3.11am.....
"Fuck Seb! Yes! Right there! Yes!" Her cries filled the room and the bed complained noisily beneath them. "You feel so good! Fuck I'm so close!" She rode him as hard as she could go, like a crazed addict, with a desperate urgency and as much strength as she could muster, she was completely lost in him. Over the last few days she simply couldn't get enough of him, he hadn't even been safe from her advances on the plane, luring him into the toilet for a quickie and masturbating him under a blanket as they lay together in the small bed in the business class cabin on the thirteen hour flight to Mexico City. He had no idea what had got into her, but he wasn't going to complain and he'd made sure that he'd satisfied her every single time. He could feel her squeezing him now, and her pleasure fuelled his. She reached behind her and he could feel her caressing his balls, toying with him and teasing him, he bit down hard on his bottom lip as she found his most sensitive spot and stroked over it lightly with her fingernail. Bam! His orgasm hit him like a freight train and he dug his fingers into her hips, jerking his hips upwards, ramming himself into her and crying out as he came hard inside her. She hit her own climax almost immediately after, throwing her head back as his name escaped from her mouth in a scream. She rolled her hips, making sure that he could feel her milking him for every last drop as her body shuddered and her thighs clenched on to him. As the euphoria started to fade she lowered herself down to rest, panting, on top of him and she could feel his hand stroking slowly down her back as exhaustion immediately started to set in.
"Please say I can sleep now." Seb panted into the darkness, knowing that he'd probably look and feel knackered for today. This had been the third time tonight that she'd demanded his attention and now he really was ready to sleep. She had literally ridden him into oblivion, they'd both forgotten the fact that he usually tried to refrain from having sex on Friday and Saturday nights when it was race weekend.
"Can't keep up Vettel?" She mumbled back sleepily.
"You've exhausted me liebe." He smiled as she lifted her head and placed a lazy kiss on his lips.
"Lightweight." She eased herself off of him and settled down at his side, already sadness was creeping back in, filling her eyes with tears and her chest with a dull ache and pressure that only crying seemed to release.
"I love you." He breathed as he felt his eyes closing of their own accord.
"I love you too." She whispered as she moved onto her side, facing away from him so that he wouldn't know she was silently crying.
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"Did you not sleep too well last night?" Antti dumped his rucksack down on the bench in Seb's changing room. "You look tired."
"It took me a while to drift off." Seb removed his red Ferrari cap, ruffled his hair and then put it back on just as the door opened and Chloe stepped in.
"Oh wow!" Antti chuckled when he saw her. "You didn't sleep either huh?"
"What?" She closed the door and stood leaning back on it.
"Seb was just saying it took him a while to get to sleep, did you not sleep either?"
"No, not really." She looked down to the floor, wanting Antti to leave. A somewhat awkward silence descended in the room and Antti knew they were waiting to be alone. He wasn't stupid, he knew the real reason they were both so tired.
"I'll go and find Annukka." He said, moving towards the door. Chloe stepped aside and opened it for him. "Don't have sex, he looks knackered." He said quickly as he left. Chloe huffed as she shut the door and turned to see Seb looking at her, with a thoughtful frown on his face.
"He's a cheeky bastard at times." She smiled as she walked towards him, placing her hands on his shoulders as she stopped with her body pressing against his. He didn't reply, he simply looked at her. Something wasn't quite right with her, she'd always had a sex drive that was a good match with his, but this past week and especially the last twenty-four hours, her increased demands and her constant hunger for more was a little out of character. Despite satisfying her three times last night, she'd still wanted more this morning and he'd had to turn her down, something that he very rarely did but had to do with a race to drive today. "You ok?"
"I'm tired, but I'm ok." He stroked his fingers down her cheek, making her close her eyes and lean into his touch, before finishing with them pressing gently under chin, tilting her head to make her look fully into his eyes.
