The Traps of Black Swan

We can't expect a person to be nice if we are nice to them.

...

Aaron didn't want Aarvi to witness anything more that could recall her days and bring the nightmares back.

Even though Aarvi wasn't pessimistic, Aaron didn't want a thought of 'Because of me.' to appear in her head. He never blamed her, he hoped she could not have such a mind.

Hence he cued Roach to wait for the interrogation as those things won't solve in nice talk and often need to be physically torturous. They weren't Aarvi to have a set-out plan and creep out the plan in her ways.

Hence Roach was waiting for Aarvi and Aaron to leave. Roach could guess it might be because of Aarvi as he was well aware of her past, even though he doesn't know the story.

He held prejudice against her seeing Aaron always run behind her in the past years. He had assumed she would pull down Aaron, without having any inkling she was handling a company remotely while planning to bring down Leon who was a hard nut to crack for the administration of the military.

His opinion of her changed drastically when he got to know she wasn't any weak woman playing around. She was just preparing for her gameplay slowly and steadily.

After some dog food, he watched the couple climb up to the highway before turning to the man who was trying to silently crawl away.

Roach stretched hands, popping the nitrogen bubbled from every joint of his muscular arms as he spoke. "Where should I start? Your fingers, then your wrists, your elbow, and the arm." He smirked dangerously as he squatted looking at the man paling white as a sheet.

Roach could guess the man was no professional and he would blurt out everything at a small pain. Even if he hadn't come, Aaron could have handled the man. Well, it was their break time after all, so Roach got into work.

The man started stuttering when ROach got closer to him, "D-Don't… d-do anything to me… Don't come near me… Ah… Ah... Ahhhh..." The man cried out in nerve-wracking pain when Roach twisted the bone of his finger.

Roach was going for the next, "I will tell…. I will tell you everything… let me go… I beg you…" He pleaded with tears streaming down his face, trembling like a drenched cat.

Roach still warned playing with his fingers, "Sure… If you say one thing wrong, I will break two bones."

The man tried to crawl away from the monster who looked like he was enjoying the torture than caring about the actual reason.

"No... No… I-I am just a rookie a-at zzz media company. I-I got a random call…" He started narrating from the very beginning to the end providing all the evidence for his words so that Roach doesn't make him handicapped.

…..

Meantime, Aaron and Aarvi's day had resumed exploring the place. The husband was glad his wife was enjoying it and the wife was happier seeing him undisturbed by the recent event.

After checking out many viewpoints, waterfalls, they reached the peak of the closest mountain. It was too early for the sunset but due to the mountains around, the sun appeared to set early between the mountains letting the village enjoy the dusk for a longer time.

Due to the temperature dropping, Aaron wrapped his arms around his wife, leaning her back on his chest.

Hearing her mellow voice slowly drifting away, he didn't disturb her. Before the sun could go down the silver lines of mountains, Aarvi was asleep in his embrace due to exhaustion.

He watched the sunset for her, before he set off down the mountain, securing her with a seatbelt on the shotgun seat of the jeep.

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At half-past six,

Aaron carried Aarvi to the house. Sophia was about to ask if everything was alright seeing Aarvi in Aaron's arms, then she noticed Aarvi was just sleeping.

Zelda watched Aaron tuck Aarvi in before she asked him in a low voice, "Does she still have a weakness?" She asked concerning her heart.

Aaron closed the door of the guest room before going to sit with his grandmother. "No, she is exhausted."

Zelda's eyebrow lifted sharply looking at Aaron suspiciously. Aaron who sipped his hot tea almost choked on it reading between Zelda's silence.

"Grandma, your thoughts are wild." He couldn't believe Zelda thought he tired Aarvi out in the forest.

Zelda rolled her eyes. She might not be with Aaron for nine years, yet she knew him too well and the physical state of Aarvi in the past years. She straight forward asked him, "Did you guys consummate your marriage?"

"..."

Aaron suddenly took a big sip of hot tea and swallowed it in difficulty trying to keep his composure. They didn't have an arranged marriage, and who asks about consummating the marriage? Keeping the poker was indeed difficult yet he responded nonchalantly, "Grandma, which era are you living in?" Of course, he evaded the question.

Zelda snickered at his indifference. She completed her tea. Patted his shoulder, "Don't forget that I am your grandmother." She smirked at him and left downstairs.

Aaron: "..."

However, he couldn't understand this grandmother of his. She was behaving like she doesn't like Aarvi, trying to find a reason to look down on her. Now she was worried if they had consummated? Should she try to drive a wedge between them?

Shaking off his thoughts, he went back to the room to be at Aarvi's sight in case she gets a bad dream after the incident at the waterfalls.

He received a message from Roach mentioning the man might not be sent by Leon. However, the man had mailed their pictures and video to somebody so they need to thoroughly investigate to reach the master behind it.

If not Leon, then who could be trying to keep an eye on Aarvi? Aaron watched his wife's dainty face in the same thoughts. He smiled looking at her lips arcing up. She wasn't having a nightmare, he was relieved.

....

It was half seven when Aarvi stretched her body and limbs and a satisfied hum sounded. Her hands started looking on either side of the bed, without opening her eyes.

Aarvi felt more relaxed and fresh after a nap. Recalling she was watching the sunset with Aaron when she dozed off, she darted her hands to find Aaron but couldn't find him.

She decided to get up and look for him when a pair of lips softly yet firmly pressed on her cheek, blooming the smile back on her face. Without opening her eyes, her hands wrapped around his neck, pulling him down on the bed.

"I love you Ronron…" Rolling on top of him, "Thank you for the amazing day." She kissed his cheek and snuggled to a side to find a comfortable position in his arms.

Aaron secured his arm before she could roll to the side and fall off the bed. "Honey, did you forget this bed isn't as big as ours?" Then he planted a kiss on her forehead when she froze, "I love you too Cupcake…. Let's…"

Aarvi jerked up from the bed remmebering Zelda. Opening her eyes wide, she turned to him, "What's the time? Are we late for dinner? Why didn't you wake me up? I should have cooked. Grandmother will be angry now… Ahh… Are we going to leave from here on a bad note? I had thought, seeing us together, she would crave to go back, forgiving grandfather. What if she is madder? Will they live far from each other? Or should we encourage grandfather to coax grandmother?..."

Aaron: "..." He was finding his wife more and more natural instead of strong-headed, serene beauty, handling eveyrthing maturely.

He got off the bed, took her to the bathroom, hearing her heap of questions and all the reasons for planning the visit to his grandmother in their packed schedule.