[3] MARANELLO || C. LECLERC

SEVENTEEN

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CAMILLE

"I'd really love to use my closest friends and Charles in the campaign. It would mean so much to me and it totally coincides with the values of my brand," I smiled as Sara took down a few final notes, nodding her head as Clara looked at me with a gentle grin on her face. They had no idea about Stefan and how he was now working with Ferrari and that I was terrified of being around him at race weekends. I tried to push it to the back of my mind, but that was difficult. "I know we've spoken about it before."

"I think it would work well," Noah nodded, lifting his eyes up from his laptop as a smile grew on his face. "If they'd be up for it then so would we. Creating a brand that is personal to you is most important."

"They'll be at every race weekend with me, so that won't be difficult. Of course, they have their own work out there too, which is more important, but I know that if it fits into their schedules, the boys will be more than happy to appear in my campaign," I was so nervous. Thinking about how successful everything had been so far was exciting and so great, and I was ready to take it further. "I want to try it, at least."

"I think we could try it from Barcelona," Noah nodded after sharing a quick glance with Sara and Clara, my stomach filling with butterflies at the thought of being able to share such an amazing experience with Charles and Max. I knew that Victoria and Dilara would totally get involved if I asked them to and I wanted to make this as special as I possibly could. "Everyone will out there, correct?"

"One hundred percent," I nodded, burying my chin into the palm of my hands. "It's all so exciting."

I was so grateful for this opportunity to create my own clothing range with Calvin Klein and incorporate my passion for travel into it. Everything was coming around so quickly and I was so excited to fly out to Barcelona with Charles, although, the thought of Stefan lingered at the back of my mind. It still made me uncomfortable, despite the reassurance I'd received from my fiancé and Max. It felt like I would be safe at race weekends, with Andrea always by my side when I was in the Ferrari garage: Dilara and Victoria would be at Red Bull for me to sit with and their protection would be enough to keep me safe. Stefan was doing all of this on purpose and I couldn't let him upset me. I knew that there would always be somebody around to keep me calm and to ensure that I was feeling comfortable. I was lucky to have such great friends around me.

I smiled to myself as Clara nodded, folding her arms across her chest as a smile grew on my face, "I think we have everything sorted, Camille. It's all ready for Barcelona."

"Thank you so much," I shook my head, still in total shock that I'd even been given this opportunity. "I am honestly so grateful for all of this, thank you."

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I didn't really know what Charles had planned for this afternoon, because when I left him this morning, he was still in bed, enjoying the last few days of freedom before winter break ended. I was simply excited to climb into bed beside him and curl up to him there, whilst allowing him to hold me delicately against his chest. I couldn't wait to see him and spend the evening with him, but there was always the chance that he would be out training this afternoon. I was so in love with him and I knew that after the way we'd began our year together, we were past all of the arguments. I knew that our relationship was exactly where we wanted it to be and I was happy. Spending time with Charles during the winter break had been so amazing and I was overjoyed at the fact that he was mine.