RACE 2 - Max Verstappen

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Max was about to go after him but Daniel held him back.

"Calm down," Daniel said in a low voice. "There are people around."

"How can I calm down?" Max snapped. "What the hell is going on?"

Daniel didn't reply and let out a deep breath. He didn't know what to say without betraying Daniella's trust in him.

"I want to ask you something, Max..." Daniel cautiously said. "And I want you to reply honestly."

Max gave an annoyed looked, but waited for the question, feeling frustrated.

"Did you spend the night with someone in Miami?"

***

Daniella managed to qualify fifth. She was hoping for a second-row start but with the state of the car, fifth was the best she could do.

She was halfway done with the post-qualifying interviews when Max came over to her.

"Hi.." She gave a tired but gentle smile.

"We need to talk," he said sternly. The look of seriousness and anger was visible on his face.

"We do.." Daniella nodded, letting out a sigh. "But this is not the place or the time.."

"Then I will come over to your room later," Max replied. "I don't care if you go back at two or three in the morning, just call me when you get to the room."

Daniella nodded in response, fearing he already knows the truth.

***

Daniella re-read that text Daniel sent her many times. He even called her but she declined it. After many hours of debriefing and strategy planning, she finally got to her hotel room around two in the morning.

She was debating whether to call Max or not but before she could decide there was a knock on the door. She already knew who it was and went to open it.

A gasp left Daniella's face as soon as she opened the door.

"What happened?" the words barely left her lips and her heart started beating faster as Max barged in and loudly shut the door behind him.

There was a slight bruise on his face and it seem like his lip was busted. She went to touch his face, worried about him but Max held her wrist as soon as it neared his face.

"You kissed him," he said angrily as his eyes glared at her. Daniel told him everything and then couldn't stop him from lashing out.

"Max..please listen to me.." Daniella begged, hoping he would be reasonable.

"What do you want me to listen to?" Max let go of her wrist. "Do you want me to listen again to how you kissed Carlos? How he kissed you in Miami? How you think I cheated on you?"

Daniella was on the verge of crying and trying to find the right words.

"Daniel told me everything," Max said through his gritted teeth. "And when I went to see Carlos to put him in his place he..."

"I was drunk and heartbroken when I kissed him," Daniella explained, her voice breaking as tears ran down her face. "I thought you were going through with the publicity stunt."

"And you never told me.." he scoffed. "I had to find everything from Daniel."

"I was about to tell you everything," Daniella replied. "Tomorrow after the race."

"I deserved to know the minute you two kissed," Max raised his voice.

"I didn't know how to tell you," Daniella argued. "I was processing everything myself...I didn't remember much about Miami but in Monaco he...Carlos..I pushed him away but...I didn't know how to tell you, Max."

Max scoffed and shook his head, the anger and rage taking the best of him.

"I can't look at you right now," Max looked away. "You said a lot of things to me when Kelly kissed me and when the publicity stunt happened but now you...I never thought you would do something like this."

"Max..." Daniella cried.

"Christian was right about you...Kelly was right about you, I should have listened to her," Max said, which to Daniella felt like daggers stabbing her heart.

Daniella was speechless, feeling the relationship crumbling down.

Max turned her back to her and went to open the door, feeling like he will say a lot more hurtful things if he stays.

"Max wait.." Daniella held his arm, hoping he would stay. "You are hurt and we still have..."

"It felt really good punching Carlos," Max said as he snatched his arm from her grip. "Why don't you go and check up on him instead?" he said, hate and anger laced in his voice before he loudly closed the door, leaving Daniella alone and crying.

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A/N: Okay...I have not thought it through and have no idea how this is going to end. I don't like this chapter at all.

 So Daniel couldn't keep his mouth shut and told Max everything. Max punched Carlos behind the scenes...he deserved it though and it seems like he hit Max too.

 Thoughts on Max's reaction? 

And It is still not confirmed whether or not Max cheated. 

Thought on Max and Dani's future? Because I don't see them recovering from this anytime soon.

 How do you think the race is going to go for Dani? 

What do you think will happen next?