The Traps of the Black Swan (Book 2)

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Seungri lifted his hand, and he rubbed behind his ear as he peeled his eyes away to look at her dainty face. He wanted to bring her to his side before satisfying his body that was crazy over her.

When his eyes met hers, he realized she was immune to ogling stares at her body. It didn't frighten her like before. Instead, her eyes were saying, 'The same boring sh*t.'

However, Seungri wasn't ready to accept that she doesn't fear him anymore when he was sitting at just the length of his arm. He still believed she was masking her fear, "Jennie," His voice sounded fascinated as his lips amusingly curled up, "I am impressed by the efforts you were putting in for me."

'Self-obsessed.' That's what she had for Seungri. He was proud to assume the world revolves around him.

"Tch-" Ruby Jane rolled her eyes. She looked at the manager who was serving her personally. She wanted to find Mino and kick his ass.

When she decided she would be revealing her identity, the ones who were excited about it were Jisoo and Mino. Zain was okay with everything as all he cared about was her safety. Lisa was brooding, thinking many would try to crawl into her heart. In reality, he was greedy for her time and attention.

So Mino was slowly letting people know she wasn't the one to be trifled with. Mino might have emphasized to the café manager that she is his chief. The manager must have understood his words and seeing her as President of Skylar, so he wasn't daring to move away. He was personally there to serve her firsthand.

Seungri saw the manager serve lemonade when she had asked for a coffee. Then a fine line appeared on his forehead when the manager served him black coffee.  He didn't order a coffee. He didn't hear Jennie placing an order for him. Then who bought him a coffee?

Meanwhile, the manager bowed his head at Ruby Jane, "Miss, we were instructed to serve you a single coffee, followed by juice even if you get mad at us." He made sure to divert the information before she threw a fit.

Ruby Jane: "..."

Now she wanted to strangle Mino, who was becoming another doctor to her. No, she should smack Lisa for telling others that caffeine isn't good for her heart.

There was no reason for her to get angry at the manager, so she nodded slightly and easing up his tense, "Thank you."

The manager was pleased that he did the right thing, and Ruby Jane wasn't angry. He again bowed to her, disregarding Seungri's presence altogether.

His job was in Ruby Jane's hand, so why would he care about the President whose image was smeared in the dirt?

However, as a café manager, he turned to Seungri and treated his customer professionally, "Have a good time, President Harmon."

Anyway, it fell on deaf ears, and he saw Ruby Jane wave her hand to send him. So the manager left, glancing at Seungri, who was clenching his teeth, and his right-hand fist had turned his knuckles pale.

Ruby Jane took her highball glass, her red lips held the straw, and sipped the mint lemonade, which tasted sweet. Hmmm, she liked it. Yet her favorite one was prepared by Jisoo.

Sitting in front of Seungri, her thoughts lingered over going to the club to hear Jisoo jazzing up. She missed it.

Keeping the glass back on the table, she noticed Seungri was finally and slowly realizing it wasn't him who caught her off guard, but he was dancing on her fingers.

Following his line of sight, which was trying to bore a hole in the cup, Ruby Jane remarked, "Black and Bitter." She paused when Seungri shifted his gaze on her. Ruby Jane continued, "Just like your life."