"I love you. Please kiss me." She whispered wanting nothing more than to physically feel his love because every time she did it made her forget her looming betrayal. Stephen could call for her at any time and she'd have to go running, she'd have to give herself to a man she hated and whom hated her just as much. She'd have to do whatever it took to save her relationship, her reputation, Michael's marriage and the secrecy of the real status of his health. Now she was also throwing a possible baby into the mix, Stephen had got her pregnant once and although he was now older and there was a lesser chance of it, she didn't want it to happen again. When she got pregnant, it had to be with Seb and that was the main reason she was so hungry and needy for him. It wasn't just that he took away the fear, the guilt and the pain that Stephen's sick proposal had inflicted on her, it was because she was also desperate for her baby to belong to the man she loved more than life itself. His love was a drug, both the good kind and the bad addictive kind. Seb leant in, brushing his lips over hers and she swallowed, gripping handfuls of his t-shirt as she chased his lips.
"What's going on Chloe?" He whispered, pulling back from her lips. "What is this about?"
"What?" She looked at him, was she being that obvious? "I only asked for a kiss."
"Something isn't right." He placed a hand on her waist to keep her from pulling away from him.
"I don't understand."
"You're a bit....." He paused, wanting to choose his words carefully. ".....different."
"Different?" She went to step back and felt him tighten his hold on her waist.
"Yeah....highly sexed, dare I say it....needy."
"I thought you liked me needy?" She twirled a finger around on his chest, yeah she'd been too keen and now he'd sussed that something was wrong.
"I do, but....."
"But what?"
"You exhausted me last night. Your increased demands of me over this last week...."
"You're saying that I'm too demanding?" She stepped back, raising a brow and Seb quickly realised that he'd probably said the wrong thing.
"I just feel that something's not right with you."
"You're digging yourself into a hole here." She was desperately trying to come up with an excuse for her recent behaviour.
"So your increased sex drive is...."
"I'm ovulating." She blurted it out. "To put in your kind of terminology, we've been in the window for a pit stop." She looked at his bemused face, she needed him to believe her. He pulled her close and was about to say something back when the door opened and Britta walked in.
"Oh sorry, I've interrupted something haven't I?" She smiled at the sight of them together.
"No, it's fine." Seb replied, making no effort to release Chloe from his hold.
"I just wanted to remind of the time, your briefing starts in a few minutes and also to let you know that everything is sorted." She opened the door as her mobile began to ring. "Don't be late!" She trilled as she stepped out and shut the door.
"You'd better go." Chloe sighed, knowing this would pretty much be the last she'd see of him until after the race.
"Liebe." He kissed her forehead and then headed for the door. "Don't put pressure on yourself to conceive, don't make this your sole focus. It'll happen soon."
"I know."
"Ich liebe dich." He blew her a kiss as he stepped out and closed the door. She stared at the door for a moment, this was getting harder and harder. She had to speak to Stephen, the sooner she got things over with, the better.
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"I loved every minute of this weekend." Annukka said, leaning in towards Chloe so that she could be heard. "This place has just been amazing, it's been one long party here."
"Yeah, they do a good job." Chloe replied, sounding a little vacant, her mind very much elsewhere.
"All the music and the colour, they really celebrate F1 here and look at how packed the stadium section is."
"It's definitely more packed than when I was here for the ROC." Chloe agreed, looking at the view on the screen before pulling her phone out of her pocket.
"You expecting a call?" Annukka asked as she noticed Chloe check her phone yet again.
"Erm....no, I just thought I felt it vibrate." She lied. Stephen still hadn't text back, she still wasn't sure if he was even here. Glancing up at the screen she noticed how Seb was now leading the race after Charles had pitted. So far, so good.
"You're ok though, aren't you?"
"I'm fine." She slid her phone back into her pocket.
"Only at times today you've looked miles away."
"I'm just a bit tired, that's all."
"Well, if you ever need to talk, I'm here." Annukka patted Chloe's shoulder.
