Lando's POV
2 months later
This season couldn't have gone better. We were winning almost every race, not only winning but also sharing podiums.
The car was a rocketship and my baby always had the best strategy prepared for Oscar and I.
We were in Monaco right now. I had to do a lot of media duties but at the end of the day I was going home with the hottest girl in the paddock.
I wasn't naive, I knew almost every guy in the paddock wanted her. Lewis and Max definitely had their eyes on her.
But she wasn't interested them. She probably only wanted a winner and unfortunately for them, that was me lately.
"Are you working again?" I groaned as I looked at River. She was laying on the couch with her laptop.
All she did lately was working. I think she even dreamed about our strategy.
"Yes Monaco is important and your friends are here so I want you to win" she answered without even looking at me.
"We don't need that" I said as I walked to her and closed her laptop. She frowned and looked at me. "What do you mean?"
"I will win no matter what strategy you give me" I crawled on top of her. Her frown turned even bigger right now.
"Big ego much?"
She put her hand on my chest and tried pushing me off her.
"We're allowed to have a big ego" I said as I grabbed her wrists and smirked down at her. "We're the power couple"
I kissed her neck softly and let my lips brush over her cheek before reaching her lips.
"But you don't need me, you don't need a good strategy?" She mumbled on my lips.
"Baby, I want you in my team" I let my hands brush against her body. "You're not bad to look at, you know"
I meant it as a compliment but she immediately pushed me off of her.
"Fuck off Lando, you've changed so much" she said as she fixed her shirt. "And I don't like the new you"
I didn't even have time to respond because she grabbed her laptop and walked to the bedroom.
Yes I definitely changed. I had way more confidence, just like she always told me to have.
She was probably just annoyed because her job wasn't that important at this point.
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"Why aren't we going out?" I pressed the radio button. I saw the Red Bulls and Ferrari's already going out but we were still standing in the garage.
I got easily through to Q3 with fastest times but what the fuck was River doing now?
"We didn't expect Red Bull to go out so early, we don't want to put you in the middle of traffic" Will, my engineer answered.
"I am going out now" I responded. If there was a red flag, which was likely here in Monaco, then we would be fucked.
River turned around, she looked at me from the pitwall and mouthed 'calm down'
How the fuck could I calm down? I wanted this win, I wanted to win in Monaco and qualifying was so important around here.
After a couple of seconds they finally allowed me to go out. "Prepare your tires Lando and watch out for tu-" Will started talking again.
"Yeah yeah, I know what I'm doing"
Why couldn't they just let me concentrate on driving? They had it easy, they weren't risking their lives.
I was on such a fast lap, I was definitely gonna grab this pole until I saw red flags all over the track.
"Red Flag, Sainz crashed"
I slapped my steering wheel a couple of times. "For fuck sake"
They ended the session soon after that. I was stuck with no time on the board, so I had to start at P10.
"What an incredible fuck up" I laughed sarcastically as I walked in the debriefing meeting. "Brilliant strategy too"
River didn't say a word, she just looked at me. She knew she fucked up.
"Leaving me out until the last minute was the stupidest thing you could do" I let out a little laugh as I looked straight at River.
She immediately looked down, biting her lower lip.
"Remember what you said last night?" She raised her voice, grabbing her gloves and putting them on. "That you could win no matter what strategy I give you"
She walked to me and leaned closer. "It's your time to prove that, big man"
She shook her head as she walked out of the meeting. I chuckled. She couldn't even admit that she messed up.
But I was gonna prove that I could win, even if I had to start from P10.
