Countess' lover

The gentle sea breeze is like a lover's hand touching his face.Mixed with a faint salty smell, the sky and the sea are integrated into one, and the endless loftiness and freedom make people yearn and indulge.However, Ariel could only sit by the window and watch all this quietly.

Maybe she should be honored by the man's stubborn supervision. Even if he doesn't love her, he still can't bear to let her go.Since stepping into this room again, Karl really didn't let her take a step.Karl has been extremely good to her, clothes, jewelry, food, all are precious.He himself even spends all his time with her except when necessary.

Such tenderness and pampering are in line with her artistic views, and she has never said a harsh word to her.Lovely Lil still can't get enough.She saw the guilt under the gentleness of the man, the domineering under the pampering, and the insincere words under the conformity.He has regarded her as his own, but Karl can't give her his heart completely.Humans, is that so?

She thought of the witch's words, power, wealth, maybe those are what men love...

Ariel sat from sunrise to sunset, Karl seemed to be extraordinarily busy today, he just came back in the afternoon, changed his clothes and was about to go out again.Ariel stopped Karl who was about to go out, and asked him,

"Carl, do you like me?" The man's body stopped suddenly before he left, and he turned his head and smiled at Ariel, but his eyes were obscure.

"How else can I prove that I like you? Wait for me in the room obediently. I will be back soon."

He left in a hurry, as if he was escaping from something.Ariel smiled, the smile was still pure and clear, making people feel sweet when looking at it.Such a girl is born to be pampered, and such a girl is born to be possessed.Did Carl do something wrong?No, he did not.

When night fell, the door that Karl had locked before leaving was suddenly opened, but the footsteps did not come from Karl.

"I really don't understand why he always locks the door." Ruth's voice was full of charming complaints, which were exciting.

"A slave to wealth, as a caretaker, of course he must protect his valuables." Jack was more direct than Ruth, showing contempt and mockery.

Ariel shook her head on the bed, with an indescribable ridicule in her heart.It is understandable for Jack to say that about Karl. They are people of different levels. Jack has never been favored by Karl, and even made things difficult for him.But Ruth, what qualifications does she have to say that in front of another man.Inflating her status by belittling her fiancé to gain another man's approval?

She couldn't help but smiled mockingly. Carl was humiliated for a fiancee who didn't love him at all. It seemed that he really loved Ruth?Lovely Lil didn't think she could tell in Carl's eyes how much he liked Ruth.For the past two days, he had only expressed anger when Leger repeated that Ruth was with Jack again.Even if that was the case, wouldn't it be obedient to stay in the room with Ariel under Ariel's coquettish behavior?

There was no sound outside, and Lier knew that they hadn't left yet.She stood up, pushed open the door, and was undoubtedly greeted by two panicked faces.What is different from imagination is that Ruth's whole body is naked, only a huge blue heart-shaped gemstone on her chest is dazzling.

"Why are you still here!" Ruth asked in surprise.

Ariel didn't answer Ruth, she nodded to Jack, and walked to the safe without turning her eyes.Carl treasured this thing very much, but never let Ariel open it.In the opened safe, a dark blue box caught Ariel's attention.

She opened it, and inside was a string of rich pink pearls.

It's time to return the property to its original owner.Ariel thought, taking off all the ornaments on her body, and putting the pearls back around her neck.Both Ruth and Jack watched this scene in amazement, but they didn't stop her.

Ariel said, "This belongs to me." She turned and left the room, her light blue dress hanging down to her ankles, her bare feet walking on the carpet, every step was light and steady.She wanted to get out of here, but she had to see Karl before she could.

bow—

Ariel sat quietly on the railing, with the rough ocean beneath her.The night wind blew her skirt, and the gauze skirt swayed in the wind, as if it would be blown away by the wind in the next moment.Carl walked out of the banquet hall, and the first thing he saw was Ariel sitting on the bow.

In the darkness, she almost blended into the color of the night, but the hazy figure made Karl immediately confirm that it was Ariel.He strode over, even ignoring the surprised and confused eyes of others.

The bow was quiet, as it should be at night.Only the sound of the hull maneuvering and the lapping and rolling of the waves.

"Ariel! How crazy are you! Come down!" His tone sounded so flustered, trembling, but he amplified his voice pretending to be calm. "It's dangerous here!"

Ariel turned her head and was still sitting on the railing, with the ocean she was most familiar with beneath her feet.She smiled at Carl, her face sweet and full of contradictory charm. "It's not dangerous to me. The bottom is my home." She stretched out her hand to caress the pink pearl on her neck, which naturally attracted Carl's attention.

"You... found it..." Carl clenched his fists, his mind was so confused that he didn't know what to say.

