Durell huffed.
"Fine, so I wasn't..." he grumbled. "But you are the princess, even if you don't want to see it. Not that I'll force you into the role like-" he broke off and felt his face warm up, thinking that he sounded like the noble boyfriend or something.
"Look, I totally understand not wanting to do what everyone says to do, but don't you think you should at least hear them out before-" my father catches me here was the unspoken ending, and Durell was still trying not to admit that his father was such an important person.