No strings attached

36.

Lando's POV

"So explain me again because I don't understand at all. She stole your watches but now you're dating her?" Max Fewtrell said as he was walking next to me.
He flew out to support me, especially after everything that happened.
"That's exactly what happened" I chuckled. "So am I the dumb one or are you?" He said as he looked at me. I never saw him as serious as he was right now.
"Look Max, she had a good explanation" I assured him as we walked in the garage. "I don't care what her explanation was, she stole your fucking watches" he said a little bit too loud because some of the mechanics looked at us, fortunately Rhys wasn't here because he would have a good laugh at this.
"Keep it down" I said annoyed. "You always do this. You're always complaining about how they wanna use you and she literally used you, but you're too blind to see" he said a little quieter.
"I appreciate your concern, but I know what I am doing" I said as I patted his back before walking to my head engineer.
I was done with that conversation, I knew he only wanted the best for me but he didn't know Aimée at all.

To be fair, I didn't know if I knew her all that well. I never expected her to actually screw me over like that, but on the other hand, she felt bad for what she did and she loved me, I could see that in her eyes.
I could feel that in the way she kissed me.
"Lando? Are you even listening to me?" My engineer snapped me out of my thoughts.
I had honestly no idea what he was talking about, but I just nodded.
He just rolled his eyes laughing before going over the statistics again.

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The practice session was a bit boring because we sucked again. This car definitely didn't have the pace we wanted yet, but I trusted the team.
I used to be so frustrated about this, until I met Aimée. She calmed me down, in every way possible.

Max wasn't a big fan of her after everything she did and he probably didn't understand why I forgave her so soon.
I forgave her because I understood her struggles, but I wouldn't forget about it, unfortunately I would always be in my mind.

I walked in the hospitality after the practice, I just had enough time to eat lunch and get ready for quali.
Aimée was sitting alone on a little table, typing something on her laptop.
"The usual, two times" I said as I looked at Eve. She nodded as she grabbed my usual lunch and puts two plates in front of me.
"She really regrets it" she said, referring to Aimée. "I know" I nodded as I grabbed the plates and walked to her.
"Can I sit with you?" I smirked as I looked down at her. She looked up from her laptop and quickly closed it with a smile on her face.
"Yes of course" she said as she put the laptop on her lap so I could put the plate in front of her.
"Thank you, this looks amazing" she pointed at the plate and smiled.
That smile, fuck, it could light up an entire room.

"How was practice?" She asked as I sat down with her. I shrugged my shoulders.
"Okay I guess" I didn't really wanted to bore her with the details. "What were you doing?" I said as I pointed to the laptop on her lap.
"Finishing my essays" she explained. I totally forgot that she also was trying to get her diploma.
"I am happy I'm almost done with that" she chuckled.
"Do you already know what you wanna do after you finished school?" She shook her head in response.
"One step at a time"

After we both had lunch, we returned our plates back to Eve.
"So I have to get ready for quali, but what do you think... you, me and some delicious food?" I turned to Aimée. "The food part sounds amazing" she giggled a little.
"I knew I could make you fall in love with me with some good food" I put my hand on her cheek and pressed my lips against hers. "I will pick you up at 6. Like a real date" I mumbled on her lips.

"Some people are trying to eat, dude" Zak interrupted our kiss. He was laughing at his own joke with some engineers.
Aimée didn't seem to be bothered about it because she just wrapped her arms around my neck and pressed her body against mine before kissing me again.
And this was exactly why I like her so damn much.