch and suddenly stood up and stormed her way through here. Carlos and Stephania are waiting for you at the garage. Go, Mia and I will handle her." Kika whispered as I kissed her on the cheek.

I smiled at her and said thank you before walking past her with Charlotte calling my name but I ignored her and headed straight for the garage to meet with Carlos and Stephania as we have another interview scheduled for today before we fly out to Spa tomorrow.

Our schedules were finished at around 5:30 so me and Carlos decided to have dinner with the team before heading to the hotel.

We were in the middle of eating when my phone pinged and so did all the phones who have the Scuderia's Instagram logged in on.

I opened my phone to see that it was a post by @F1News so I clicked on it expecting to see either a photo of me somewhere or a photo of Charlotte following me but I was wrong because it was a photo of Elise with her AirPods on, sitting on a chair in the waiting area of what looks like the airport sipping coffee.

"Our @Scuderia_Ferrari Princess has been spotted at the Bologna Airport. Headed for where? We also don't know, but we hope she's heading to Spa to cheer @Charles_Leclerc up as he has been looking very gloomy that even the @Charlottesine can't go near him."

The caption made me start expecting and hoping that she was indeed flying to Spa which I know will only turn into disappointment because in my head, I know that she never flies for a race weekend earlier than Thursday unless she was flying with me.

I sighed and flipped my phone and just continued eating while reminding myself not to get my hopes up anymore than it currently is.

Days have passed since the post was made of Elise being in the airport and my hopes of seeing her here and of surprising her with my new apartment which I was going to ask her to move in with me in was dwindling and I can't blame anyone but myself for being stupid.

It was now Saturday and Andrea has been trying to help me clear my head but my thoughts keep going back to her which lead me to getting a P6 for the qualifying, which was frustrating for me and it showed on my face as Stephania kept on reminding me to smile every now and then throughout my time in the media pen.

I went straight to the hotel to sort my thoughts, thankfully, Charlotte has not shown up here in Spa.

I had room service send me some food for dinner and went to bed early as Andrea informed me that we will be training early tomorrow.

I woke up to Andrea calling me to wake me up so I just changed and went to meet him at the hotel gym.

We finished at around 9:30 so I went up to my room to take a bath and changed into jeans and a Ferrari polo shirt and a white Ferrari x Puma shoes.

I drove with Andrea to the circuit in the Ferrari gave for me to drive this week.

I headed to the green carpet while Andrea went to park the car as I signed merchs, caps and the like and took photos with fans on the way to the paddock and headed for the motorhome where Andrea and Carlos were waiting for me and we all went to the meeting room.

The meeting ended around lunch time.

We were having lunch when my phone pinged and I opened it to see another post from @F1News, noting that the last post gave me hope, I clicked it only for my hopes to be crashed as I looked at the photo of Elise and Lei with 2 men leaving an establishment with the hands of the men around the shoulders of each of the 2 girls.

"@CassandraEliSmith seen with her best friend leaving a club in Vegas with 2 hunks. Does this mean that her relationship with @Charles_Leclerc, who has been struggling lately, will no longer be rekindled?"

Reading the caption of the post made me want to cry and trash the place but Carlos, who also saw the post, put a hand on my shoulder and talked some sense into me.

"We don't know the story behind the photo just like how she doesn't know the story behind you supposedly kissing Charlotte on the forehead in Silverstone. We have a race to win this afternoon, mate, you need to keep your head in the game. She will be disappointed if you let her be a distraction." He said sternly which made me nod my head.

I tried to focus on the race but every time I look at the data, I am reminded of how she wrote the data for me to analyze before the race when I was upset after a bad qualifying or being penalized.

I was sitting in my car in the grid looking at the lights so I know I should keep my full focus on the race especially since it has started to rain and a minor mistake can be dangerous.

I had a decent start and I was determined to put myself on a podium position so I threw caution to the wind and was already up to P4 by lap 23 with George in P3, Carlos in P2 and Max in P1.

By lap 29, I was within DRS range from George who was in P3 and was activated which led me to be side by side along with him as we approached Eau Rouge and I was about to pass him and head up when his front wing clipped the rear of my car which led to me losing control of the car and crash into a barrier and I felt the back side of the car get hotter before I blacked out with my last thought being Elise smiling, just as Xavi and Fred yelled into my radio to get out of the car because the engine has caught on fire.