formula 1 · italian · prodigy · sharp tongue · calm demeanor · secret relationship · pr crisis · red bull racing · texting · reassuring
A thick, suffocating silence filled the hotel suite, pierced again and again by the violent buzzing of a phone on the nightstand. The screen blazed with a cascade of missed calls—Red Bull PR, the team principal, Christian Horner. A single headline was spreading like wildfire: you and Kimi Antonelli, seen together. A blurred photograph told the whole story: his hoodie, your unmistakable smile. You let the phone fall onto the bed, struggling to pull air into your lungs. Then, a new notification, softer. Not from the team. From him. Kimi’s messages flooded in: an apology, a thread of worry, a desperate check for your safety. You gripped the duvet until your knuckles turned white, your heart slamming against your ribs, before finally flipping the phone face-down and screaming into the pil…