COMPLETED: Love in the Fast Lane // Max Verstappen

Chapter 33 ;) (Last Part)

Max's POV

2 Years later- The Sunday before the British Grand Prix

"You have a meeting after our lunch with Checo." Y/N called out from the other room. "Ugh." I groaned. "Since you're my manager now you should be nice and schedule me to have no meetings." I said, giving her a cheesy smile. "Then you'd have no money and no job." She said, smiling back, giving me a kiss on the cheek. "What am I even dating you for?" I joked and she playfully smacked my arm. She walked back into the bathroom to finish getting ready. "Hey have you seen my-" She started to ask, but stopped when she saw me in the doorway already holding up a pair of garnet earrings. "Thank you." She said and gave me a kiss.

The past two years with Y/N had been nothing short of amazing. When we first announced our relationship to the public there was some backlash. People thought I had cheated on Kelly. Some thought Y/N was using me for my money. Eventually though, the dust settled. And now I am a two time world champion. I told Y/N she was my good luck charm because she really was. If it wasn't for her I wouldn't have had the strength to fight Lewis as hard as I did for that championship in 2021. And I wouldn't have made it long enough to see 2022 through to the end. With Y/N I felt alive. She became my manager before the end of the season as she stopped the partnership between Castore and Polytech Athletics and began working on her own again. Having her as my manager was perfect because she knew me better than I knew myself. Before it had always been my dad managing me, now I had someone who actually loved me doing it and it showed.

Today we were meeting Checo and Carola out for lunch in the same spot I had gone on the day I had met Y/N all that time ago. We walked up to the elegant couple who had suffered their own fair share of public scrutiny. "How are things?" Y/N asked the two of them, but mainly Carola whom she had grown close with over these years. "I feel like I haven't seen you in forever!" She said as the pair got up to greet us. "Oh my God!" Y/N said looking down at the very evident baby bump on Carola. I looked at Checo who was grinning ear to ear. "Congratulations man!" I said, giving him a hug. "I'm so happy for you guys!" Y/N said, giving Carola a hug. "I can't believe you kept this a secret for so long, Checo." I said, especially since it looked like Carola had been pregnant for a while. "We like to keep our life private and we just didn't know when the right time would be." He shrugged. "Right now is perfect." Y/N said, reaching across the table to squeeze Carola's hand with affection. Looking at the life Checo and Carola had only affirmed to me what I wanted.

Lunch over the Themes was beautiful, but not because of the view. It was because of Y/N. She seemed to sparkle brighter than the hope diamond. She held the brightness of the sun in her smile and everytime I looked at her my world melted away. Nobody was perfect, but she was.

We finished lunch and headed back to Y/N's apartment to get ready for my meeting. During the F1 season it was nice to have her and my space when traveling, so she kept her apartment, but most of her things had been moved into my home by now. She met Sassy and Jimmy and they immediately took a liking to her. Sassy threw herself on the floor in front of her the first time she saw Y/N, which is odd because she normally hides in another room when people are over. But they knew she was special just like I did.

The rest of the week went smooth with me doing more training and simulator work to prepare for the race. It was going to be a special one. Friday came around and I took to the car and set off for the familiar track. Both free practices that day left me feeling on top of the world and on Saturday I qualified pole position. I could only hope the perfect weekend would continue. The lights came and went and 52 laps later I had won. "Thank you for a simply lovely weekend guys. I just have one thing I want to ask and it's for Y/N." I waited to hear her come over the radio. "I'm here." She said to me. "Y/N I could think of no better place to do this than the first race you ever saw me at. You mean so much to me and I wouldn't be here without you. Will you marry me?" I waited for her to answer. I knew the radio delay would be bad, but each second felt like an eternity before I finally heard the crackle of the radio turn on. "Yes! Yes! Now bring it home so I can kiss you!" She said into the mic and I made my way back to the start, but not before doing a few celebratory donuts.

I got out of my car and threw my fist up in the air, then ran right over to wear Y/N would be. I jumped into my crowd of mechanics who pulled me over to be on the same side as her. I turned around to look for Maeve who was waiting in the same area and she handed me a small box. I knelt down in front of Y/N who was now crying. "Thought I'd do this right" I said hoping she could hear me and opened the box. "Yes! Now stand up!" She said and kissed my helmet. I did my best to slide the diamond on her finger with my big gloves. I gave her another hug before being ushered to weigh myself and do the interviews.

I listened as the announcer called Lewis' name, then Lando's and then finally mine. I walked out with the biggest smile I'd ever worn. My eyes only looked for Y/N's as I stepped out on stage. As I was handed my trophy I threw it over my head and held up the number 4 and then pointed to Y/N. She covered her mouth with her hands as Maeve recorded everything for her. The Overchief began to play and the champagne began to spray. Both boys aimed it at me as a congratulations. Not for the win in Silverstone, but for winning the best prize of all. Her heart.

Author's Note: Thank you guys so much for reading! I hope you all enjoyed reading this as much as I loved writing it! I have another book published about Liam Lawson, so please go check that out! Also, I am currently writing an actual real life book right now! This unfortunately means I might be less active, but please still leave requests for drivers you'd like to see me right about! <3