Sitting In Traffic | Formula 1

Chapter 101- Lock him up!

A week had gone by now with Riley under scrutiny. Word got out that Riley was 'pregnant', everyone who cared enough were picking apart her recent posts. Saying 'I told you so' under every comment that questioned her as pregnant before. There was a post where she was drunk, wearing Max's Vegas suit with the caption 'Verstappen 2.0 coming in 2025'. It was intended to be a joke. Riley meant it as herself joining red bull. Other people are interpreting it as a pregnancy announcement. It wasn't.

Riley was deciding that whenever she did get pregnant, she wasn't telling a soul besides friends and family.

"I'm not searching for it" Riley moved her phone when Max tried grabbing it, "Stop trying to take my phone" She told him, Riley knew he just didn't want her to see everything the internet was saying, but she was just seeing it naturally. "I'm trying to see what Sloan's been up to"

It wasn't Riley's fault every comment she got was about being pregnant. And it wasn't Max's fault he didn't want Riley to see the death threats towards her and the non existent baby that were popping up.

"I'm just gonna try and ignore it" She tried saying calmly, not hiding her shaking hands.

"I need to know who this 'inside source' is" Max told her, that's what multiple articles said, a 'inside source confirms pregnancy'.

"Probably fake," She put her phone down and sat up, "Just like everything else people have read about me lately"

"I'm sorry this is happening" He told her truly, Max knew how Riley could get about her body. Now with everyone examining it, he knew Riley must've been as-well.

"It's fine" She sighed, taking the White Rag-doll kitten from Max's lap, "They're just jealous"

"Mhm"

"Max where did you manage to find this cat under 6 hours" Riley glanced up at him from the kitten that stayed laying in her lap.

"I just knew someone whose cat just had kittens and thought, why not?" He told her, petting him gently.

"Because you have two cats already" Riley reminded him, "And they're entirely different breeds"

"Yes well, that's why Toby is for you" He said, "He'll stay with you"

"He doesn't just disappear when we officially move in together though" Riley said, lifting her hands from Toby when he moved off of her. "And he's terrified of Sassy right now"

"They'll warm up to each other-" Max looked towards his ringing phone on the coffee table hurriedly.

"Who is it?" Riley sat up entirely, wanting to look over Max's shoulder but he stood up too quickly.

"Police Department" Max said, answering the phone while Riley stood up as-well.  Max put the phone up to his ear, saying a quick 'hello' and 'yes' to confirm who he was.

"Put it on speaker" Riley whispered, feeling her heart beating faster as her chest rose and fell.

"Arresting him" Max repeated back, letting Riley know the topic while he shook his head. "Are they?"

"Yes" Someone said over the phone, it was America's police department. That was the only part that Riley managed to hear.

Max had his phone for a while without putting it on speaker. Which only made Riley entirely silent as she tried to over hear what was being said. It was slightly irritating when he was getting fed all of this information not letting Riley hear, this was about her, about someone stalking her.