The Traps of the Black Swan

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The music around started to give her a headache, Ruby Jane went towards the mansion but Tia returned and said, "Sister, I will get going, or else I will get too late."

Ruby Jane composed in no time without letting Tia read her state of mind and faintly smiled, "Did you call the driver?"

"Yeah, he is at the entrance. I will meet brother Jisoo and leave."

Ruby Jane nodded and saw her sprinting towards Jisoo. She turned to go to the mansion but saw Naomi and Lisa talking seriously. She didn't enter the mansion and walked away from the party.

The throbbing pain, the suffocation, her complex thoughts, she named everything as hurt, she is hurt for bringing trouble to the man who wanted nothing from her but her good health and safety.

She knew she shouldn't have heard him and stayed with him. She shouldn't have looked for him just because she wanted to. She shouldn't have thought about him whenever her past haunted her. She shouldn't have attached to him just because he looked after her.

She was called as bad luck in her parent's home just because of her birth, she didn't want to get the same tag living in the mansion or living with Lisa. She had taken too much from them just because she had the heart of Manoban family member, she didn't want to be the hindrance to his happy life.

She wanted to live alone which wouldn't bring anybody trouble.

'Should I go far away from here where nobody could reach me?' She raised her head and saw the mansion brightly lit. Thought of losing everything filled her eyes. She wanted to be alone without anybody but slowly on one added up again making her hard to leave.

The one she could think of speaking at that time was her Apple pie. She looked around for the mobile and realized her mobile is with Lisa.

She knows Lisa will not let her go or agree for her to stay alone so she thought to leave silently. But leaving without a word didn't feel right. He had searched for her, looked after her, and made sure she was fine every day, she can't return the favor so she didn't want to be ungrateful.

She felt a sharp stinging pain in her chest but she wasn't sure if it was physically or emotionally.

When she was sitting thinking about Lisa, he was looking around for her after seeing Jisoo and Mino with different people.

Naomi ran behind him, "Lisa, what's wrong?"

Lisa coldly said, "Leave..." He stopped a maid and asked, "Ruby Jane?"

The maid responded with a bow. "Young master, I haven't seen Miss."

Lisa moved ahead but heard an aged voice behind him, "Young master..." Lisa turned to see Melia reaching him holding an absorbent towel.

"Did Ruby Jane go on the top?" Lisa asked, taking the towel.

Melia answered looking towards the waterfalls, "I saw Miss going there. Since it's been more than fifteen minutes, I thought the towel might be needed."

Lisa nodded and went around the artificial waterfalls of the mansion and climbed up. It was a place where Ruby Jane always went whenever she wanted to be outside or speculate about something. It was like her hideout from everything and she would always keep her legs in water that Melia and Lisa knew well.

Naomi who heard everything went behind Lisa but a guard stopped her, "I am sorry, Miss. Nobody is allowed further." She didn't want to create a scene and become a laughing stock hence she didn't argue and went to the bar counter cursing Ruby Jane in her mind.

Lisa saw Ruby Jane gazing at the mansion immersed in her thoughts. He kneeled and carefully pulled her legs out of the water as he asked, "Isn't water cold?"