Hidden. To Follow one's own path with the heart

8.

So I went with Charles and Sebastian to their Ferraris and was amazed, they were really nice cars. "All right, I'll see you tomorrow," Sebastian said goodbye to us.

Charles opened the double door of the car for me: "Voilà", smiling slightly, I got in: "merci bien." He looked at me in surprise, "You speak French?" I was playing with my rings. "Yes, I had it as a foreign language in my studies" "Very nice" With that, he closed the car door and sat down himself.

He let the engine roar briefly before we drove off. Ohman, I loved fast cars. "So, tell me; Did your first day go the way you imagined?" Nodding I looked at him "Actually, yes, even if my work colleague probably doesn't like me that much" He looked at me briefly surprised "Why not" I shrugged my shoulders ignorantly "Maybe because she thinks that my parents paid for the trip" At the word excursion I used my hands as goose feet. Charles's amused gaze swept over me, "And is that so?"

Shaking my head, I watched the lights of the street pass me by, "No, not at all. neither that my parents have anything to do with it nor that I see the whole thing as an excursion. I'm doing this because I want to take advantage of my professional opportunities after my studies," an understandable nod on his part followed

"It sounds like you definitely have a plan for what you want to do. But before we talk about it any further: Are you as hungry as I am?" I looked amused at Charles, who was rubbing over his stomach to confirm his statement.

"Hmm yes you can say that" At that moment my stomach growled and Charles and I started laughing "All right, I know a good shop, we can go there"

I felt a little uncomfortable at the thought that I was traveling with Charles. After all, a lot of people could see us, especially with this car. "Don't you think we could eat something at the hotel?" I asked cautiously. "Are you afraid that people will see us together?" he asked just for fun, but when I didn't answer anything he looked over at me seriously "Ellie, you don't have to worry, Lando-" I cut him off "It's about your PR, it's going to cause a stir if you're seen with a stranger girl Charles"

Thinking about it, he looked ahead: "All right, then we'll go where no one sees us. Unfortunately, the hotel no longer has a hot kitchen at this time" thinking about it, I went through all the situations. That should be ok, right? So I agreed "Okay, but woe betide me I read about it in the newspaper tomorrow" With a smile, Charles nodded and we drove another 10 minutes before he drove to a yard.

"Wait a minute," with these words he got out and knocked on a door. When I looked around, everything seemed a bit strange. It looked like a backyard, where Charles would eat with me.

This thought repeated itself in my head several times until I realized it.

Charles Leclerc is going out to eat with me right now.

I tried to review the whole thing to understand how I got into this situation. Meanwhile, I took off my VIP pass and looked in the car mirror, which I folded down.

It wasn't like this was a date, just a meal underneath. Work colleagues, could you put it that way? Nevertheless, I was excited from one moment to the next.

After he had briefly taken out a kind of jacket and was wearing it, Charles opened my door and gave me his hand "Come on, I've sorted everything out, there are no prying eyes" I nodded happily and accepted his hand "Not that I'm going to have any problems with your manager."

After I got out of the car, he immediately let go of my hand and I stroked my outfit. Curious to see what followed, I went after Charles. He opened the door He had just knocked on and let me go ahead.

Boy, boy, this man had decency.

Curiously, I looked around, I followed the corridor, not without looking back at Charles, who had only nodded in confirmation when I was awaited after several doors and the smell of delicious food by a somewhat rotund man "Please follow me Seniorita" I did as I was told and followed the gentleman up a flight of stairs.