"Thanks." She gave Annukka a brief smile, wishing that she could tell her what was really on her mind and fixed her gaze on the screen showing the view from the camera mounted on Lina, just above Seb's head. She was willing him to do well today, if he made an error or just wasn't as quick then she'd be blaming herself for keeping him up into the early hours. After a while, and being aware that Chloe had still been checking her phone while looking troubled by something, Annukka decided to speak again.
"Are you sure you're ok?"
"I'm fine Annukka, really. I'm just finding it hard being here and not being involved." Why the hell hadn't Stephen text back?
"Seb's having a fairly chilled time of it at the moment isn't he." She added, seeing that he'd reached lap thirty-two without pitting.
"Yeah, I guess he is." Chloe yawned, starting to feel the past week's stress of worrying about seeing Stephen here and her self inflicted lack of sleep from her increased sex life taking its toll. After a hectic start, the race had settled down and with no work to do she was trying hard not get lost in her torment once again. She checked her phone once more before putting it back in her pocket and then yawned again thinking that if she felt tired now then Seb must be feeling even more so, or he would be once the race was over and the adrenaline had worn off. Maybe tonight they should just cuddle and she should let him have the night off from baby making. At the end of lap thirty-eight Seb came in for his one and only stop and as per usual Chloe craned her neck, keen to get even the tiniest, briefest glimpse of her man. There was a flash of red and the engine of Lina could be heard for all of about two seconds, then he was gone and he rejoined the track in fourth with Albon and Charles both due to stop. She suddenly found herself waking up, if Lewis stopped again then this race could be Seb's, she watched as some of his pit crew came back in, all high fiving each other. It was great how the whole team gelled so well together, everyone had their own place and their own role to fulfil and they all just automatically got on with it and did it well. They worked hard, but from the gossip she sometimes heard, they played hard too. The image on the screen changed to one of herself, along with a caption at the bottom detailing her name and that she was Sebastian Vettel's fiancée. Not so long ago that would have said she was his PA or press officer, she was missing those days badly. She removed her headset and turned her back to the camera, time to head to hospitality where she could watch the rest of the race without looking at her own face on tv.
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Wait. Chloe looked once again at Stephen's one worded reply. Waiting is what was making her work herself into a state of panic, a state that Seb had started to notice. How much longer could she go before he really started to think that something was up? Looking back up at the screen she could see that the press conference was now over and as Seb had finished in second he had been in attendance. Hopefully it wouldn't be long before she got to see him, she was in desperate need of a kiss and a hug.
"Stayed awake then?" Antti winked at her before kissing Annukka and sitting down next to her.
"Of course." She nodded and put her phone on the table. "How's Seb?"
"Don't think the adrenaline has worn off yet. Once he gets that beer inside him though....."
"Beer?" She groaned, they were both supposed to be staying off the alcohol.
"Oh come on, after the state you left him in this morning and the two hour race he's just completed I'd say he deserves one." Antti grinned as Chloe blushed a little.
"You know I love your's and Seb's relationship." Annukka rested her head on Antti's shoulder. "You're so into each other to the point that it's like an obsession."
"I think I'll take that as a compliment." Chloe replied.
"You're just so in love and I just love watching the two of you together. It's like you have one of those relationships that everyone wants, like you're having an affair but with each other."
"I know that I'm extremely lucky to have met Seb." She replied while feeling ashamed and like she was lying to everyone.
"Should I be worried about how closely you seem to be studying them?" Antti arched a brow at Annukka and placed two fingers on her cheek, turning her head to face him and making her immediately fall under his spell.
"Not at all." She practically squirmed in her seat. "Saat selville kuinka pakkomielle olen myöhemmin kanssasi." (You will find out how obsessed I am with you later.) She added, making a huge smile appear on his face. This girl was rapidly becoming everything to him.
