Beneath the Olive Tree
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Colette Rousseau is a half-French, half-Italian 25 year old photographer. She comes to Villa Fiore in hopes to chase her photography dreams after a man crushes them in Paris.
Luca Benedetti is an Italian man and a 27 year old artist. He has a dark past, one that he doesn't like to share. He hermits himself in Villa Fiore after a hard ending with his ex-fiancé.
He lets Colette stay in the Villa while she photographs it, and there's a thick air of tension between the pair - both plagued by their past.
The question is, does Luca letting Colette in backfire?
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