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It's for our mutual good.
Those were the last words Pierre Gasly ever said to Amara before walking out of her life forever, leaving her standing alone in the freezing rain, while he was stepping into the high-octane, glamorous world of Formula 1, Mara was left behind to pick up the broken pieces of her life, what followed were years of quiet darkness, spent staring at empty walls and slowly learning how to breathe again through the lens of a camera.
Four years later, Mara lands a dream job as an official photographer for Visa Cash App RB, she steps into the paddock convinced that she's moved on, that the scars of her past are finally healed.
But the paddock is a tiny world.
Seeing Pierre again, now a successful driver, surrounded by cameras and happily taken in a highly publicized relationship, shatters her carefully built walls, driven by a lingering shadow of love and unspoken words, Mara finds herself taking secret photographs of him, capturing his private moments of doubt behind the helmet.
Enter Liam Lawson, younger, bold, and determined to bring the light back into Mara's eyes, as late-night afterparties, neon lights, and blurred boundaries draw Mara and Liam closer, Pierre is forced to watch from afar, consumed by a suffocating jealousy and a guilt he can no longer hide.
In a sport driven by speed and high stakes, some feelings refuse to stay in the past, but when ambitions clash and old wounds reopen, Mara will have to decide if she's willing to let her first love go... or if he's going to fight to get her back.
very long slowburn
tw: violence, sex, alcohol