The Traps of Black Swan

Hearing Aarvi's schedule was full, Aaron sighed and complained, "Not fair." They have to go to the Rivas mansion for a family dinner. So he was practically getting no time with his wife on Sunday. She is busy now and after a month, he will get no time with her. He had thought after resigning, he could get a lot of time with her but she was busier than expected.

Aarvi knew what was actually bugging him. Three long years. "Do you trust me?"

Instead of responding to her question, he flicked on her forehead. 

"Ouch," Aarvi continued rubbing her head, "I will make sure, we see each other every day how busy you might be. Even if it is for a minute or just a glimpse of each other." She was also working on their life of three years in the country S, trying her best to make it smooth for them.

Aaron looked at her doubtfully, "Don't tell me you are planning to fall ill?" 

Aarvi burst into laughter hearing him. She never thought of that plan, "Dumb man, I would never make you worry." He will be stressed with his research, how could she do something that will make him lose sleep.

"Oh..." He tried to guess what could make them keep closer in the three years. Buying the university is difficult, she wasn't a doctor or any related student. She couldn't get a job there either. He didn't know so he asked, "How?"

"It's a surprise." She excitedly announced and paused. Her smile vanished and nervously looked at him. Aaron chuckled, recalling how the surprise became a horror.

"I won't get angry. I promise." He will speak with her first, whatsoever.

She tugged him out, mumbling uneasily, "Damn, I am scared of giving surprises now."

His throaty chuckle sounded when they stepped out of the room. The two men looked at them for a second in bewilderment that the couple was pretty quick. They quickly brushed off their thoughts, discerning the couple probably did nothing. They silently left the corridor when Aarvi took Aaron to the other private room.

The employees stood up in hurry at the sight of their President's husband, "President Rivas." They greeted in awe, looking at the aloof handsome man

Palmer ignored Aaron and the latter did the same, his assistant wished Aaron. Dax nodded at Aaron and flashed a teasing smile at Aarvi. He couldn't believe Aaron surprisingly reached her for a kiss. He suddenly felt like he and Tia were too basic. Basic is boring. 

'When did I become a boring man?' Dax found a serious topic to mull over.

Aarvi ignored everyone and made sure her husband had good food. Then Aaron stayed with her till she signed the final deal papers. 

Palmer didn't fancy handling press conferences so, excluding legal procedure, everything was completed quickly. He left the choice to Aarvi if she wanted to announce the acquisition or not. Palmer left as soon as he had a party to attend in a different country.

Dax went to find his girlfriend, Aaron dropped Aarvi at the Dawson mansion and he went to meet a person who was a classmate of Aarvi aka Ava Kelly.

Aaron sipped his coffee and glanced at the lady in front of him. He didn't know why Aarvi never identified the lady or if the lady's appearance had differed, she was a secretary of the President of Rivas Industries. Milo Wen had caught her once speaking about Aarvi as Aarvi looks like Ava Kelly but how could Ava Kelly be alive.

Roach stayed closer to Aaron in case the lady tried to be over-smart and try to take advantage of the situation.

"P-President-" She recalled that Shawn was the new president, "Doctor Rivas, I swear, I never spoke about President Evans again."

Aaron kept the cup down. He pushed the file that was in front of him. The lady secretary opened the file and saw it was a house deed she wanted to buy with her soon-to-be husband. She misunderstood Aaron and pushed the file back.

She might be just a secretary, might have even dreamed of having a dominant president as her boyfriend. However, she knew the reality. She wasn't ready to be a mistress or even stand against Aarvi Evans.

"D-Doctor R-Rivas, I-I have a F-fiance." She stumbled at every word. Her eyes filled up and trembled continuously.

Roach: "..."

He found her thoughts gross.

Aaron didn't even furrow as if he expected such a reaction. He didn't want any extramarital affair when he was struggling to spend time with his wife. He had only one heart that already belonged to his Cupcake. He would never in his dream think of having any thoughts on any other lady. The only girls he wanted to have in his life other than his wife were his daughters. He instructed coldly, "Read."

Afraid, she took the file and started reading carefully. She gasped in embarrassment after reading her and her fiance's name. The house would be in her and her fiance's name. Face full of shame, she pushed the file away again and kept her head down, "D-Doctor Rivas, I can't take such an expensive gift," She wanted to bite off her tongue.

Aaron took another sip of coffee without looking at her. They were sitting in a cafe. The upper floor was vacated for him so none was there to capture a picture or see and to create rumors, "I don't give anything for free."

The lady secretary finally lifted her head. She discerned she has to do something. She unawarely glanced at Roach and turned back to Aaron. "Doctor Rivas, do I have any instructions?" She didn't stupidly assume anything this time.

Aaron slowly left the cup on the saucer and leaned back on the chair. "I am sure there is a school class group."

The lady nodded, still not understanding what Aaron was up to. "Yes, Doctor Rivas. Almost everyone is present in the group." 

She saw Aaron silent and recalled Aarvi. "Oh… Yeah…. Doctor Rivas, there was indeed a discussion on President Evans as Ava Kelly. Since I work at Rivas, they asked me. So I told them President Evans is a different person." Because she believed Aarvi was a different person since Aarvi never identified her. She tried to strike a conversation and Aarvi never identified her.

Aaron interrogated further as Milo Wen was the one who handled last time, "Were you close with Ava Kelly?"

The lady shook her head immediately, "We weren't. I don't remember speaking with her much. She hardly spoke to anybody and Grace Wells never let anybody be close to her. She was very possessive."

Possessive? Grace Wells was extremely jealous and afraid of losing money tree in Aaron's view.

"Who attended Ava Kelly's wedding?" Because those girls knew how Aarvi looked after passing adolescence.

The lady couldn't understand why Aaron was interested in Ava Kelly who is dead. Anyway, she continued to respond to the questions promptly and did as he was told.

Then the lady spread the news to her classmates as Leon's lawyer and brother are reaching the classmates of Ava Kelly with lots of money to lie as Aarvi is Ava Kelly. She warned them to be careful and stay out of it if they don't want to live peacefully.

Aaron watched the chat screen and almost everyone was messaging and opinionating as it was Sunday. They mentioned they couldn't go against Aarvi Evans and end up in jail with Leon.

Once Aaron was satisfied, he instructed at last, "Add this number to the group in the name of a person who isn't in the group." He was emotionless as if talking to a wall.

She took a few seconds before letting Aaron know about the identity of the girl and added the number.

'Beep'

Roach: "..."

It was his number.

Aaron stood up to leave when the secretary hurriedly asked, "Doctor Rivas, why…?" She paused when her eyes met his brooding ones.

Aaron wore his sunglasses bluntly and responded while going towards the stairs, "I don't share my wife's time with the nonsense of others." Although he was prepared for everything, he didn't want to give any chance for James Crawford to bring up Ava Kelly's identity.

The lady: "..."

'Why am I jealous?' She thought watching Aaron leave.

Of course, Aaron didn't mention he was fulfilling Aarvi's wish - To keep Ava Kelly's identity buried away in the past. 

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