The Love in Between

Chapter 11

"My Lady....!"Somehow,I really feel a dangerous aura behind me.

I turned around to see Blaire smiling sweetly.I laughed nervously then took a step back,behind that sweet smile is definitely anger and annoyance.I left Zanes house this morning without waking him up and left a note to sneak in my room in the hotel without getting caught by Blaire but it seems like she was waiting for me here at the lobby.

"My Lady!Do you know how worried I was when you didn't even come back last night?!"Blaire is close to tears while grabbing my shoulders.

"Blaire calm down."This is how Blaire reacts whenever I disappear without a word.Suddenly,she froze,staring at my neck.

"Are those....kiss marks?"I blushed.

"Ah....this is...."Blaire started crying.

"My Lady....I've served you for 3 years already but you won't even tell me that you have a lover..."She wailed as I just patted her back.It's early in the morning so no one is around except for the employees.

"Blaire,you're not just my secretary,you are also my friend besides,he just became my lover last night."I reassured and she stopped crying.She's bipolar.

"Then who's the guy?"

"You might not like him since he's human..."I looked away.

"Why not,My Lady?"I returned my gaze at her confused face.

"Because he's human,not a merman."I said slowly.

"But relationship with humans and mermaids have been occuring lately,My Lady.Ever since you were still a princess."My jaw dropped.

"What?!Why was I not informed about this?"A queen like me should have known about this.

"I thought you knew,My Lady.Well,it only started as a rumor but it's true."My hope rose up."But of course,your case is different,My Lady.You are afterall,our queen so you might need permission from the previous king and queen because whomever you choose will become our king."The hope came heavily crushing down on me.I sighed as I followed Blaire to the elevator.

After checking up on Adam,I went in my own room to take a shower.My body feels sore from the intense love making last night that I can't barely stand up when I woke up.I smiled when this reminded me of the time when I met Zane again,3 years ago.But remembering last night makes me turn red.Our pent-up emotions was suddenly bursting out that we can't even control it.It's quit embarrassing but I feel happy.

When I came out of the bathroom in my robe,Blaire already dressed a dazed Adam and laid a simple black dress on the bed.Blaire seems to have been drawn to Adam already.

"What's the occasion today?"I asked as I dried my hair and watched as Adam looked out the window.

"After breakfast,we'll be attending a gallery party,a lot of important people will be attending it and having you there personally will increase our publicity for the new project of the resort,My Lady."

"Excellent idea,Blaire."She smiled at me and took Adam out so that I could change.

After half an hour,we're already sitting down in the hotel restaurant.Adam was humming some unfamiliar song while Blaire and I are discussing business but I wonder if Adam will start completely talking soon,I should hire a nanny for him soon,someone that can teach him.

The gallery party was also a charity for orphans so we had no trouble leaving Adam in the playpen but we agreed that we'd check on him from time to time because he can't talk before we went around to mingle.I was walking around looking for Blaire while greeting people when a painting made me stop.It's a painting of a moon and the sea,something about it just grabbed my attention but I can't grasp what was it.I was brought out of my thought with a kiss on my cheek.I smiled.

"Hi Zane."I hugged him.

"You should have woke me up."

"Sorry.I didn't want to bother you so early in the morning."He smiled and gave me a peck before I turned around to face the painting again.I looked down to see the paintings name.

"Moon"
Jean Foster.

"Jean?!"I looked at Zane wide-eyed.Jean's last name is Foster.

"Ah yes,I heard that she became a painter,so it was true.Nice."Zane studied the painting with me.

"There's something about it."I murmurred.

"Really?"We stared at the painting in silence before we heard someone clearing their throat.

"Is there something wrong with this painting,dear costumer?"A lady in a formal attire asked us,an employee.

"No,no.There's nothing wrong with it,we were just admiring it."Zane explained.We must have been too fixated on it that we caught her attention.

"Is that so?Well,this is Ms. Foster's first painting that made her famous.If you look closer by the lower right corner,you'll see an outline of a woman there."

It's true.It can't completely be seen because of the lines that make up the wave but there's definitely a woman looking up to the moon as if though it's praying to it.I begun doubting.

"Unfortunately,that's all we know of this painting,just the secret woman and the name,nothing more.Ms. Foster kept this painting a mystery of all of her paintings."With that,the lady left.

"Hey,Zane.Did you tell Blaire that I'm a mermaid?"I knew the answer but I can't help but ask.

"No!Even if I did,she wouldn't beleive me besides that woman in the painting is not you,it must be Jean with that curly hair.Yours is straight."

"True...where do you think is Jean now?"I'm feeling lonely all of a sudden,missing her,she was afterall the very first friend that I made.As if though,he sensed how I'm feeling,Zane hugged me from behind and kissed the top of my head.

"Jean was the very first friend that I ever made.I never had any friends back home until I met her.She must feel betrayed that I left suddenly without saying anything.I wished that I left her a letter just like I did with you but my judgement that time was clouded by my emotions so..."I stopped,this isn't the time and place to feel like this.

I cleared my throat before kissing his cheek and stepping out of his embrace only to be slapped on the face all of a sudden.