As if | Max Verstappen

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me and Lando had flown to Monaco and I had been allowed to sleep in Lando's guest room for the last two days. Today we had a full schedule with lots of apartment and house viewings. I had explained to Lando that I wanted to live a little outside of all the chaos but at the same time I wanted to live close to Lando so I could visit whenever I felt like it.

the first screening was at 11 o'clock so I had gotten up around 9:30 to freshen up and put on light makeup. Lando was still asleep so I turned the music on low while I got in the shower and rinsed off.

after about twenty minutes i felt ready and i was greeted by my reflection in the mirror so i checked myself in the mirror. the only thing i could see was the night jacob assaulted me, i could see his body over me and my arms and legs started to hurt as i thought he had been extremely rough which had left me with bruises over the majority of my arms and large parts of my thighs.

I saw how my eyes filled with water and I quickly wiped them away and put on my other clothes and tried to avoid looking in the mirror unless I really had to. the only thing I did was put on mascara because I could do that without a mirror and when I heard Lando's alarm go off I walked out of the bathroom and sat on the couch.

"good morning muppet" I said as he came out of his room.

"good morning" he yawned and stretched.

he went into the bathroom and got ready and shortly after he came back and started the coffee. we talked about the plans and we were going to try and get five shows done before dinner and it was a relief that it would be a bit stressful because it got me thinking about other things.

when we were ready to go we put on our shoes and went down to Lando's car. when we arrived at the first viewing you could see that the person who lived in the apartment before had not taken care of the apartment and there appeared to be mold in the kitchen and in the bathroom.

i was disgusted by the smell and how bad it looked but i also saw it as some kind of opportunity to renovate it and get it exactly the way i want it. the realtor really tried his best to sell the apartment but Lando wasn't impressed with how it looked. the only positive thing about it was that it was only two minutes from lando's apartment but that was the only thing.

I gave Lando a look and shortly after that we were off to the next screening. there is also an apartment but it was in the middle of the chaos so we went in just to see what it looked like but I had already decided I didn't want it. The apartment was newly renovated and very fresh. The kitchen looked untouched and the layout was perfect, not too open but not too closed either.

The broker seemed stressed about selling it to us but I think that has to do with Lando being with me. it was also clear that he was trying to raise the price and he stammered when we started to question him about the apartment. when the tour was over Lando already knew what I thought and we drove to the next screening.

we drove up the driveway and i was greeted by a white and modern house, it wasn't too big which i liked and it wasn't in the middle of the chaos but not too far away either. I stood and just took in the house when the broker came up to us and said hello.

"Hey Lando, is this your girlfriend" asked the broker.

"no this is my friend Belle" Lando replied putting an arm around my shoulder.

he gestured for us to follow him which we did. the hall was white and fresh and you could see over the living room and part of the kitchen. the kitchen was bright and had a kitchen island with marble and right there I fell in love with the house. the living room was big and I already started planning how to decorate everything. there was also a bedroom that was large and fresh.