A Pink Purse

"How about having lunch with me?", Scott said with a piercing stare and a serious tone.

"Huh?", Diana replied wondering if she heard it right.

"You heard me. We'll have lunch at my villa today. That's the first in paying me off", Scott

"First? So, there will be a second?", she asked, not hiding her displeasure.

".. and a third. First is for riding Apollo, second is for the brats and…. third was when you harrassed me by jumping on me at the beach? Remember?", Scott said as he grinned at me.

"I beg your pardon? I did not harrassed you. You were the one..", before Diana could even finish her sentence, Scott interrupted her.

"You know what happened, Diana. You were clearly on the upperhand and I was just offering my assistance. I suggest, you just come with my terms. You don't want the authorities to go between us right? That's just messy", threatening her a little bit so she wouldn't say no. Scott was enjoying how hard it is for Diana to keep her cool as her face turn red like the wild red roses earlier as he teased her.

"Fine.. fine!", she said clenching her jaw.

"I'll see you at 12 noon? My villa is just straight ahead over there", he pointed to the right direction so she won't get lost and then walked away.

'This guy is just unbelievable', she thought as they separated ways.

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SCOTT POV

I couldn't stop thinking about how Diana almost kissed my cheek. I shouldv'e leaned closer. The struggle was real keeping a straight face when I'm around her. Her scent is so addictive, I can't resist. With the way she's reacting towards me, It's clear that she did not imprinted on me. How is that possible?

I went inside the villa and took a quick shower. I didn't know what to wear, so I tried on a few shirts until I've decided to wear a black V-neck shirt and a beige shorts. I practiced a few facial expressions, my smiles and even flexed a little on the mirror, checking out how do I look when I'm in front of her. 'Ugh.. this is killing me', I thought as jumped on the bed facing downwards.

I'm seeing her again and somehow I doubted if she would come over. I wonder what food she likes. I opened the fridge, and found steak, wine and my favorite strawberry shortcake. I called the main kitchen at the hotel to send some more food, but with the volume of orders I requested, and the number of guests having lunch at the moment, it would take some time for my orders to arrive.

Leaving me with no choice but to serve what I have. I started cooking the steak, sprinkled a little salt and some herbs. While cooking in between steaks, I kept glancing on the wall clock. At about 11:45 am, I said 'This is gonna the longest 15 minutes of my life".

Once done, I placed the steak on the kitchen island table and washed my hands fervently. I set up the dining table as simple as it can be and not too cheesy for her to puke my cooking. After all, I don't want to overdo the first lunch date with my Luna. I was so busy, I didn't noticed that Lucas was already sitting at the bar stool and was about to eat the steak I cooked.

"Don't you dare, Lucas!", throwing the hand towel on his face.

"Aren't these for me? You can't even finish these all by yourself", he said drooling over my steak while I take it away. "Besides, there are two plates and there's just the two of us here. Who else will you have lunch with?", he added as he followed me to the dining table like a hungry puppy.

I glared at him and said, "I'm having lunch with my Luna."

"WHAT?? For real??", he gasped in shock with his fist on his lips as he chuckled, placing his arm across my shoulders in excitement while I tried shake him off.

"What's real?", a girl's voice suddenly butt in.

"Do something about that", I whisphered to Lucas referring to Christina who just tossed her pink purse on the chair.

"I'm glad the food's ready. I'm sooo hungry", Christina said as she approach the dining table where I and Lucas where standing by.

"Hey Chris! Fancy seeing you! Why don't we have lunch at the hotel bar and help me plan the bonfire party tonight? I might miss a few details", Lucas shouldered Christina, who was looking irritated and refusing him, forcibly led her out.

I looked up with my eyes closed, and sighed. 'How annoying', I thought.

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Diana wore a knee-length beige sleeveless dress covering her collarbone, with drapes to her side hip and a high slit from her hip down. She twisted her hair up, and sprayed a little perfume behind her ear. Compared to Scott, she knew what exactly to wear. The sun is high, and it's warmer. There was like a sea of crystals as the sunlight hit the sand. The scorching heat of the sun didn't bothered her, as she have spent all her life in the cold corridors and patient rooms of the hospital.

She paced out her way through the palm trees going to the villa and took her six minutes to reach it. 'I never thought his villa was this near to my bungalow', she thought. Just in time, the door creaked open when she was about to knock on the door. "Hello?", she said as she peeked in. She knocked a few more times before entering.

"Scott? Hello?", she said as she carefully walked in. The interior was intricately designed with modern furniture and shades of blue. It's triple the size of her bungalow, and the place is full of mirrors. She smelled the aroma of steak that made her stomach grumble.

"Hi! I thought you'd never come", Scott coming out of a room pocketing his lighter. He stared at her from head to toe and dropped his mouth open with her simple yet tempting look.

"The door was open. So I let myself in", she said as she gave him a polite smile.

"It's alright. Shall we?", Scott led her to the dining room, bit his lower lip and scratched the back of his head.

Diana looked around and noticed a pink purse on chair. She then sat on the dining chair being pulled by Scott.

"Is someone else joining us?", she casually asked.