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Castel could swear everything was happening in slow motion immediately his eyes fell on her, he had seen his fair share of beautiful women but she was a sight to behold, she had a luscious amount of shiny dark curls and glistening olive skin. She drove her fingers through her hair trying to smoothen it but he had never seen anything sexier.

“Leo can you see her too?” He had to ask because she seemed so surreal. She felt more like a figment of his imagination after the dark haired girl he had seen last week in this very neighborhood.

“Who?” His friend answered walking around the car to stand beside him. “Cas what is wrong with you?”

His eyes travelled to her again this time meeting hers, she froze for a second, then she turned away looking a little flustered. And he couldn’t help wondering if she felt what he was feeling too. Before he could form another thought she picked up her skateboard and scurried off. “Have you ever seen something so exotic?”

“Well, I didn’t get a good look at her but I’m sure it’s your balls talking from two weeks of no sex, she can’t be that fine, I’m very sure you’ve seen prettier.” Leo scoffed.

His friend’s reply wasn’t surprising because he had decided to steer off girls for a while ever since the ordeal with his ex at his family house, and it was getting a bit frustrating, but he was certain his attraction to her had nothing to do with the fact that he was sex starved. He could swear he had seen her, or felt her energy. If that’s a thing.

"It was her." He muttered suddenly remembering the dark thick curls he had seen right outside this park.

"What?" Leo asked raising an eye brow.

"The dark haired girl that just left, I think I saw her last week when the witch and I drove past the neighborhood." Castel turned to look in the direction she went, hoping he would get another glimpse of her.

"You saw her face?" Leo asked

"Not exactly but I know it was her." He knew he was being delusional but he had a very strong gut feeling.

“How do you know it was her?" Leo asked sounding more confused than before.

"I saw her hair." He said half laughing at himself because he knew he sounded stupid.

Leo sent him a glance that accused him of insanity. “First of all, do you know the population of girls that have curly dark hair? A lot.”

"I'm sure it was her." He knew he sounded crazy but at this point he couldn’t help but wonder how it would feel to run his hands through her hair.

"You’re definitely going loco, you need to get laid ASAP." Leo finally said. "Since when do you like dark hair anyway? I thought you were only into blondes and reds."

"There's just something about her Leo." Maybe he did need to get laid, he thought.

I wonder what her name is… wait what?

"Come on man, let's go have some fun before your crazy mama calls" Leo said suddenly bringing him back to reality. He had come here to have some fun and he would do that for as long as he could because this evening was definitely going to be hectic. "That's true. I even forgot about the rehearsal dinner today." He checked his Rolex for the time. "I still have about five hours, I should be there in time. I'm surprised the witch hasn't called yet"

“Cas don’t you think you should leave your watch in the car? It’s still a little loose around your wrist and it could fall…”

He didn’t hear the rest of Leo’s sentence because he caught a glimpse of her again.

"There she is again." He said getting on his skate board and rolled off.

***

"See the kid across the other lane?" Deo asked Emerald "he's been following you since he got here."

Emerald had noticed too. And she'd taken her time to observe him since he parked he got out of his car. She didn't miss the Rolex he was wearing, definitely an original. She had peeked his iPhone 11 pro max too. And the fact he drove a Porsche cayenne 2019 model.

No doubt he was rich as f*ck. Probably from coral gables or coconut grove. There’s was no way he was living in Wynwood or any neighborhood around here.

So why is he here? No skating parks in the corals uh?

"He is pretty as hell I know that for sure" Bianca said between chewing her gum and twirling her hair in her fingers "I'd really love to meet him"

"Please Bee, we all know he's way outta your league" Leo teased and Bianca hit him playfully.

"Did you notice anything about him?" Emerald said with a sly smile across her face.

"Couldn't help but notice the gold on his wrist" Deo said with humor.

"Or his original leather phone pouch -an iPhone11 pro max at that" Bianca added with that beautiful smile of hers making her amber eyes light up.

"And he did come in a Porsche cayenne 2019" Emerald added.

"Boy did he come to the wrong neighborhood” Deo said as they all exchanged glances.

***

Castel still had his eyes on her when she stood up. She had been talking with her friends a few feet from where he had stopped to catch his breath. Or at least that’s what he told himself he was doing, he had been keeping her in his sights ever since he started skating, he only hoped he hadn’t appeared like a stalker.

She looked upset for some reason as she walked in his direction. Uh oh. Maybe I had seemed like a stalker after all.

At first he thought she was mad because she had probably noticed him hovering around, but as she got closer he got a clearer picture. The girl behind her was pleading with her but the pleading seemed to get her angrier. He tried to look around for Leo, he had no idea she had gotten so close. And then everything happened so fast, something soft crashed into him and he stared down and there she was in front of him muttering apologetically in Spanish, apparently she had bumped into him.