"En voi odottaa." (I can't wait.) He ghosted his lips over hers, almost forgetting where they were. "Anna tulla." (Bring it on.)
"I think you have your own obsession right there." Chloe murmured as they kissed in front of her. Her phone vibrated on the table, she was the only one out of the three of them notice. Just at the right time, Seb had text her, asking if she'd come to his room at the back of his garage. Three's a crowd she thought as she stood up, time to leave them to it.
"Oh my god!" Britta ran in, looking absolutely soaked. "It's pouring out there!"
It was then that Chloe realised she could hear it raining, drumming of the roof above them. A rumble of thunder suddenly accompanied it. "Did you get Seb's message?" Britta asked as she pushed some of her wet hair off of her forehead.
"Just got it." Chloe replied, glancing down to see Antti and Annukka still joined at the lips. "I'm now going to see what he wants."
"Take my advice and hang on, you'll get as wet as I am." Britta shook her hands as drops of rain water fell from her fingertips. "I'll have to see if I can get my hands on some dry clothes."
"Did you get that wet just from coming across the paddock?"
"No, I got stopped by a researcher for RTL just outside Racing Point and ran from there. I thought I could get here before I got soaked, got that wrong didn't I?" She laughed.
"I'll run across, I won't get too wet."
"What happened to you Britta?" Antti asked, looking shocked at her soaked appearance.
"Welcome back." Chloe reached over and patted his head before leaving Britta pointing out the rain to him. She dashed across to the back of Seb's garage, Britta wasn't wrong, she'd didn't think she'd ever seen it rain so hard and with huge drops of rain too. Reaching his room she opened the door and stepped inside. "Hey gorgeous!" She ran over to him and threw her arms around him. "Well done on second today! You made those hard tyres look easy after everyone had been moaning about them."
"I've missed you!" He squeezed her, giving her the hug she'd been badly wanting from him. She leant back a little, examining his face, as she'd kind of expected he looked tired, more than he did this morning. "I'm unscathed again, as you can see." He kissed the tip of her nose. "Did you enjoy the race?"
"The start was good, the rest of it was a bit quiet though. I missed having something to do."
"Three more races and then we'll be on wedding countdown and maybe starting to think about decorating a nursery. Then we've got a honeymoon to look forward to in the New Year. One thing you will not be during the off season, is bored."
"I can't wait! I'm ready to have this season over with now, I just want it to be me and you." She removed his cap and dropped it on the nearby chair.
"There is one thing I want to ask you, and you can say no." He said, smiling as she reached up and ruffled his hair.
"Ok."
"Once the last race is over, can I take you to Norway? Just for a few days before we go to the FIA Gala night in Paris. It'd just be you and me." He studied her expression once he'd finished, if she said yes then this would be the first time she'd be back there since that night in August. Her smile faded as she considered his request. She knew that at some point he'd want to go back there and she knew that she'd have to go back herself and try and banish the old memories and build some new ones.
"If you don't want to...."
"It's ok, yeah we'll go. Just me and you though, right?"
"Just me and you. The only extra person I'd want to bring would be our baby because I'm sure we'll be pregnant by then. I just want a few days with you, shut away from the world."
"God I love you." She breathed, pulling him gently down for a kiss.
"Oh..." He pulled away before she had the chance to make things heated between them. "I've got this for you." He pulled a piece of paper from his back pocket and gave it to her.
"What's this?" She asked, looking puzzled.
"Open it." He nodded in encouragement and then watched as she unfolded the piece of paper. It was a hotel reservation for three nights at the Waldorf Astoria in Las Vegas. She'd almost forgotten he won the trip to Vegas at the auction of the charity ball they'd been to. "We fly out as soon as I've done here and we've checked out of the hotel."
"The Waldorf Astoria?" She gasped. "In Vegas? We're going to Vegas?"
A/N Not my best chapter but I've really been struggling with this story just lately plus I've been thinking about the run up to the final chapter........ xx