𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡

𝐗𝐕𝐈𝐈.

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4:23 PM

AS I was waiting for Massimo to get back I look around and seeing if I have any swimsuits to wear.

Then I suddenly found a light beige two piece suit to put on myself.

I heard my door open. Nikolai was there— "where you headed." He asked vaguely "swimming with Massimo and Andrei." I replied walking into the bathroom to change.
"Well, I'll leave you on your way." He muttered softly walking away. "Wait Nik"- I stop him "can you help me tie the back of my top." I said awkwardly. "Of course." He went back over to me in the bathroom; as I held the sides of my breasts so he can tie.

He goes behind me pulling the strings together and started to loop them around and made them turn into a bow— I watched him through the mirror.
His hair fell down covering his face as I saw his tattooed hands adjusting my top.

"Okay there." He let go stepping back. "Thank you" I responded filling in the silence; then he walked out the room. "You're welcome Lena." I hear as he closed the door to the room.

Jesus.

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"Sweetheart, I'm here." Massimo yelled from downstairs. I grabbed a towel and wrapped it around my waist and went down to the main hall to see him.
"I"- he paused "you look nice."

I rolled my eyes at him. "Where's the pool?" I asked him "it's out near the kitchen and there's a back door that leads to it." He points near the kitchen.

"Alrighty." I click my tongue as he told me then I go over to the kitchen. The backyard of the house was absolutely beautiful— bushed fencing, white and red roses plucked inside of them. A shiny, but glossy blue pool covered around in white tile.

Then I saw a hot tub next to the pool in a square form. Wish I saw this place before—
I removed the towel from my waist and slowly walked down into the warm clear water.

I start to swim farther out in the middle to float my body in the water— "you look comfortable." Massimo snickered as he came outside. "I'm surprised I am, knowing that we live in New York and Nik has a whole pool." I smiled at him.

"But seriously how are you doing." He says gliding into the pool with me. "With Dante and Nikolai." He stated "it's okay." I replied not knowing what else to say.
"I just.." he looked at me "I just miss Nikolai." I sighed; thinking about him. "I mean yea we've seen each other, but I want him"- I stopped myself.

"Sorry this is probably weird"— "no no, your okay." He mumbles. I raised my head up to swim towards him "I think I might as well be getting used to you loving someone else." He shrugged.
"Me being your best friend, of course; I wanted you and him to converse with each other." He explained to me making me tilt my head at him.
Massimo gets out of the pool. Leaving me there until Nikolai gets here.