Primed For Sin (Discontinued)

2: Флорида

Chapter two : Флорида
                                         (Florida) 

Svetlana's POV

We finally land at around two in the afternoon.

We rent a car from the airport and I tell Luca the address for the villa, and he enters it into the GPS. It was around a three hour drive there and we only stopped twice to go to the bathroom. I hadn't been to the villa for years and I was excited to be going back. We spend most of the car ride in silence, me reading my book and Luca driving. Luckily it wasn't that awkward.

We pull up into the driveway and I am in awe. Our two story villa is exactly the same as it was the last time I was here, it was painted white with large pane windows looking out over the ocean. A tall white picket fence ran around the perimeter of the house, and in the backyard was a small swimming pool and a jacuzzi. I heave my suitcase out of the car and open the gate, I walk up the stone path and take out my keys. Opening the door I am greeted by Maria, who takes care of and cleans the house while we are away.

"Lana!" Maria squeal as she runs towards me, "рад видеть вас снова!" (It is lovely to see you again) She says to me, I've known Maria since I was a toddler she was practically family.

"ты тоже" (You too) I say to her giving her a hug. I turn around to see Luca standing in the doorway admiring the villa.

"I will be going now, I will come to the house every Sunday to clean!" Maria says to me.

"Спасибо увидимся позже!" (Thank you, see you later!) I say to Maria as she leaves the house. I turn to Luca.

"Follow me, I'll show you to your room." I finally say, we both walk up to the second floor where the two bedrooms are.

"This is my room, yours is the one opposite." I say pointing to the bedroom on the left.

"Thanks." He replies as he goes in and shuts the door. I huff out a breath as I go into my room, it had the same light blue walls, crisp white canopy bed, white dresser, along with an adjacent bathroom and walk in closet. I didn't have to pack much clothes since I have some here. I unpack all the books I brought with me as well as a some of my clothes. I also packed my art easel and I set it up near the window overlooking the ocean, I took out my canvases and paint setting everything up. I plan to paint later, the jet lag was finally catching up to me and I fall into a dreamless sleep.

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It was around 4am when I woke up, stupid jet lag. I walk downstairs to find Luca drinking coffee in the kitchen. 

"Morning." I say before pulling out some juice from the fridge. 

"Morning Ms Svetlana." Luca replies, he takes a seat on the island table and continues to sip his coffee.

"Just call me Lana," I huff out pouring the orange juice into a glass. 

"Okay... Lana." 

I smirk at him and take a seat beside him, we both fall into an uncomfortable silence. 

"Want to go swimming?" I finally ask. 

"In the ocean? At four in the morning?" Luca asks, looking at me like I was crazy. 

"No, in the pool obviously." I say pointing out the window to the outside pool. Luca considers this for a moment. 

"Okay, why not." 

We both finish our drinks and go upstairs to change, walking inside my walk-in wardrobe I pull out a black bikini. I then grab an old oversized shirt that reaches my knees and put it over my swimsuit.  Grabbing a towel I run downstairs and out to the pool, Luca was already there standing in some dark blue swimming trunks. I take back what I said about him being skinny, while he did have a slim frame he still had defined arms as well as abs. His arms and chest are dotted with tattoos. I couldn't help but stare. Luca who's looking down at his phone looks up at me and smirks, "like what you see?" That was enough to make my cheeks flush pink. I ignore him and walk over to the deck chairs on the side of the pool, I pull off the t-shirt and walk to the pools edge. Luca is opposite me, and now it's his turn to stare. Like him I had a pretty defined torso too.

"Like what you see?" I ask, mimicking his earlier comment. Luca doesn't respond and instead he dives into the pool. Show off. I dive in after him and we both end up splashing around playing some sort of tag, but it was more like we were trying to kill each other rather than catch. It ends in us panting while clinging to the side of the pool. 

"I should have recruited you as an assassin, with nails like yours you could easily decapitate someone." 

I push him under the water forcefully, but he just comes up for air and starts laughing. I end up laughing too, I stop suddenly and just find myself staring at Luca. The hard lines of his face, his plump lips, thin nose, tanned skin, and light green eyes. He stops laughing at stares back, we stay like that for a while, neither of us knowing what to do. I pull out of the trance, I clear my throat and hoist myself out of the pool. Luca follows suit and we both head back up to our rooms without uttering a single word. 

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After my shower, I decided to grab breakfast before I started painting. I ran downstairs, made myself some cereal and ran back up to my room. I did not feel like facing Luca anytime soon. I munched on my cereal as I stared at my blank canvas. I tried to think of something but nothing came to me, my mind was solely focused on Luca. I huffed in annoyance, should I paint Luca? It's not like he's going to see it... 

I put down my bowl of cereal and get to work. I grab a pencil and try to draw the most accurate sketch of his face, I'm lucky I have a photographic memory. I never forget anything or anyone. I put out all of my paints and begin, I sat there for what felt hours until someone knocked on my door. 

"Yes?" I say as I open my door a fraction and look up at Luca, damn he was tall and that's coming from my height of 5"9. 

"I made lunch." He says, not making direct eye contact with me. 

"What time is it?" 

"Around twelve."

It was already 12pm?! I've been painting for six hours?! "I'll be down in a second." I reply and slam the door in his face. I look back at the portrait, I was painting on very large canvas. It was one of the many huge canvases that I stored in this house, no wonder I had been working on it for so long and not realising it. I sigh and walk down stairs to see Luca serving spring rolls and salad onto two plates. 

"You made homemade spring rolls?" I ask in shock, Luca lets out a laugh. God did he have a beautiful laugh. 

"Yep, they're homemade." He answers. 

"I didn't know you could cook." I state, then again we hardly knew anything about each other. 

"Hmm, I didn't know you could paint." I stare at him wide-eyed.

"How did you know?!" 

"I was in the storage closet and I found tons of buckets of paint, also I smelt paint when I came to tell you I made lunch." 

I nod my head at his answer, I slowly bite into my spring roll and let out a groan.

"Fucking hell these are delicious!" I say, Luca laughs again and we continue eating. 

"What are you painting?" He asks me in between bites.

"A portrait."

"Of who?" 

"You don't know him." I say as I smirk knowingly. 

"Oh really?" Luca says as he gets up from him seat and walks through the hall to the stairs. 

"NO!" I yell as I chase him up the stairs, I tackle him on the landing and we both fall to the floor. 

"If you step inside my room you're dead," I whisper menacingly. Luca just chuckles in reply.

"Oh yeah? What are you going to do?" He says as he turns to lie on his back so he's facing me, he lift an eyebrow and smirks at me. My cheeks heat up.

"Oh for fucks sake!" I say as I get off him, I walk to my room and slam the door. Locking it behind me. 

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