The Lost Mermaid [Zhongyingmei]

Doris made up her mind to avoid him.

But unexpectedly, on the second day, this person came under her window sill.

In the early morning, as soon as Doris climbed out of the bathtub and put on her dressing gown, she heard a rhythmic knock on the door.

"Boom bang bang."

Doris rang the bell beside the bed, and the maid outside opened the door after receiving a response.

"Miss Boardman, Mr Hockley is calling."

Doris paused as she was about to control the wheelchair to go out.

"He is waiting for a reply in the garden. Mr. Boardman has ordered that no one should be allowed into the house while he is away." The maid raised her eyes tentatively and looked at Doris, "Miss, do you want to see him? "

Doris froze for a moment, but didn't speak.She rowed to the window in a wheelchair, hid behind the fluttering curtains, and looked sideways.

Hockley was standing under the Christmas tree, watching the hotel servants push down the tall Christmas tree with his arms crossed.Under the slim black suit, the broad shoulders and arms were tense.He was impatiently changing the supporting foot from side to side, while the servant at the center of gravity behind him, Joeylov, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, talking to him anxiously.But Hockley's expression was tense, faintly on the verge of eruption.

"One, two, three!" shouted the workers, hugging the thick trunk of the Christmas tree together.

"boom!"

The Christmas tree has fallen.The ribbons wrapped around the turquoise branches were scattered all over the place, and the greeting cards hanging from the branches fell onto the soil.Hockley's eyes froze, and he ignored Joeylov's dissuasion, stepped forward and picked up the mud-stained greeting card.He glanced back and forth, as if thinking of something, the corners of his lips curled up.

Doris let out a low cry—it was the greeting card she "peeked" earlier!

It's shameful enough that she peeked at other people's private greeting cards before!What's more, this was actually discovered by Hockley!Thinking that her rude behavior was seen by someone who cared, Doris' face turned red.

"Ma'am, do I need to call the front door and let Mr. Hockley in?"

The maid didn't get a reply for a long time, so she asked again.

At this moment, Hockley was impatient to wait, squinting his eyes and looking up at the upstairs window.Doris held her breath, and before she had time to think about it, she pulled up the curtain and blocked it in front of her.

The red print on the curtains cast a blush on her face under the shadow of the sun.

Doris thumped her head in frustration, her action was too deceptive, Hockley must have found her looking at him from the window sill!

The thought made Doris' neck turn red.

"Ask him to come in." Doris ordered, and the maid complied and turned to leave.

"Wait—" Doris thought of last night's dream, and her face instantly turned pale.She has already made up her mind to stay away from Hockley, and stay away from this time-bomb that might knock her out of her wits, how can she be so confused?

What's more, in his eyes, he is just a passerby who only met a few times.

She made friends with Ruth, and it was not impossible to get the Heart of the Ocean.

Thinking of this, Doris gritted her teeth and ordered, "Just say that I'm not feeling well and I can't see him. If there is anything, please tell Mr. Hockley after my brother comes back."

"Mr. Hockley said he came to see you." The maid tentatively persuaded, she took Hockley's tip, and always wanted to say a few more words for him, "He seems to have something to say to you, I saw him Mr. Choiloff beside him also brought presents."

Doris's face was wrinkled together, her brows were tightly knit, and her heart was deeply entangled.But when she heard the word "gift", she remembered the gift box she had hidden in the cabinet.

Doris opened the door of the cupboard, took out the gift box tied with a sprinkling gold ribbon, and handed it to the maid.

"Give it back to Mr Hockley, he'll understand."

"But—" the maid's eyes widened. This was a gift from Mr. Hockley, and Miss Doris returned it intact, for fear of angering him!

"Go, Mary." Maintaining her superficial composure, Doris decisively closed the door, blocking the maid from the door.The maid stared blankly at the gift box in her hand, feeling bad.

Cal Hockley watched the maid in front of him lower her head and handed over the familiar gift box with trembling hands, feeling angry suddenly in her heart.

She didn't even open the box!

The corners of Hockley's mouth twitched, his anger, self-deprecation and sarcasm almost defeated his reason, and he walked back and forth anxiously like a trapped animal.The maid was holding the gift box, and her eyes hinted at Joey Love, who was about to reach out to take it, but the gift box was snatched away by one hand.

His chest heaved violently and he closed his eyes.

He couldn't restrain his impulse, and came to the door eagerly, wanting to give her what she wanted and promised, even though Qiaoyilov kept repeating those disgusting words in his ears-old Hockley's order, the family's order, etc. Rong Guang, the fiancée of a famous family.

But she was clearly behind the window, but she didn't even want to see him, and even returned the gift he once offered.

Hockley felt a burning pain on his face.