Ride or Die | Lando Norris (ENGLISH)

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Fifteen minutes later, I was standing in the hotel elevator with Lando by my side. There was deathly silence between us. Lando looked at me out of the corner of his eye as I stared at the door in front of me. How did this situation happen? Well, Norris begged me to stay with him, despite Max's rude whispers towards him, which didn't even bother him because he was that desperate.

– I'm really sorry, Melly – he sighed softly once again, gently taking my hand. Our fingers connected immediately and I finally looked at him.

– Why her? – I asked, desperately searching for answers in his lost eyes. Norris bit his lip as he considered his answer.

– She texted to me. She was the first conversation in my messages. I needed to meet someone who knew nothing about us. I couldn't bear the questions about you and why I'm in the state I am. She wanted to take advantage of it when I just wanted to have someone by my side, so I told her to fuck off – he sniffled, drawing invisible marks on my hand with his thumb that calmed me down in a strange way. – When I realized that I wanted to have you next to me, it was too late. I knew you and Max were mad at me, so I had no idea what to do – he shrugged gently as the elevator doors opened on the twentieth floor, where his apartment was located. – I'm so sorry, I'm really a total idiot – he added, letting me pass as I exited the elevator.

I nodded gently as he opened the apartment door. I had no strength left for any arguments. I believed him. After all, there was a reason why Luisa had left the hotel in such a rage. He simply had to refuse her.

– It's okay, Lan – I murmured to him quietly as we stared into each other's eyes in the lit corridor of the hotel suite. – Let's take a shower and talk, shall we? – I asked, gently caressing his cheek with my hand. His body instantly relaxed under my touch. He nodded eagerly and after a while he pulled my hand in an unknown direction.

After crossing the hall, Lando opened the door to a large bathroom with a large shower and a bathtub, from which one could observe the bustle of London through a huge window stretching from the ceiling to the floor.

– I have a better idea – he smiled smartly, filling the bathtub with hot water. I smiled gently at him. This is what we needed. Lando got rid of his clothes, which he threw somewhere on the floor, while I poured various beautifully smelling liquids into the bathtub that were lying nearby.

– To me, you're the most beautiful woman in the world, baby – he whispered, staring into my eyes as he noticed my hesitation. He sat comfortably in the bathtub while I was afraid to take off the sweatshirt that covered my body. My sweatpants were already on the floor as I felt a sudden rush of undressing completely in front of him. For some it might have been total stupidity, because he had seen me naked more than once, but I felt that my body had changed. My breasts were swollen and my belly was slightly protruding due to recent food cravings. Who knows what week I could have been there.

– Come here – he muttered, rolling his eyes. He extended his wet hand towards me, which I immediately accepted. When I approached him, he immediately let go of my hand. He grabbed the edge of my sweatshirt and pulled it up. – Are you going to sit in the bathtub in a sweatshirt? – he laughed quietly, looking down at me. He looked like a fucking Greek god. Those curls that looked limp at that moment, those green eyes that pierced my face, those necklaces that perfectly decorated his tanned and sculpted chest.

And there was me too.

– I feel terrible, Lan. I look terrible – I muttered quietly, running my hand through his curls.

– You're talking nonsense, sunshine. I want you to see yourself through my eyes. Maybe then you would see that you are a total goddess – he smiled sweetly, hooking his fingers around the edge of the underwear on my hip.