The Traps of the Black Swan

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Kone Colon tried his best to stay unperturbed and behave normally, unlike the frightened three voices he was hearing. He encouraged himself to be a brave and courageous one by putting on an emotion of nonchalance. He looked around in the darkroom in boredom as though he was very bored.

"Services? What could you possibly do?" Kone rolled his eyes while his heart hammered against his chest.

Yes, he was afraid. He wanted to use his brain to escape instead of fighting.

The man mused looking at his dispirited behavior. Okay, he wasn't expecting that, "Why don't we try it out?" He stood up and walked towards Kone in complete coolness.

How long could Kone hold his indifference when the man stepped towards him in so much confidence that his barrier of calmness just fled away.

Kone could say the man wasn't scared even by his physical appearance. Why will the man be scared of Kone who was shorter and less built than him?

Ruby Jane didn't just randomly choose the men but looked through many profiles and selected to outstand the officers in terms of strength and physique.

Kone started taking steps behind and asked, "Name your price, I will double it."

Everyone's ears etched on them to know if he was going to ditch Ruby Jane however she didn't bother moving her eyes from the dancer.

"Really?" The foreigner asked. He had no idea the one who hired him was also in the warehouse.

Kone became overconfident, unable to see the predatory expression on the man's face, "Yes, I can triple it too if you take me out of here."

The man hummed crossing the distance between them. His finger grazed his face saying, "Are you buying my loyalty? I didn't put a price on it yet."

Kone: "..."

He jerked back and heard what he said. He enraged hearing loyalty, "What can you get being loyal? You will just have to work your ass off from mere pennies and hearing your seniors order you around yet you can't be happy with your life."

The man took a moment to get all the words of Kone's outburst before discerning he was venting his frustration he suffered when he was loyal to his work.

And deeply sympathize with him for getting caught by doing something wrong, "Man, relax. Why don't you resign and join me? I can pay you a pretty high price for your... " His eyes grazed down his body and complimented, "Sexy body..."

Kone: "..."

Ruby Jane, who heard 'sexy' in the deep hoarse voice, turned to Lisa. Her chin pointed down at the Kone's room and asked, "Why is he lying?... Then she traced his face in the dim light and continued, "He might sell himself to buy you. Shall I try?"

Lisa's lips twitched at her strange way of compliment, "Thank you... And no, thank you."

Ruby Jane giggled ignoring how other men were reacting whenever her voice was sounding.

Down in the room, Kone racked his brain. He can't buy him to get away so what could be done to escape? Thinking and thinking, he attacked the pride of the man.

"I don't think you are big enough for me. So get off my face." Kone said and confused Ruby Jane.

Ruby Jane saw the big burly man and looked at herself. He was double of her and bigger than Kone, 'Why isn't he big enough for Captain? Is he tricking?' She thought and turned to Lisa to ask what he meant and did she miss any detail in her planning.

"Lisa, what..." Lisa easily covered her lips and turned her face to the dancer, "Learn to dance, ignore them..."

Ruby Jane missed to listen, "Why don't you check it?" The foreigner asked Kone and the latter lost it.