The Traps of the Black Swan (Book 2)

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Ruby Jane helped Shane to sit back on the couch. She didn't have any plan to hurt Shane. He already paid for his greediness. If he had treated her well, he could have lived like a king. He flunked his duties, he failed to be a father so he was paying accordingly.

"Beggar!?" Ruby Jane mused with a mocking smile painted on her face. "Jose, who is a moocher here?" She taunted him back.

Sitting back, she questioned looking at Jose seething in anger, "You were inhuman for one petty car. Jose... I bloody own the whole company." She threw the copy of ownership papers on his face.

"If you had told me that you wanted a car, I could have pulled all your favorite cars at your doorstep." She snickered, "But you shoved me to the mouth of hell."

Jose clenched his teeth and glared at her, hiding his fear behind the anger. He was aware he could have got a sports car if he had requested Jennie to ask their grandfather. Wouldn't that be called begging? Why would he ask a beggar to get him a car?

And now, he knew if he had maintained his fake love for his sister, she would have been fool enough to get him everything he asked for. But who knew she would rise like a Pheonix!?

Recalling how those men tortured her to death, his hand itched to hurt her. He had dragged her by the hair and shoved her to the ground. He could do it again, couldn't he?

Little did he know, she didn't fight him in the past because he broke her into pieces, betrayed her mercilessly. Now, he was nothing to her.

Ruby Jane looked at Shane who didn't understand anything. "How does it feel to raise a monster at home, Dad? Don't even think your Little Master is an innocent child. He grew up to become just like you and your wife. Greedy and unsatisfied as his father. Malicious and inhuman as his mother. He would kill anybody for his pride, including you."

Shane: "..."

He didn't know how to react to that. It was clear they poisoned their son's character. However, he still couldn't understand what Jose did to Jennie.

Ruby Jane's eyes shifted when she sensed a person by the hallway. She saw Lisa breathing in relief after looking at her safe. His eyes widened when he sensed Jose grab the coffee cup. He was about to take a step, Ruby Jane reacted first.

'Slash'

Ruby Jane unlocked the buckle around her waist, swung the leather belt before Jose could throw the coffee on her. The warm coffee spilled on Jose's hand and he cried at the pain inflicted on his arm.

"Jose, did you think I couldn't fight you again?" She laughed mockingly, "I was heartbroken to know my little brother was feeding me to dogs." In the end, she swung the belt harder, hit his back.

Lisa looked at his wife, he could feel her force was tremendous. If she whipped a few more times with the same strength, Jose would faint. Anyway, he had no intention to stop her.

Shane was so shocked at the first strike, he was frozen. At the second strike, he reached Jose and covered. He started trembling as he requested Ruby Jane, "Ru- Ruby Jane, he was young back then, he failed to understand. He will learn his lesson. Don't be mad anymore."

Ruby Jane sniggered. If not anything, Shane at least wished to provide Jose well. He was ready to protect without fearing she might lash him off too. She didn't whip him in the past. She did it because he was going to attack her. Whether young or old, Jose was poisonous. She wore her belt back on her waist, over her dress.

As a father, what Shane did was commendable but she was left alone, again.

Zain, who watched Shane protect Jose, felt his blood boil. Why couldn't he be a father to Ruby Jane but only Jose?