Chapter 69
Duke Lebert originally thought that the faint fragrance was just an illusion.
But if the illusion lasts too long, it may no longer be an illusion.
Duke Lebert paused as he held the teacup in his slender hand. His blue eyes, as blue as the clear sky and the blue sea, drooped slightly, hiding the thoughts in his eyes.
"Duke Leibert is visiting. What's the matter?"
Norton's cold tone made Leibert raise his eyes and look at him with scrutiny.
Although the mermaid twins were dressed and looked exactly the same, Leibert could still tell them apart.
Although he did not step into the Women's Protection Association that day, he still found out what happened in the confinement room later.
The merman nobleman who was rumored to have a cold personality and was harsh to others was secretly stared at by his pet many times during the cruise night. Although he said that he was not interested, his eyes were always glued to his pet.
Afterwards, he was slapped in public by his pet. Even so, the other party could easily cover it up...
He actually didn't know that the mermaids could be so good-tempered.
"Has this place received other little guests before me?"
The distinguished Duke, who had always talked about business after meeting several times, raised his eyes slightly, and suddenly asked a question with an unclear expression on his sharp and handsome face.
Hearing this, Noel chuckled: "The Duke is worrying too much."
"Really?" Leibert put down the teacup.
Her long legs were crossed, and her shiny black haute couture shoes seemed to accidentally touch the sagging tablecloth.
Noel and Norton's eyes wandered for a moment.
Duke Leibert did not ask any more questions, but talked about official business with a calm expression.
Shen Yinyin, who was under the table, covered her mouth tightly. Her feet were numb from squatting, but she didn't dare to move.
She was in a state of anxiety and distress, and could only roughly hear that Duke Leibert seemed to be delaying the progress of the cooperation, as if he was going to hold some important dinner.
The enclosed and cramped space, the awkward posture, and the nervous mood made Shen Yinyin feel a little stuffy, and a layer of fine beads of sweat seeped out of her smooth forehead.
And Lebert, who was facing Shen Yinyin, found through the tablecloth that the familiar fragrance not only did not disappear, but became stronger and stronger.
The mermaid twins seemed to be polite to him, but they were secretly wary and unhappy. They calmly wanted to end the conversation and send him away.
The tablecloth that their eyes inadvertently swept over.
The aroma that won’t fade away...
Finally, Leibert took the initiative to end the conversation.
Shen Yinyin, who was sitting under the table, saw Duke Leibert stand up, and soon, his feet and the sound disappeared.
Shen Yinyin pricked up her ears and listened for a while. The living room was quiet, as if Noel and Norton had also sent Duke Robert out.
Shen Yinyin was about to crawl out, but as soon as she moved her feet, her legs, which had lost all feeling, suddenly felt like they were electrocuted, with a sharp numbness and pain.
She stumbled forward in pain, about to fall to the cold, hard ground, but a slender, white hand with a ruby ring held her firmly.
Shen Yinyin didn't notice the ring. She still remembered that Norton had defended her in the room just now.
She grabbed the hand, buried her head, and said in a trembling voice without even looking at it: "Mr. Norton, thank you..."
She gasped in pain and tried to crawl out by herself, but the hand suddenly grabbed her waist and pulled her out from under the table.
The opponent's force was too great, and Shen Yinyin, who was unable to stand steadily, fell into his arms. She tried to pull away the other's hand that was wrapped around her waist with too much force, but she touched a cold and hard ring.
Shen Yinyin: ...
Startled, Shen Yinyin's eyelashes trembled as she slowly raised her head...
When meeting Duke Lebert's blue eyes that were brewing a gloomy storm, Shen Yinyin swallowed hard.
She forced a stiff smile, her voice trembling: "Duke Leibert, you haven't left yet..."
The girl, who was wearing a loose shirt and trousers, was so beautiful that people couldn't take their eyes off her.
However, the bite mark on the opponent's thin collarbone was too obvious and particularly glaring.
Duke Leibert's silence made Shen Yinyin even more uneasy.
But Noel on the side started to explain for Shen Yinyin: "Duke Leibert wouldn't embarrass a skinny girl like her just because of such a small matter, right?"
The tone was frivolous, but revealed a subtle sense of protection.
Even Norton explained: "She just came to return the lost badge of my Milwin family."
Leibert didn't even move his eyelids, he just looked at the panicked girl in front of him with deep eyes.
well.
It seems that his little pet has come into contact with both brothers.
Otherwise, the two brothers would not have been competing to protect her without doing anything.
When Duke Leibert raised his head, his deep and handsome face was expressionless, revealing the oppression and indifference of a superior.
He held Shen Yinyin in his arms and said in a deep voice, "She is mine, so I will not embarrass her."
"As for the banquet I mentioned, I hope you can come and attend on behalf of the Milwin family."
It's good to see with my own eyes that I have stopped having these unnecessary thoughts.
When Shen Yinyin was taken away by Duke Leibert, she could only look back frequently because she failed to get the money. Her little mouth opened and closed silently, repeating the word "star coin" to the two of them.
After boarding the flying ship, Shen Yinyin sat obediently, not daring to breathe.
Duke Leibert looked at the girl who was the best at pretending to be well behaved, and said in a cold tone: "Tell me, who are you going to see?"
"Norton?"
"Noel again."
"Or... both."
Shen Yinyin stared at the angry Duke Leibert with her dark eyes, twisting her thin white hands, shivering, and not saying a word.
Duke Leibert had never been so helpless.
She was afraid of him, hiding something in her little head and didn't want to tell him.
Leibert frowned: "You like them?"
Seeing that the girl just shook her head and didn't say anything, Duke Lebert felt suffocated and uncomfortable with the anger in his chest.
"Who bit this?"
"Norton? Or that frivolous Norton?"
Duke Lebert used his cool fingertips to push aside Shen Yinyin's shirt collar and rest his fingertips on the skin of her chest, pointing at the bite marks left by Dalton last night and questioning her.