The Traps of Black Swan

Aaron watched her silently for a few seconds before reaching her. He lifted her chin and asked, "Are you angry?" due to his behavior.

Aarvi promptly shook her head, "I am sorry."

His indifferent voice continued as he gently caressed her chin with his thumb, "Then why are you away?" She would have leaped into his arms if she wasn't angry.

"Because you are angry." She didn't want to get pushed away.

Aaron didn't react to it. He checked on her legs as he continued to ask, "What if I hadn't returned?"

Aarvi watched his actions. He was treating her like a patient rather than as his wife. The way he held her and checked her was so in contrast to how he usually takes care of her..

Hearing his question, she promptly responded, "I wanted to wait for an hour so that you could cool off. Then…" She paused, biting her lip. She might probably rile him up, "Then I would have reached you and beat you up." Beat him up and tell him that he could reject her surprise.

His wife doesn't just cry, she knows to accept her mistakes and keep things back in place. He further cooled off after hearing she would have reached for him.

Aaron left her leg down on the cold floor. Since she was on flats, she hadn't sprained herself. Her knees and palms were red due to fall.

His fingers wrapped around her ankles and pulled her on his lap from the cold floor. Aarvi blinked a few times. She still couldn't read if he was angry or not or hiding it. However, she took the liberty and wrapped her arms and legs around him. Even if he wanted to, he can't throw her away now.

She heard him breathing a long sigh before his hand secured around her and another one caressed her head. She told him that he doesn't have to go because she arranged for it. So, "What if I want to go?"

"Then I will be your support. I will wait for you every day and take care of the rest so that you can focus on your research." She stated.

Wait every day for three years? That's even more tormenting. "Then who will look after you?"

Aarvi pushed her head back and pointed at his chest, "You are going to be a student again. I will look after you and take care of myself too."

Was he missing something? Aaron slightly moved her back on his lap and braced himself for the attack. He spoke in confusion, "But you will be here." He meant Mocon.

Aarvi furrowed when he pushed her away. She responded looking at his hands holding her away, "Why will I be here?" Then her eyes widened.

Now every piece fell into place. He thought she was sending him away because he assumed he was going alone to country S.

'Oh, crap.' Aaron had thought he had a brain. Looks like he had sold it off in the morning while loving his wife.

Her hands shifted. She clutched his collar and gritted her teeth. She asked through her teeth, "Aaron Rivas, will you confess or should I beat you to a pulp?" She couldn't believe he got mad over the misunderstanding and she cried over it.

Aaron didn't think of the possibility of Aarvi changing the countries for him. She had her huge growing company. It needed her presence to build it stronger. Her family and friends were in the Mocon. Her whole life was in Mocon.

Now the situation has totally reversed.

He held her hands, slowly pulled her grip. He pretended to be dumb by playing the victim card, "Cupcake, you should have spoken to me once. Since you have arranged it, I will do as you say." Then he wrapped her in his arms as he slapped his forehead.

He was surprised she was silent. 'Did I fool her? When did my acting become better?' He was even more confused.

He suddenly hissed when she started biting his shoulder over his light blue shirt. She didn't stop there. Instead, she was biting him harder. When he couldn't hold back, "I am sorry, sorry, sorry… I should have spoken to you. Cupcake…"

Aarvi left him after hearing him apologize. She made a mistake too, she didn't ask him or speak about it before making any decision.

"I am in the wrong too." She mumbled before getting off him. She went to the couch and laid on it hugging a cushion.

These miscommunications and misunderstandings were increasing. Even though they were able to solve it quickly, it scared her thinking what if it affects their relationship.

Aaron sighed. He went to the kitchen and returned with a damp towel. He wiped her face looking at her thinking something. He could read her worry. "Cupcake…"

"Hmm?"

"I think we should stop comparing ourselves with Grandfather." Their biggest mistake. They were trying to be better than Jordan but when something was happening they were ending up recalling him. "I think I should stop…"

Aarvi cut, "Maybe. We assume what we see and do is right. But that's our perspective. We don't consider what the other truly wants, what they truly need. We are right at our position but that's not necessarily right for others."

Sometimes the right thing for you is the wrong thing for someone else.

"I promise to speak to you patiently." Aaron gave his words.

Aarvi shook her head. Her fingers glided over his cheek, "It's alright, get angry. I only want you to speak and listen to me. And I will do the same. "

Aaron accepted it, planting a kiss on her hand. She patted the couch seeing him sit on the carpet. Shifting, he sat with her head on his lap.

"What about Skylar? It was your dream." He asked. He didn't want to take away her life and name to himself.

"It was a dream. Now it's a part of life. My dreams have changed." Revealing her face to the world was necessary because Leon would use it to his advantage. She preferred to be the mysterious President of the Skylar, working away from the company.

Aaron kissed her head. It had slipped his mind that she told him once, 'You are my dream.' and she meant her words when she had told him. Now he needed no more words to explain her decisions.

Now he focused on other issues, "Medical research isn't the same as a university."

Aarvi pulled herself to sit hearing his serious tone. She wanted to say something but held back. She chose to hear him first.

"Researchers will be working on many emergency cases. I might not be able to come home daily even if you come and live close to the hospital. Sometimes doctors don't get to step out of the hospital and research center for many days. They will miss food, bath, rest. There is nothing like Sunday or a week off. Sometimes the whole hospital locks down if any virus breaks out. The doctors have to go to different cities for seminars and exchange programs. Sometimes for similar cases."

Aaron patiently briefed what she might not know and saw her frozen and clueless. He was right. She knew nothing. She had assumed he would go to the medical center like a student and return home in the evening. She could cook and look after him every day staying in a different country.

Aarvi suddenly got off the sofa and grabbed the white envelope from the table. She was going towards the study room, when Aaron held her, "What's wrong?"

Aarvi promptly responded without hiding her bewilderment, "I will shred them. I am not going to send you to hell."

Aaron burst into laughter. Looks like he scared her with reality too. "You have prepared such a big surprise for me, Cupcake. How could you tear them?"

Aarvi scratched her head. She looked at the envelope and cursed it to die and vanish in the air. But it didn't happen. "Shall we act as if we forgot the past thirty minutes?"

Aaron continued to laugh, pulling her to his arms. He laid on the couch holding her in his arms, "Then let's take a nap."

After ten minutes:

Aarvi put Aaron to sleep. She sat on the carpet and stared at her new enemy. 'Medical Research Centre, Imperial University.'