Ariel was still smiling, and her laughter was like raindrops hitting a silver plate, intertwined with the sound of ocean waves, forming a particularly moving movement. "Carl, do you like me?" This was the third time she asked the question.

Carl replied affirmatively, "I like it, I like it very much."

"What about Ruth?"

"...She is my fiancée." Even if she doesn't have much wealth, her status as a nobleman and her glamorous appearance are enough to make up for these shortcomings.

Ariel nodded, her long hair blowing in the wind.Platinum, like a sparkle. "Ruth is your fiancée, but you still like me in your heart, right?" She asked so casually, completely overturning Carl's perception of Ariel all along.

"Yes, you come down first, we can go back and talk."

"No need, I heard Carl what you and Ruth said that morning. Your love is really cheap." Ariel hit Carl seriously with cruel words, but Carl didn't take any practical actions to keep her.She said, "Maybe I don't like you that much either."

His throat seemed to be blocked by something, Carl's face was ugly, but he couldn't speak a word.So she heard everything?Then why did he not change his expression in the past two days so that his liking for her deepened step by step?

"You're right Carl, I know everything." Ariel simply let go of her hand, her smile was no longer so pure, but it revealed a different kind of charm and danger. "I'm not as stupid as you think. Even in that aspect, I knew exactly what you wanted to do at the beginning. Oh, your expression was so funny at that time."

Anger, chagrin at being cheated on.Ariel's words cut his heart like a sharp knife, but at this time, he still couldn't dislike Ariel a little bit.She is so beautiful and is still very smart. "You know everything? That's fine, you can come down and we'll talk slowly. Come down, Ariel, I don't care."

He begged her so humblely that Lier felt it was ridiculous and sad.She felt that she might really like this man, even if he was not sincere, even if he only regarded her as a lover.She liked him when he chose to go to sea to find her and bring her into the human world.

"But I care!" Ariel's voice was full of indifference.She sat proudly on the bow, looking at Karl with piercing eyes, as if she were a noble queen and Karl was just a commoner. "Mr. Hockley, what reason do you think you have to keep me without this necklace? What right do you have to lock me up in the room!"

His breath was suddenly suffocated, it turned out that she really knew everything.The despicable thoughts were fully exposed by the mermaid, and Karl was shocked to find that he really had no reason to keep this woman.She never owed him anything and even saved his life.This is why he can loudly accuse Ruth of infidelity but dare not say a harsh word to Ariel.

The man's performance really disappointed Ariel, but it also made her feel hopeful.She felt his struggle and remorse, and she should be glad he wasn't trying to trick her with false statements, but Ariel still felt disappointed.A woman, no matter what her status is, is always willing to hear sweet words from her lover.

She said coldly, "Look, Mr. Hockley, Karl—you don't even know why." She undid the necklace around her neck and threw it at Karl casually.Each of the pink pearls is as big as a thumb ring, and the color is crystal clear, round and shiny.

She saw Carl bend quickly to take the necklace in his hand, with joy on his face.Ariel smiled nonchalantly. She felt the icy sea breeze comfortably, and her delicate face shone like pearls. "Pick it up, pick it up, I don't want it anyway!"

no more?Carl raised his head and looked at Ariel in disbelief.The girl giggled in the wind and said to him. "Pearl, I don't want it! You, Karl—you, I don't want it!"

She completely let go and jumped off the bow.The light blue shadow fell into the sea, and the fluorescent blue fishtail finally greeted him and slid into the water without leaving even a trace of waves.

Karl tightly held the pearl in his hand, even the warm pink couldn't warm his heart.His chest was so empty that he didn't even know if his heart was still beating.

Just leave like this?He walked on class A in a daze, walking along the railing of the deck and looking at it.The deep sea is like a ferocious beast, devouring everything.what is he looking for

Passing guards looked at the man in suit and leather shoes in puzzlement. He looked like a distinguished guest in the first-class cabin.How could a VIP in the first class go to the deck in the middle of the night to find something?The policeman looked greedily at the pearl in Carl's hand, it must be very valuable.

"Can I help you? Sir, what are you looking for?"

Carl looked at him, his voice trembling uncontrollably, "I'm looking for someone." His voice was so obscure, as if he hadn't spoken for a long time.

The police officer looked at the necklace in Carl's hand clearly, "Is it your fiancee? Dear sir, please tell me your name, and we will try our best to help you find..."

"No need." Carl interrupted the police officer coldly, "We have nothing to do with each other." When he said this, he held the pearl necklace tightly, as if he would not let go of it even if he let go of everything.

The police officer looked at Carl's leaving back suspiciously, "What a strange guy."