hidden desires |lando norris|

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zara was dreading getting off her flight from france to london, normally she would be excited as she can finally see her brothers again but rather today she was having to attend a meeting with blake, gina, lando and charlotte. zara still wasn't too happy about having to do it with lando because of his reputation, he was known to sleep around a lot (which zara had no problem with it was more of the fact he would then refuse to talk to them ever again, humiliating them in the public eye) he would get blackout drunk every weekend and would get so angry he would end up in fights at least twice a month. that was the problem zara willows had with lando norris. she thought he was a self centred, ignorant man who wouldn't put any effort whatsoever into this stunt that she's relying on to save her career.

when zara got out she immediately looked for her brother who managed to notice the girl first and ran up to her pulling her into a big bear hug from behind. the musician let out a squeal at the unexpected act but immediately turned around to give the man a proper hug.the two of them then made their way to joes car and conversed about what had happened recently in their life. when zara got into the car putting her bags in the seat behind she pulled out her phone checking for messages and realised gina had sent some not to long ago.

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Gi🫡

hey let me know when you've landed x
17:34
the meeting moved a bit earlier so make
your way over when you can, try not to
be too late x
17:46

hey gina i've just landed xx
17:52
my brothers actually picking me up so
would you mind if he comes with? xx
17:56
he won't be any trouble promise xx
17:57

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zara put her phone back in her pocket dreading the meeting ahead of her, with a sigh she turned to her brother who was focused on driving them back to her apartment
"would you mind dropping me off at a meeting please"
zara asked looking at her brother
"only if i can come in with you, i don't fancy waiting about four hours for you to talk with your managers"
joe said with an eye roll, truth be told he wouldn't care about waiting right now he was just glad that he could see his little sister again, she was always travelling and performing and that made it hard for him to see her regularly never mind the fact she didn't show up to any sort of social gathering that their mother was attending.
" i'm not sure if you'll be allowed to stay but you can try to come in if you want"
the younger said with a smile on her face, she loved her brother more than anyone else and she missed being around him, whenever she came home they didn't spend all too much time together because of her mother, who she had been avoiding for 3 years, marissa was always spending time with joe and frankly no matter how much she missed him she didn't want to put herself through the pressure and stress of her mother.
"i don't care if they don't let me i'll find a way in"
joe spoke winking at his sister causing the latter to let out a soft laugh at the man's action.
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by the time they had gotten to the building the meeting was being held at, it had been 20 minutes, the two walked up to the building and up a flight of stairs to where blake's office was.
"hi, sorry i'm a bit late"
the woman said entering the door with her brother behind her, she noticed as she walked in that lando was sat at the head of the small marble table with charlotte to the right of him, gina sat to the left of him and blake next to gina. joe sat down next to charlotte and zara sat at the head directly opposite lando on the other side of the table.
"so she can just walk in here late with whoever the fuck he is and not get any complaints"
lando stated furrowing his brows at the two who has just walked in
"well zara just got off a flight and her brother was picking her up"
blake said looking between lando and zara
"and she didn't come in complaining and not listening"
charlotte mumbled to the man kicking his shin under the desk lightly, which in return he have her a hard glare,
zara sat back in her chair a bit more feeling embarrassed to which joe noticed and sent a warm smile her way
"anyway"
gina began interrupting the siblings silent communication
"we're here today to talk and brief through the stunt, there will be rules that you both need to comply to and if either of you break them there will be sanctions"
joe looked towards his sister with furrowed brows
" sorry to interrupt but what exactly is this 'stunt'"
he said to the room
"well lando and zara's public images haven't really been the best recently causing hiccups in their careers so they are going to fake a relationship to quiet the drama and get their careers back on track"
charlotte said looking at the confused man sat beside her.
"oh.."
joe was concerned to say the least, he knew his sister would most likely end up with an attachment to lando (as he was a good looking man and they'd be spending a lot of time together in romantic settings) and he didn't want her to end up hurt because of it.
"well,,since you are both staying in england right now we will have the two of you go out together in public, you will make it seem like the two of you are on dates and are starting out an innocent relationship"
gina stated looking at the people sat on the table making sure she was being understood
"given its monday we'll start with a date on wednesday , lando your taking zara for a romantic dinner at a fancy restaurant of your choice, you will need to get shots of you two together going in and out of the restaurant so make sure it's public"
as gina stopped speaking zara took a deep breath, if lando acted how he did when she walked in this was going to be a hard few dates.
"we're going to send you two both some rules you will need to obey throughout this stunt, you will also need to get to know eachother ,, ok?"
blake said closing his laptop that he'd been typing on the whole meeting, a few seconds later both lando and zara's phones dinged with a notification.
"well i'll be in touch charlotte, about the schedules and plans for the two"
gina stated as she got up to leave the table, charlotte nodding at her words and turning towards lando most likely to emphasise how much he needed to play by the rules. zara then got up, joe following and the both of them leaving with a small goodbye from the smaller woman.as they left the building and headed back towards joes car, zara opened her phone to look at the messages from blake.

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blakey boy🩵

rules:
1.don't be seen getting close with any other people or be seen out with people you have romantic history with.

2.post something about the other person at least once a week on any platform.(allowing soft launching)

3.make sure the media see you showing affection eg. holding hands, kissing etc.

4.absolutely NO fighting between the two of you in front of anyone!!

5.only going to parties together and only going to necessary parties (only drinking in public when necessary aswell)

6.don't be stupid!! don't do anything else that would be putting this at risk!
19:03