The Traps of the Black Swan

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At JL mansion,

Ruby Jane woke up to the alarm that was shifting on the bed to turn off when the arms around her pulled her back. Ending up on his pillow face to face, she saw his closed eyes as he tried to get back to sleep while her eyes struck on his lips due to their colliding breath.

She oddly felt he was trying to seduce her early in the morning. Lifting her head, she whispered next to his ear, "Wake up in five seconds. Don't miss your exer...cise."

But the man embraced her closer, "Let's skip on Sundays." He groggily said while she counted five in mind.

At the sixth second, he shot his eyes open. At the eighth second, he pulled her away, and on the ninth second, he rolled off the bed and went to the bathroom without turning back.

Ruby Jane: "..."

She sat on the bed scratching her head, "I just gently bit your ear, why are you acting like a ghost?" She asked more to herself seeing him shut the door.

Standing by the door, "Lalisa, how dare you run away without wishing me good morning?"

But her question met with silence, she pouted for not getting his sweet morning wish and went to her room while Lisa looked down at himself.

He didn't know which one to curse, if it's morning sensitive senses or her bite, or her warm breath on his skin or her sensual smell or her soft body against his or just his body or perhaps... everything. However, he accepted his fate of an early morning cold shower.

After their morning routine workout, Lisa was already at the breakfast table at the patio when Ruby Jane graced her presence. Lisa's lips arced seeing her dress and also for taking it serious about meeting his mother even though it's in the cemetery.

Ruby Jane was in a black knee-length, full sleeve, A-line dress that was comfortably settling on her curves. The specialty of her dress was white, the dress's round collar and the hem of the sleeves were in white.

She had paired it with black pumps, very light classic finger rings, pearl drop earrings, and big wavy curls of hair which gave her a softer look to her petite face. There wasn't makeup other than a very light shade of lipstick which was the same colors of her lips and her natural blush that appeared when she smiled at him.

Ruby Jane raised her brows asking him, "Did you check out my dress and copied me, Doctor Manoban?"

Lisa pulled a chair for her as he playfully answered, "Maybe... Maybe not."

Lisa was in sleek black trousers and shirt ditching the blazer to be more casual than a corporate look. He was wearing white shoes hence their outfit coordinated very well.

Lisa kissed her crown before both started breakfast. Lisa didn't bring up the white in her dress. He let her speak about it if she wanted else he didn't want to bring up about her black dresses.

"Dressed to impress my mother," Lisa exclaimed. He knew she chose according to the cemetery code and also meeting his parents, comfortable, casualness with a little professional serious look.

Ruby Jane grinned before repeating his line, "Maybe... Maybe not." Lisa chuckled and continued their breakfast with little tease and fun.

Ruby Jane had ordered flowers to be delivered at the mansion with wrapping items as the flower shop is closed on Sunday. She personally wrapped white lilies, their buds with some leaves for structure in the white and cream floristic paper, and tied them in white ribbon before asking to keep them in the car truck.

Lisa glanced at the maid who was looking at her in awe and another one hesitatingly probed when Ruby Jane was wiping her hands, "Ms. Evans, will you please teach us how to wrap and arrange flowers in a vase?"