The Traps of the Black Swan (Book 2)

258

Connor had left a person to guard Jennie so that if she suddenly remembers Lisa and events, she might run to Lake Huron. It didn't happen, other than Jennie freezing at random places and stare at it with complex thoughts.

The rank student passed the Sophomore at the borderline of failure, the national chess competition slipped off her hands during the same year. It took her time, but slowly got back to herself, she started studying and focusing on the right things as she frequented Kim international.

Connor had next met her in the country S when she was around Jisoo. He was shocked but she didn't identify him. He wanted to tell Lisa but he didn't know how Lisa's appearance might affect Jennie as it might make her live through the same trauma.

He had spoken with his mother who was staying away, she had studied through many cases and suggested not to bring them up to face to face forcefully. So Connor let fate play out, without telling it to others.

--- In the hospital ---

Ruby Jane had asked everyone to go home and rest. She laid on the bed to sort her thoughts. She had thought she might get angry but she wasn't. She was blank about her opinion about Jordan's actions.

It was true, she had suffered a lot in sophomore year with all the confusion, emptiness, unknown longing, feeling foreign. It was like happiness rushed to her but it slapped her on the face and left her back in hell. It was more painful than just staying in hell.

However, she felt terrible for Lisa, who had to live through longing for her while she had no idea about him. She was even going to marry a random man when he was living in the hopes of seeing her, being with her, and also fear of losing her.

Lisa tucked her, before his long fingers grazed over her cheeks, "Catch some sleep." His voice was deep and soothing.

Ruby Jane moved aside to make some space, flipped to the side, and looked at him with her innocent puppy eyes. He didn't deny it, he placed his mobile on the side stand, and climbed the bed.

Placing his head on the pillow, he flipped to her side. He could feel she was about to cry, she was holding on for so long because everyone was there.

Ruby Jane gazed into his amber eyes which were stubborn to reveal any emotions. He was handsome in his teenage years, his adolescence had changed to masculine, and became classy and heartthrob.

Ruby Jane placed her cold left palm on his cheek. It was cold due to IV on her backhand yet Lisa didn't flinch, he couldn't hold due to IV.

Weighing everything, Ruby Jane still liked her two years with Lisa. She had less worry and a person who she could blindly follow. She had immense trust in him. When he had told her he would marry her right after she turned twenty-one so that she could stay with him all the time, she had accepted it without the need to think twice about it. She couldn't believe the JL mansion was her dream house and she had picked that name.

A few questions were at the tip of her tongue, 'Did you miss me?' However, she knew he terribly missed her. 'Was it hard on you? To be so patient with me.' She also knew the response to it. It was hard but he would still feel it was worth it for her. Such questions were a lot and she knew the answers to each of those questions.

Lisa drew her to his embrace when her silent tears rolled out, then she cried her heart out, without being able to put anything in words, having no power to go back to the past and change everything.

Lisa wanted to stop her but if he did, she would bury her emotions hence he let her cry so that she could feel light. And him? He was happy as long as she was happy and also safe.

Ruby Jane was already weak so she soon felt exhausted and dozed off. Lisa stayed awake till the ministered IV was completed. It was four at dawn when he had dozed off with Ruby Jane in his arms.