"I'm so sorry I wasn't looking" he heard her say in a mouthwatering Spanish accent. And then the whole world stopped moving as her eyes moved up to look at him, she shoved a hand through her hair and bit on her lower lip. Her vivid green eyes were enchanting, her thick dark hair was radiant and her lips looked so tasty he wanted to bite them too. He drank in her full appearance looking down at her curves...

"Uh...I'm really sorry" The soft sound of her voice brought him back to the present.

"It’s...uh...i..." He stammered not being able to find the right words. Then she smiled at him and he was sure his heart stopped beating. The right words didn't matter anymore he was just looking for any word at all but all the words seemed to have gone on holiday.

"Well this is quite..." She trailed off.

"I'm sorry, I was just overwhelmed by your beauty I couldn't find the right words to say" he flashed his most charming smile.

"I'm sorry I hit you. I wasn't looking, I was so upset I didn't see you standing here." she said smiling again.

Her smile threw him off balance again as it made her eyes shine even more.

"Uh... It's okay I'm such a big idiot. I wasn't looking." He couldn't believe that the mighty Castel Mourinho was here in front of the prettiest girl he'd ever seen, and here he was messing up like his life depended on it.

"It’s okay." she said "It’s my fault, I should really work on my temper"

"No problem... So I see you speak English" Really Cas? I see you speak English? His subconscious mocked him.

"Yes I speak English" she replied with a confused look. "Do you speak English?" he could sense the humor in her voice and he relaxed a bit. Why am I so flustered anyway? I got this

“I’m so sorry for acting so awkward. It’s not every day I get to see such beauty.” Finally words! “I got a little flustered. I’m Castel and you are?”

"I'm...uh...lucy…ana" she stammered

"You mean Luciana?" He asked a bit confused, because he knew a great number of girls and she definitely didn’t look like a ‘lucy-ana’.

"Yeah, that..." She was saying before someone cut her off

"Emie…" A voice called from behind her, he turned to see the girl that had been walking with her earlier said, obviously referring to 'Luciana'. Where had she been anyway? He couldn’t help but wonder.

"Deo fixed your board and we need to get going now, remember we have that thing?" she continued.

"Oh, right… the thing with Maria" She gave him a final glance before running off with the other girl trailing behind her. He watched them until they disappeared into a corner.

"Emie?" He felt a little confused, maybe it was just a nickname her friends called her.

“you seem a little lost in your thoughts my man, are you good?" the sound of Leo’s voice brought him back to reality.

“Tell me I didn’t imagine her" he said to his friend. Things had happened so quickly he was scared he must have imagined the whole ordeal, maybe because of his lack of proper sleep and sex. I really need to get laid.

“She was real alright, I saw her crazy thick curls and she has sick moves on the board too.” Leo answered.

“So she was real then.” He didn’t realize he had voiced his thoughts until Leo was in a fit of laughter.

“Cas what is wrong with you? You’re acting so strange because of one chic, it is so unlike you.” He wouldn’t even blame Leo for his statement because after all he was still the Castel Mourinho and he could pretty much get any girl he wanted. So why was he acting like this?

“Man, it has just been a while, and you know how exotic Latinas are” he answered. Maybe that was the thing that made her so attractive, the fact that she was latina and he did have a thing for them.

“Maybe if you hit it, you’d get over it.” Leo said and he chuckled at his friend’s suggestion, because the idea of having sex with her had not even crossed his mind. He was still busy digesting her beauty.

"I wasn’t even thinking about that, I just…really find her attractive" he didn't want to listen to Leo. It's not like he planned to date her but hell! He would love to get close to her.

"Your mama hasn't called yet?" Leo's question zapped him back to reality.

"You're right" he looked at his watch to check the time. It was gone. "Leo did I have my watch when we got here?" He askedalready knowing his answer.

"Yes Cas, I was asking you to leave it in the car or something. But I saw it on you the whole time we were skating" Leo explained

"It's gone" Castel said staring at his wrist in disbelief.

"What do you mean it's gone? It was right there" Leo asked confused. “Sure you didn’t put it in the car?

He ignored Leo's question and reached into his pocket for his phone. He couldn’t feel his phone either or his wallet. This is a disaster.

"Cas, that was your grandfather’s Rolex" Leo blabbed on and on. Castel ignored his voice and tried working his mind through the events that had happened that day. He continuously played the events that had happened in the park. He didn’t encounter any thugs here and he had not gotten very close to anyone that would snatch it without him knowing. Except…

“Bloody hell!” he exclaimed. It all made sense – her bumping into him, the swift movements, her friend disappearing, it had all happened so fast, he had been very much distracted by her and didn’t even notice. Such an idiot he had been. Well he was wrong, he did encounter a thug today –a breathtaking, green eyed, beautiful thug. The first wave of anger hit him.

"That bitch stole from me!"