Heir to the Throne

Chapter 18 "Feelings"

Feeling a light shove my eyes start to flutter open seeing underboss looking at me. He notifies me about landing in Miami, which I decide to sit up to fully stretch before standing up from the comfortable seat. Not saying much I just follow behind him wanting to take a long nap after this. Everything has been so fast paced that I'm starting to lose track of what day of the week it is.

Miami is a beautiful place, a place of excitement and pure fun. I've been here before with Kira on missions my father would send us to do. Never did I think I would be back with a Castillo. Today, is just the two of us not having much to do besides wait for tomorrow to arrive. Which honestly I'm dreading.

"What's the agenda for today?," I question not wanting to get lost in tomorrow's thoughts.

"Get some sleep then go hit some clubs," underboss responds as we get into a taxi.

"I know a few clubs that you might like," I say sitting next to him as the taxi driver starts taking us to our destination.

"As longest you ain't no cock blocker then I don't mind you tagging along," he bluntly says as he looks at me then away. I'm not sure if it's due to the lack of sleep or if he's acting this way due to our kiss, but it's starting to really agitate me.

"What's up with this attitude? Every time we kiss you act standoffish?," I mutter. Underboss raises a dark brow as he looks at me before responding, "Don't tell me you caught feelings now?"

I crease my brows at his remark wanting to hit his head with a pan if only I had one. However, at the same time I'm speechless not knowing what to say because now I'm questioning why I'm even bothered by this. At first it bothered me due to not being able to grab his attention as easy as I thought it would be, but once I managed to kiss him now I'm bothered by the lack of emotions I don't receive after the kisses happen. The more I replay all of this in my head the more I'm starting to sound nuts truthfully. Maybe I'm just bothered due to not having my mission at my fingertips for the amount of time I've been around him, which makes my plan even more difficult to push forward as fast as I would want it to go.

"Me? Catch feelings for you? Now that's an example of an arrogant man," I grumble annoyedly.

"Now I'm arrogant. Are you on your period Amoret?," underboss lets out a soft giggle as he seems intrigued by my irritation.

"I'm not talking to you anymore," I say looking elsewhere, but at him. At this point I'm really  annoyed by his behavior.

"Alright alright I'll be serious. Look I'm not a man that does relationships. At the end of the day we were engaged due to the previous deal between our fathers by this point no longer exists. The kisses between us were great, but now that we have no obligations we are both free to do what we please after all this is over with,"  he bluntly says with no emotions to his expression. As much as he's right I can't help, but feel hurt in the oddest way. The only reason we met is do to the deal that both of us weren't fond of. However,  I almost started to view him as a friend if that makes any sense. Why am I feeling this way? What the hell is wrong with me?

"I agree, once this war is over I can't wait to disappear," I blankly respond. The taxi finally arrives at a hotel, which I don't hesitate to get out from the car not wanting to be anywhere near underboss. I'm starting to think all this time under his roof might of messed with my head fogging up my skills I was trained with growing up. Did I really view him as a friend? Was he playing me the entire time? Whatever the case may be I must reclaim my independence and refocus on my mission that I must deliver. At least that's something that's real out of all this.

The walk to the hotel and inside the elevator is pure silence. I watch as the numbers slowly pass wanting for it to hit the fourth floor. Underboss registered us both for two separate rooms, which I appreciated. It's been a while I've had space of my own.