The Traps of the Black Swan

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Amused, Lisa watched her acting. 'Is she jealous?' He thought but he also knew she wasn't the type to be jealous so easily.

Since she started her play of 'they did unspeakable in the office', he played along to see how far she could go. He reached and scooped her in his arms effortlessly and caringly asked, "Aren't you sore? Why are you walking around?"

Naomi: "..."

'Sore?' Ruby Jane was now confused, she didn't understand why she will be sore. Her brows raised at him asking what he was talking about.

Lisa remembered her reactions when they were bluffing the kiss and now so he understood she is naïve in something. His eyes moved to her lower body indicating what he was talking about and saw her flush red immediately.

Ruby Jane discerned he was playing along, 'How the hell will I know it will be sore?... Wait, why will it be sore?' She thought as she turned away from his deep gaze and caught Naomi thirsting for her blood.

Naomi would have thought Ruby Jane was just tricking her due to jealousy but how Lisa was behaving tenderly serving Ruby Jane confirmed what she assumed. 'T-They can be in just physical relationships, r-right?' She forced herself to think it her way and avoided looking at them curling her fingers into tight fists but she couldn't possibly turn deaf.

Lisa left Ruby Jane on his chair to avoid hurting her back by sitting and working on the couch. Then he teased when she adjusted herself on the leather chair, "I will be gentle."

Ruby Jane froze hearing his suggestive hypnotizing voice, 'Why did I get caught to him? Can't he be dumber?' She wasn't going to lose her composure in front of Naomi hence she just hummed pushing him away but the man still kissed her forehead.

Ruby Jane blurted out in a low voice without understanding why he keeps kissing her every time they come close, "Are you addicted to kissing me?"

Well, it still reached the ears of the one who was sitting on the other side of the desk to witness Lisa's bewitching smile at Ruby Jane yet she felt her heart raise the beats. 'Why? Why should it be her? Why can't I be the one?'

She couldn't believe the years of silently following Lisa and waiting for him to notice her were turning to ashes right before her eyes as soon as Ruby Jane entered their life. 'I am intelligent, educated, dedicated to my profession, stayed with him for years, why does it have to be her who came just yesterday?' Hopelessness and anger surfaced in her.

Lisa didn't respond to it, he propped his alluring face in front of Ruby Jane, "Try, perhaps... you might get addicted."

Curiosity rose, Ruby Jane tempted to kiss him to check if she would behave like Lisa. The latter gave her lenience for the first try and turned his cheek to her. Looking at his fair cheek, 'Unless I try and see the actual results, I will not know, right?' She persuaded herself and moved closer to his cheek.

Lisa was amazed because he was expecting her to push him away. He learned two things, 'My Love' to melt her and 'Try' to encourage her for what she has never done.

Ruby Jane caught Naomi's bleak gaze and paused. She could guess that Naomi loves Lisa for a pretty long time and it would undoubtedly hurt her to see Lisa's unseen tenderness with another woman.

Ruby Jane returned her petty tricks with simple lines but what they were doing would deepen her wounds whereas all Naomi did is to love the man who is in love with her.

Instead of a kiss, Lisa heard a soft feathery voice in a whisper, "Go and work. I will not come again if you waste time."

Lisa resignedly moved back without forcing her. He took out a cotton knitted throw over from the side table near the couch to cover her slender legs and placed her laptop on the desk. "Two hours, then we will go out." He placed the snacks near her and returned to sit opposite to her.