Alle Kapitel von The Ice King and The Vixen : Kapitel 21 – Kapitel 24

Laura Jean POV ​I barely slept. ​Every tiny noise in Tyler's hotel room felt like someone stepping out of the shadows. By six in the morning, I gave up, packed my bag with everything except the notes I had lost the night before, and caught the early media shuttle from Oxford to Silverstone. ​Tyler sat beside me, his arm resting over the back of my seat while he tried to make the morning feel normal. He bought two lukewarm coffees from the hotel lobby, talked about how massive the track setup looked. I smiled when I was supposed to and held his hand when he reached for mine, but my mind kept circling back to the same thought. ​By nine, the paddock was alive with engine noise. I led Tyler through the team building, adjusting my pass. ​"Stay close," I told him, glancing over my shoulder as a tire cart rolled past. "The mechanics move fast around here, and they don't stop for people looking at their phones." Tyler laughed under his breath and tucked his phone into his jac

Laura Jean POV "I booked a table at that pub near the river in Oxford for eight," Tyler said, setting two bottles of water on the media desk. "Just us. No telemetry sheets, no engine noise, no press releases." I kept my eyes fixed on my laptop screen, typing out the final paragraph of the post-qualifying report. "Eight should work. As long as the post-session driver quotes don't get delayed." Tyler sat on the edge of the desk, leaning down until his chin rested near my shoulder. "Laura Jean, it's a dinner reservation. We can leave at seven-thirty. The world won't stop spinning if you send one report twenty minutes late." "It's not just a report, Ty," I said softly, taking a quick breath. "If Jannis or the engineering team changes his statement after the debrief, I have to update the media portal immediately." "Right. Jannis," Tyler said smoothly, though the slight edge in his voice was impossible to miss. "He seems to require a lot of your immediate attention." Before I could a