The Traps of the Black Swan

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It had totally gone out of Ruby Jane's mind that there is another man in the mansion. Yeah, she had brought Jisoo with them when Lisa and she returned from the Manoban mansion.

Mino had got a chance to break Master Hays face on the wedding day of Jennie and Vance Hays and a chance to crumble their business. So Jisoo at least wanted to watch them beg for mercy and see how she handles the Hays family for daring to smear their dirt on her.

Even though it was what he reasoned, Ruby Jane knew he just wanted to be beside her for missing to stand by her when she needed the most.

Since Seungri's men kept their eye on Jisoo's activity, Ruby Jane had asked if he could go with them to avoid Seungri's men following him on Monday.

So they pulled a Rolls Royce phantom out and Jisoo slept on the backseat to avoid others noticing Jisoo in the car while Lisa drove the car with Ruby Jane on the shotgun seat.

Now, Ruby Jane wasn't sure how to handle Jisoo and his delight for watching them kiss. She doubted if he was happy for his own first kiss.

Caught by Melia and the maids are fine but Jisoo? Ruby Jane wanted to bury herself in Lisa's embrace just so she doesn't have to face the teasing Jisoo who will definitely tell Mino.

Instead of thinking why their first kiss had to be outside in the open, she thought, 'Why did he come out right at the time?'

Lisa hadn't noticed his little brother. Notice? He hadn't cared about anything, much less be aware of Jisoo's presence there.

He thought Ruby Jane might unwrap her hands and face Jisoo but heard her incoherently mumbling to herself. Then he noticed Jisoo quickly reach the pool and sit at the edge holding his sipper bottle which had a post-workout protein shake.

"Bro, you won't believe me, I and Mino hated every guy who was proposing or asking her out. I can bet you are the best choice for Little Heart."

Then he stood up and smacked his own head walking towards the mansion asking himself, "Damn, why didn't I try to introduce them to each other in the country S?... If Bro wasn't cold with all, I would have definitely arranged a blind date for them..." He continued to scold himself for not speaking her name in front of Lisa.

Ruby Jane who was standing next to Lisa watching Jisoo's back asked to confirm, "How did he know it's our first kiss?" She fluently asked but her face betrayed slowly morphing to pinkness.

Lisa retracted his gaze from Jisoo and asked, pushing her wet hair behind her ear grazing her pink cheek, "How about a practical explanation?"

'Practical?' She turned to him when he was leaning to her. She started to walk backward to get out of the pool accurately guessing he was talking about going for another round.

She would love to kiss those lips again but they will get late. So she coughed to clear her throat, looking at him crossing the distance between them, "I- I can find it out myself."

'Wait, did I stutter? Oh god, why am I behaving like this for a kiss?' She gulped her non-existent saliva trying to distract herself.

Lisa's hands trapped her between him and the corner of the pool and asked in his dangerously tempting tone, "I can help you."

Ruby Jane realized she wasn't afraid but anticipating. It's just her heart continued to drum and her body was instinctively reacting but opposite to her anticipation.

'What the hell! Why do I have opposite reactions at the same time?' She thought gazing at his eyes which were right on her, probably reading her messed thoughts.

Lisa closed the distance causing her to close her eyes, curled her fingers to fists and toes but the cold lips landed on her forehead causing her to open her eyes instantly and look at him in surprise.