The Traps of the Black Swan

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At another end of the hotel, after changing into a backless short black summer beach dress, Ruby Jane tied her hair into a messy bun while Lisa waited for her leaning on the door in his casuals.

Her slender body, petite face, and her look are innocent and pure. If he thinks as sexy, she was alluring, if he thinks as his little cupcake, she was pretty and cute. If he thinks as President Evans, she looked confident, bold, and daring.

The beauty held in the eyes of the beholder perfectly suited them.

"Let's go," Ruby Jane said without noticing his adoring gaze and led him to the restaurant in the hotel.

They were almost done with lunch, Ruby Jane left everyone stupefied instructing, "Secretary Wen, I need tools for building a sandcastle. Please arrange it. Thank you."

Lisa had a different plan but he didn't say it and asked her in curiosity, "Do you like sandcastles?"

"Not really. When I wanted to build it, I didn't get a chance. Now I can do whatever I want." Ruby Jane casually said eating her ice cream while her mind reminded her of the past.

...

When she built the smallest castle in the sand in her playschool, teachers and other students praised her. She was really excited to show it to her parents and took the cardboard on which she had built.

Thinking her castle would be destroyed in the car, she had walked more than a mile holding it ignoring the ache of her arms or strain of her little limbs.

Entering her home, she happily displayed it to her mother and father in the living hall expecting nothing but a simple smile on their face and a word of compliment or probably just a pat on her head.

But her mother had kicked the cardboard that was in the little hands and scolded her with her father without caring whether that sand went to her eyes or nose or mouth when she stood silently crying with sand all over her.

...

Ruby Jane bit her lips to control her emotions and sat undisturbed. Now she doesn't care if anybody likes or loathes or ignores her. All she needs is herself.

Lisa smiled perceiving she was enjoying herself forgetting work and her troubles. Taking her on outings frequently added to his list.

Both went to the beach when secretary Wen arranged the required tools easily with the hotel management's help.

Sitting on the sand, Ruby Jane saw Lisa standing like a statue, "If you don't want to build, why are standing here? Leave." She missed Jisoo and Mino. Her first real sand building was with them, she had thought they would laugh at her but they had excitedly built with her and it had come out amazing.

Lisa rubbed the side of his forehead pursing his lips. He actually doesn't know anything about it so he didn't know what to do even though he wanted to be with her.

Ruby Jane who had started digging with a long-handled, lightweight shovel noticed him still standing so she guessed without a word, "I will teach you, come here."

Secretary Wen who had thought Lisa doesn't like playing in the sand was speechless seeing him kneel next to her. 'My eyes are blessed.' He went to the beach lounge under the shade and opened his laptop occasionally peeking at them and even sent their picture to Jisoo who wanted every update about them.

Ruby Jane passed the shovel and said, "Dig."

"Oh!" Holding it, he looked at her, "Length, breadth, and depth?" He asked seriously, causing her to burst into laughter.

Lisa: "..." He was happy she was laughing because of him but she was laughing at him. He was about to throw the shovel, Ruby Jane spoke.

"Sorry sorry, we just want the depth-first until you get the water, we will use that water and wet soil to build whatever we want. Bringing water from the sea and walking back and forth repeatedly is very tedious so this method is used."