The Traps of Black Swan

Aaron's eyes turned red reminiscing little Aarvi skipping around him happily, "When will you remember us, Cupcake?" Her mobile timer went off. He laid straight back on the bed noticing her waking up.

Yawning, Aarvi took the wet cloth from his hand and checked his temperature by comparing it with her body temperature. The fever had subsided but to make sure, she again checked with the digital thermometer.

Breathing a sigh of relief, she cleared the bedside table, washed the towel in the ensuite. Remembering to turn off the bedside lamp she went to him and caught his remorseful face which she never really saw in the past two years.

She muttered to herself, "What's wrong? Is he uncomfortable?"

Seeing the drops of perspiration on his forehead, she lowered the room temperature to his need, she asked gently, dabbing a damp towel on his face, "Are you having a bad dream? Why are you sad?"

Her concerned gentle voice soothed his pain.

What if she doesn't remember their two years? He wanted to create new memories with her.

Aarvi saw him relaxed and unknowingly a smile crept on her face, "I hope you have beautiful dreams, unlike mine." She left for her room after it.

Aaron opened his eyes when he realized she left. He knew well she was still pure just like before three years. Only her vengeance was keeping her alive building strong cold walls around herself.

He wants to replace her reason for living with him. He wants to show that the complete world isn't cruel, there are many reasons to live life coming out of the darkness.

--- Next day ---

In Aarvi's private office,

She was humming hearing the CEO of Skylar International reporting the progress of the new projects and the development of existing.

Skylar International

Her goal was never to start from scratch, she acquired a company that had good potential but poor administration.

She built a team that had members who didn't get the opportunity to show their real skills either by failing to express themselves in the interviews due to poor socializing skills or suppressed by seniors or lack of confidence.

She had people who strive for perfection. So when she bought the company, revamped, and started to stabilize, everything went smoothly.

When she disappeared for a year, her team wasn't demotivated. They patiently waited for her arrival while the whole world thought she was missing and dead.

She had hidden about Skylar International thinking to surprise her ex-fiance after marriage but she didn't expect Skylar would become her backbone to stand alone.

She still remembers how her team was in tears when she was in a wheelchair, pale as a sheet, and weak to even speak aloud in Skylar's board meeting after more than a year of her disappearance.

Then the slow steady growth of the company took a sharp deviation and soared high without looking back.

Now they might not stand in the top but Mocon became her territory to play with. In any major avenue of Mocon, Five out of ten outlets belonged to Skylar spreading its major brands around the country with numerous international customers.

Hunt, Revamp, and Excel

The motto of the company by Aarvi.

Hunt the opportunity, Revamp the brand, and Excel the field.

She had numerous fields under her. A toy store to the showroom for luxurious cars, a school snack cafe to five-star hotels. a small boutique to the top brand designer showroom, a claw machine to the largest arcade in the city, a small retail shop to the major shareholder of the famous mall.

While the other companies thought she was wasting time and resources on broken, shattered small scale businesses instead of making it big, she had taken way too much of the Mocon city and country A economy.

Skylar investments in different sectors improvising the things, it started flooded with various proposals asking for investment and support.

Many wanted to know who is the owner of the Skylar. If a man, to send their daughter. If a woman, to send a marriage proposal. The ludicrous thing was, her family wants her younger brother to hook up if the President is really a girl.

The CEO of Skylar was a serious businessman and a friend of Aarvi who studied with her. And he is also a perfect playboy who loves to enjoy all the resources showered by wealthy families who want to know about the mystic low profile president.

Unless illegal or immoral, Aarvi never restricted him or her team who openly manages the company while she toughens them in the dark.

After hearing everything, the CEO asked curiously "Boss, your prey is pacing in the waiting room. I want to hunt."

Aarvi watched Skylar waiting room live video where Aeon Harmon was pacing waiting for her approval to meet her.

"Dax, if you don't finalize the deal with the jewelry outlet, forget about the sports car I booked for you. Get back to work, let my prey learn to wait and accept the rejection."

"Oh, My honey..."

Aarvi cut in hearing him start, "Stop flirting with me, Dax."

"Honey bunny, I will go to work. Don't touch my baby. I will get you lots of jewelry. See you." Dax Grant hung up the call without giving her a chance to lash out.

She couldn't understand why her friend loves to flirt with her just to bring a smile on her face. She removed her headphones and didn't care about Aeon waiting for more than two hours.

--- Three hours ago at Amiah Entertainment ---

Aeon had just entered the office, his assistant ran inside the office. "Aeon, we are in trouble."

Aeon frowned and grabbed the envelope from his friend, Jayce Porter who is working as his assistant. It was a court notice from Skylar for using them to climb up the ladder.

He didn't expect what that girl in the go-kart said was true. 'Is she the president of Skylar?'

Jayce spoke when Aeon was reading the notice details, "Media reporters are downstairs requesting for your interview to ask about the collaboration details. The artist manager is bombarded by the artists asking the role in the movie which Skylar will produce. Some even sent me bloody emails asking to be your assistant if you meet the President of Skylar.

Our competitor agency started rumors in social media saying we are using Skylar fame who never invested in entertainment. The stock rates are fluctuating and we are in serious trouble if Skylar doesn't drop this case."

Aeon scrunched the envelope in his hand and asked, "Did you find the culprit behind the post?"

Jayce shook his head saying, "There are no traces of hacking or anything. It is showing your employee ID and you updated the post from your laptop in your office. And according to the security footage, you were in the office at that time. Everything is proving as you updated the post and went out hence nobody gave us heads up thinking it as you."

Aeon's handsome face was filled with worry. He had a really good script in hand. Once it finishes the shoot and airs, Amiah's former glory would be back.

An unexpected turn of events sent him to Skylar.

…

Aarvi checked some important project proposals because she had no plans to meet Aeon so soon. She wanted to check his level of tolerance.

Standing in front of the mirror, 'Sean Harmon, I'm coming. Don't disappoint me.'