Chapter 33

After the debrief I spoke with Christian and privately explained my situation. "Wow. That's tough. I'm glad you still managed to concentrate for the whole race. Very proud of you. I hope it manages to work itself out. Good luck." Christian says and I hug him before leaving the garage. I walk out to find some the drivers standing there, except him. Obviously. "Hi guys." I say with a small smile. They say nothing and just wrap me in a group hug. A few tears slip out, feeling glad that I have such amazing people around me to support me.

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I make my way to my hotel room. Realizing that Lando and I are sharing a room. I quickly gather my stuff and make my way to Daniel's room, which is just a few doors down. Hoping he would let me stay on the couch tonight and until my flight tomorrow morning, back to the UK. I knock on the door and he opens it. Letting me in because he already knows what I want to ask.

I place my stuff down and flop onto the couch, finally letting all the tears fall. Daniel moves next to me, wrapping me in a hug. "I trusted him Daniel, and he broke that trust." I say trying to stop crying. I hate crying in front of other people. "It's going to be fine. I hear that Max and Charles cornered him. A lot of yelling was heard but apparently he wants to talk to you." Daniel says. "Well I don't really want to talk to him. He knew what he was doing and he knew that we were together and yet he still did it." I say, my tears stopping and my anger flowing through me.

A knock echoes through the hotel room. Dan goes to answer it. He opens the door. "Go away. She doesn't want to see you." Daniel says, I recognize the voice that speaks next. "Please Daniel. Please. I need to speak with her and I know she is in here." Lando says, I can hear his voice break. Which makes me stand up.

Lando's eyes lock with my tear filled ones. I can see his eyes are also a little red, proving that he has been crying too. His face softens. "Please Hannah, just a minute." He begs. I sigh. "No." Daniel says. I stand there, saying nothing. "Please." He whispers, pain coating his face. It breaks my heart seeing him like this but he hurt me.

"Ok fine." I say. Daniel looks at me, shocked."It's fine. I'm just going to hear him out. It will only be a minute. I'll be fine, thank you." I say to Daniel, placing my hand on his shoulder and walking past.

"I'm not too happy about doing this but you have a minute. Go." I say to him, checking my watch. "I'm really sorry. Some of my mates were there at the party and they pushed all these models on me. I tried to push them off and tell them to stop but they wouldn't listen. Then more and more came and wouldn't leave until I took a nice photo for their freaking Instagram." Lando says, getting upset at his own story. "I'm really sorry. I should have told you about it as soon as I saw you but the weekend was so busy and then your dad and I forgot." Lando admits. I stay silent for a few moments. "Say something, Please." Lando says, placing his hand on my upper arm. I run his story through my head.

"I trusted you Lando, and forgetting to tell me is not an excuse." I say, my heart breaking. "I know and I'm really sorry and I'm so stupid for hurting you. I love you so much Hannah." He says. "Please forgive me." Lando continues, looking down sadly. I quickly wipe a tear off my cheek. "Please." He begs, looking me in my eyes. His red eyes meeting mine.

I sigh. "I don't know Lando." He sighs in defeat. "So is this it for us." He says, tears filling his eyes. I slowly nod. "For now. I do forgive you, but you broke my trust and that is going to take a while to gain back completely. It might take a while for us to get back to what we were." I say to him and he looks a little relieved. "I will wait as long as you need. Anything for you to be mine again." Lando says to me. The hotel room door flings open and Daniel stands there. "It's been five minutes." He says blankly. "I'll talk to you later." I say to Lando before walking in, past Daniel. Daniel closes the door and wraps me in a comforting hug.

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It has been two days since I discovered the photos. I haven't seen Lando since but I really miss him. "Hannah? Hello?" I hear, snapping me from my trance. "You ok?" Tayla asks. "I miss him so much." I say sadly. "I know he hurt me but he made me so happy. More happy than I have been in a long time." I admit, realizing how much I miss hit arms wrapped around me, making me feel safe. His jokes that never fail to make me laugh. His gorgeous curls. His contagious smile.

"I'm so upset that he hurt you and it makes me so mad but I know you two are destined to be together. You two are soulmates. He made a mistake so just take your time. I know you miss him but just take another week or two and then maybe talk to him about it." Tayla advises. "Yeah, that sounds like a great plan. Thank you so much. You always give the best advice." I say, wrapping her in a hug. "I will always be here for you." She says.