The Traps of Black Swan

After a few more general instructions, the couple left with Roach in Rolls Royce. Aaron had to tell her everything that happened on his side seeing her still worried he might be hiding something. 

As soon as they reached Skyarc, she sprinted to Shawn's bedroom and pounded on the door. Shawn had taken bath and was about to go to bed when he heard the hurried knocks on the unlocked door. He knew who was there at the door. He wore his t-shirt and opened the door.

He thought she was giving him a hug but her hand reached his left ear tip. He faintly hissed when her finger grazed the burnt skin. He only got to know he was hurt when he was showering. 

"How did you know, Little Heart?" He asked. How could he believe she could guess it just by his brother's brief? If Aaron knew, he would have first checked on him. His friend was too detail-oriented..

Aarvi fetched the small medicine box he had in the bedroom and applied the cream as she heard him speak, "Only the edge of bullet grazed my skin, Little Heart."

"I know." And that was enough to give a near heart attack for his elder brother.

Then she sat on the bed next to him and sighed, "This won't happen again." She didn't think Leon would dare to pull any tricks in two days.

However Shawn poked her head hard, "It might not happen again because of Leon. But I might get new enemies…" He corrected himself, "We might get new enemies. We have to be even stronger."

Aarvi smiled hearing his mature talk. She patted his head, "I will protect you, My cute little prince."

Shawn chuckled seeing her still treat him like a kid even after knowing he killed people, "Then I will be under your protection, President Evans." He sounded humorous.

Nevertheless, Aarvi seriously responded, "I will make your enemies cry blood."

"I believe you." He had no doubt in that.

They will play and enjoy their life unless provoked.

Aarvi gave him a hug before sprinted to her bedroom in her penthouse. 

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Her husband had just undressed and stepped inside the shower cubicle, she went around him twice and was happy he had no bruise or anything other than faint marks of her nails on his back. 

"Do you have any fetish of watch a naked man?" He was just trying to cool her off from the kidnap and worry mode.

Aarvi stood on her toes and pecked his lips. Her alluring voice crawled to his ears, "Maybe… But only my husband." Looking at his eyes, the back of her fingers trailed on his muscular toned chest down to his sculpted curves of the abs tempting his nerves. Before his hand could hold her and pin her there, she ran away to the walk-in, "Take a shower, Ronron."

'Now I need a cold shower.' He thought looking down at himself. She was becoming his physical necessity but it was too late in the night and they had been through a lot. With that, he wanted to give her some alone time to gather herself.

Aarvi changed to nightwear, washed her face, and relaxed. Her fingers gently rubbed her limbs applying the moisturizer but her focus was lost from the reality. She didn't even know when she dozed off curled up on the bed while waiting for Aaron.

Aaron carefully laid her head on the pillow and covered her with the blanket. He made a few phone calls before getting on the bed.

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At Harmon mansion,

Dylan woke from sleep and rushed to the Harmon mansion. He got a mysterious call asking him to save Leon. He also heard Leon's voice behind, screaming at the caller to untie him.

He was shocked to see none were patrolling in the estate and looking at the security men asleep. His jaws dropped when he saw a heap of men lying in the courtyard. Most were groaning in pain and the rest had fainted. 

'Why did Leon gather so many men?' Dylan rushed inside thinking if Leon beat so many people in frustration.

He stood frozen looking at the living hall full of snoring men. He could make out some were groaning in sleeping. An anger-filled voice barked at him, "Dylan!"

Going out of the daze, his eyes shifted to the direction where the source of voice came. His eyes almost popped out looking at Leon's state. He rubbed his eyes twice but the scene didn't change. Gooseflesh raised on his body, 'Who the heck did this to Leon?' He gulped. That was truly scary.

He was alerted thinking if anybody else was there, waiting to capture him. Anyway, Leon yelled at him, "What the f**k are you looking at?"

Dylan ran up to Leon. He removed the knives first. He was embarrassed to remove the knife that was between Leon's leg. So he untied Leon's right hand.

Leon held the knife which looked like he held his manhood. Dylan forced himself to have a straight face and untied his left hand while Leon threw the dagger away.

Leon looked at his hands. He was shaking very badly despite trying to calm himself for forty minutes. He had tried to take it cool when she was throwing knives at him as she won't kill him but as soon as the knife was getting near, his heart was shuddering tremendously. Every time he felt like he came alive from the brink of death. It couldn't just describe that feeling.

Dylan asked looking at the living hall, "What is going on here? Who did this to you?" He questioned with a hint of shock.

However, Leon clutched his fists to appear normal and stared at Dylan for a few seconds until Dylan turned to him. Then Leon shrugged and walked away without responding to his question. Anyway, he didn't forget to alert him. "Ava Kelly has left spies on each one of us." 

Dylan: "..."

Leon took the stairs to go to his bedroom as he ordered glancing at frozen Dylan, "Clean this mess."

Leon discerned Aarvi's next targets. President Dawson, him, and then Dylan Harmon. Leon was cent percent sure, Aarvi might let him live in pain but the last one would die of fear. He would sit and stare at the door, without knowing when she might burst that door open and enter inside.

Leaving all these behinds, he wanted to think of a way to control the couple from humiliating him or doing anything against him. He had heard her crystal clear. She took two whole years to plan before starting her game. It only meant, she had numerous spare plans to waste on him. So he needed to stop her at any cost. He had already lost too much, his name, fame, family, control, power, and whatnot. He can't lose more. 

He felt taking a few steps back would be better to get rid of the danger that was at the door. He thought to bow down and take his time. He could wait till she lets her guard down. He didn't find anything better than this plan.

Apology?

Settlement?

He needed something or some reason to bargain with Aarvi and Aaron. He didn't want to attack this time as she had sharply told him, he wouldn't be alive to take any wrong step. So he wanted to take a careful step and compromise with them. But how?

His whole night was spent trying to calm himself while forgetting the images of knives spinning towards him and thinking how to compromise to keep his life safe.