The Traps of Black Swan

Grace who noticed a girl in the navy blue men's blazer pointed her to Vance. By the camera angle, they couldn't identify who she was so Vance adjusted the time of the video of a different camera. The one who he identified was Aaron Rivas.

He quickly saw the lady on the screen. Grace was flabbergasted and Vance said through his teeth, "In which angle does she look like Ava? She is looking like a foreigner. And importantly, don't mess with Aaron Rivas. I repeat, don't mess with Aaron Rivas or his woman."

Grace hurriedly stood up and held his arm seeing him leave, "Vance, I swear I saw Ava. Somebody definitely tampered this footage, I really saw Ava. There weren't any foreigners."

Vance tried to be calm but he was scared of offending the Rivas family. In the hierarchy of the wealthy, prominent, and strong family, Hays stands far off while Rivas tops the list. It's inevitable for him to be aware that he shouldn't mess with them. He is already glad that President Kelly1 isn't shoving them to bankruptcy.

"Grace, what's wrong with you? I saw Ava in the pool of blood and I witnessed when she was shot to death. Why can't you believe me?"

Grace shook her head repeatedly and tried to make her point, "Vance I don't know anything but I really saw Ava. I saw her twice. She is alive, she is happy, she is beautiful... She is every bloody thing which I can't be." Her jealousy, fear didn't let her listen to him.

Aaron's team knew well to manipulate data. They easily masked Aarvi's face with a random foreigner's mask instead of disappearing their presence.

Vance felt his head was going to explode hearing her repeatedly say the name 'Ava'. He coldly said, "I am sending you to rehab and that's final."

Grace's eyes widened and clutched him with all her might, "Vance, you can't do this to me. Why aren't you understanding me? I am stable, nothing happened to me. I really saw Ava. Vance, I am not imagining..."

She slumped on her floor and started crying without knowing how to make him believe Ava is back. She is going to make their life a living hell. She knows the real Ava, she might tolerate everything, she will tolerate a very long time but when it crosses her limit she would do everything to collect the debt with extra interest. 

Kneeling down, Vance caressed her head, gently saying, "It's good for both of us. I will keep visiting you and I will not let this leak to anybody. Listen to me once."

Grace pushed him away, "Alright. I will join rehab and watch you all." She might be blinded by wealth and Vance but she knew well a rehab wouldn't only give her a chance to escape from the law, that's the safest place to be away from Ava.

"Get out. Don't show me your face." Grace roared and started throwing the things at him to send him away.

Vance exited the room with a heavy heart and walked on the beach trying to calm himself. Due to his pathetic mood, when he saw the exquisitely fine art contrast to his bad mood, he kicked it to wreck and stomped another one without knowing he called his destruction quicker.

...

Aarvi took her mobile from Aaron's jacket and dialed Dax's number. [Dum Dum...]

"I don't want Hays international to win the Ebony project deal."

Aaron could say she was really angry at Vance Hays for crushing the sand art which they could build back in less than thirty minutes. Even though the Ebony clothing project deal was nothing in front of Rivas Industries or Skylar International, it is a big project for Hays International which they were preparing for three months.

[Honey bun, Ebony isn't worth our attention. Waste of time and energy.]

Aarvi was patient irrespective of her burning rage. Her voice sounded clear but unemotional, "Dax, I didn't say I want Ebony, I said I don't want Hays to win. Collaborate with their rival or support or provide assistance, bring top-notch designers, or do anything, Monday I should hear Hays lost the project. I will take care of every single penny of expense. Clear?"

Dax understood somebody offended her, [Piece of cake. What about sparring? Dum Dum, I want to break Vance Hays's face.]

Aarvi was momentarily speechless. She was seriously ordering but Dax was thrusting for her ex-fiancé's blood that he thought she changed her complete plan and he missed his chance, "Come back to me after results."

[You enjoy your vacation Dum Dum, I will kick their ass till that. See yaaa...] He excitedly said and hung up. Solemnly doing the same work was boring for him, now he had an aim to reach in the short term.

Aarvi lost her mood to build again and was going inside, Secretary Wen carefully said without knowing how they would react, "President Rivas, Ms.Evans, Young master Hays ruined everything."

Aarvi paused hearing that and instructed, "I want the complete footage of us building it and him destroying it." Aarvi paused briefly and instructed again, "I want somebody to give him a single punch on the face but he shouldn't know who punched him." Then she went upstairs to their room.

Secretary Wen: "..." He didn't expect it to be so impactful on Aarvi.

Aaron saw his reaction but didn't speak. If Secretary Wen had heard Aarvi ruining their hundreds of million worth project for their sand art, he was sure Secretary Wen would have coughed up a mouthful of blood.

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Aarvi was lying on the bed without a mood to do anything so Aaron decided to go with his plan. "Let's go out. I will take you somewhere."

"I don't want to go anywhere," Aarvi answered and buried her face in the pillow.

"Are you coming or not?" Aaron asked the last time seriously. Aarvi hmphed hearing his threatening tone but didn't get up.

Holding her flip flops tie in a hand, he easily rolled her on the bed and carried her up. Aarvi flushed in embarrassment, "Doctor Rivas, I am wearing a short dress, let me down before I break your head."

Seeing her holding the skirt behind to cover herself cringing in his arms, he asked her first, "Will you come?"

Aarvi glared at him hearing his unemotional tone and she responded in annoyance, "I am not coming. Put me down."

His brows raised forming an attractive arc but she was alarmed seeing his wicked smirk, "Don't even think anything stupid."

While she warned, he took her to his room baffling her. He left her down and quickly pulled his jacket from the wardrobe. Aarvi was running away but he took long strides and pulled her back.

"Ahh..." Aarvi let out a yelp when she twirled by the force of the pull.

She stopped herself to run out but froze thinking Aaron hugged her from behind when he towered behind her but his hands tied his jacket sleeves around her waist.

She controlled blushing due to her own thoughts and couldn't help saying, "You behave like a little kid than Shawn."

He again scooped her and his next words left her speechless, "My every side is only for you."

Secretary Wen's jaw dropped looking at Aaron's mischievous smile and Aarvi stunned looking at Aaron when the duo exited the suite.

'I don't want to go with you guys. I miss my wife.' He wept inwardly.

He avoided following them, having no heart witness any unforeseen moments of the duo. He led them as he messaged his wife who is an actress under Rivas Entertainment. [Wifey, I am missing you.]