The Traps of Black Swan

At nine in the morning, in the cardiology department.

Naomi pressed her thumb on the Biometric Fingerprint Attendance Machine as she heard a few doctors singing praises of Aaron. She knew he had a critical operation to undertake and he was a VIP transferred from another city.

She heard that Aaron was an assistant of the chief doctor in the surgery but the chief was exhausted half away and Aaron handled efficiently without taking a scrub break due to no senior surgeons around.

"What time did the surgery finish?" Naomi asked nodding or smiling at the doctor who greeted her with the same. She was good at hiding the frustration her grandfather was causing her daily.

A doctor who was in front of the computer checked it and responded, "It ended at 00:42."

Another doctor added, "I heard from a night shift nurse that she never saw Doctor Rivas so exhausted."

A doctor who was next to Naomi advised her. Her voice also carried a hint of enviousness, "Didn't Doctor Rivas call you, Doctor Fisher? You should have come early to take care of him. He is still in the on-call room."

Naomi's eyes brightened like the sun at the thought of Aaron in the hospital instead of running back to Aarvi. She had met Aaron on Tuesday and he didn't seem to know what she had done so she was ready to go to Aaron.

A faint blush crept her face but it was hard to discern if she was embarrassed or shy because her eyes said something, "I think he didn't want to disturb my sleep." She smiled bashfully and pointed to the door, "I will go to him."

And she happily left to meet and greet Aaron as she daydreamed she could accompany him for late breakfast, compliment him for the successful surgery, and many more.

She checked once in the powder room if a new set of toothbrushes and toiletries were arranged forgetting he is the president and hospital staff would be more alert and double sure with their duties in his presence.

Checking herself in the front camera of her mobile, she kept her mobile in the pocket and corrected her posture before knocking on the door with an elegant smile on her face.

No response.

She again tried but earned no response. She repeated but the result was the same. She wanted to ram on the door but she felt it unladylike and she shouldn't behave that way.

A wrong thought crossed her mind and she panicked, 'Aaron is unwell. What if something happened to him in the night?..." and her list went on. 

She ran out to get the keys to the room. She was really worried about Aaron and she didn't notice Karsen walking in the same direction with breakfast in his hands after hearing about the surgery and Aaron in the hospital.

Karsen didn't get to utter a word and she ran away turning left. He didn't think too much and went to the room, he knocked and earned no response, he tried to open the door but it was locked.

So he pulled his mobile out and dialed Aaron without panicking or running his thoughts wild.

The mobile ring in the room sounded and he was thinking Aaron would respond to it but heard the mobile crash on the floor, the ringtone ended. 

The loud noise was enough to tell Karsen, it fell from the upper bed of the bunk. Shaking his head helplessly, he was about to knock on the door but heard a loud commotion in the lobby.

He was speechless seeing many doctors and nurses running towards him with an admin department head.

Naomi who had run out told one and it spread out soon as Aaron wasn't responding to the door knocks and something must have happened to him. Some came in concern and some to look for drama and some just wanted to know.

Naomi was panting to breathe pressing her hand on her chest as she pointed the door for the admin head to open it. She wanted to speak to Karsen but she was busy catching breath.

"What's going on?" Karsen ignored the greets of many doctors and nurses and asked. He didn't stop them from opening the door looking at the horrified faces.

Anyway, before one could respond, the door unlocked and a few rushed inside to 'HELP' Aaron. Naomi was also one of them.

The back view of Aaron was enough for Karsen to identify him. Then he noticed slender fingers clutching Aaron's shirt above his waist as he walked in. The tiny diamonds on her ring finger were dazzling under sunlight and he realized Aarvi stayed with Aaron in the hospital.

A satisfied smile adorned his face knowing it wasn't Aaron anymore who runs to Aarvi but she too reciprocates and takes care of him.

Others too got to know there is a girl on the bed by noticing four legs that were entangled. If he is Aaron, and Naomi is here, who is the girl?

All turned to Naomi with a shock and Naomi was fuming red. She can't show any of her emotions due to Karsen.

Aaron woke up hearing loud gasps, he felt his head throb but opened his eyes to look at his Cupcake who had a frown on her beautiful face.

He didn't bother turning around to check right away, he gently rubbed the brows and covered her ear before turning around. His face darkened looking at so many in the on-call room but his eyes laid on Karsen and nodded.

Aaron was about to get up but Karsen cued him to lay back down, "I am not here to disturb you and your wife." 

Shawn and Megan saying Aarvi as Aaron's wife changed Karsen and Connor too. So it just slipped his lips naturally.

Only the listeners knew how difficult it was to hide their shock and astonishment. Naomi paled.

Karsen raised his hand to show breakfast box and pointed to the desk indicating he will keep it there, "If you guys wake up late, don't eat cold, get a fresh one."

Aaron nodded in response. He is aware Karsen preferred to take care in person instead of sending his assistant so it wasn't surprising. 

But the crowd? He thought and Karsen queued him to indicate that he will take care of it.

Karsen turned to the rest who understood the unsaid orders and scurried out. Aaron's attention went back to the girl who was uneasily snuggling him due to the noise.

He brushed the hair strands away from her neck. He could make out slight pinkness in the bright sunlight but it wasn't visible much.

'The pain?' He thought and moved his gaze and met her drowsy eyes.

He again felt everything raw that happened in the night. His breathing stopped, his heart started to pound and his fingers curled up.

Aarvi moved closer sneaking her hand under his neck and hugged him, "Good morning." Her groggy voice was adorable and Aarvi was surprised by feeling no pain.

Aaron was about to hold her but she whined, "Ahh it's so bright." And she snuck her little face in the crook of his neck to avoid the bright sun and froze the man. 

His heartbeats raised for a different reason.

He really didn't think of any such things but his body reacted and tempted him due to her touch and breath on the sensitive skin of his neck.

"Aaron…" Her lips moved on his neck, the control slipped out of his hand.