The Traps of Black Swan

Aaron rushed towards her when her eyes landed on him while Nikun mentally prepared himself to treat Aarvi as a new person.

Aaron helped her sit on the couch, and tidied her hair looking at her sleepy eyes as he heard her mumble, "Where are cupcakes? I want them." She sounded like a little girl pitifully requesting cupcakes.

Nikun pressed his lips to a thin line to control smiling. He understood Aarvi aka Ava still loves the cupcakes baked by Aaron.

Aaron was relieved thinking she might have heard the only cupcake and the rest of the words were hazy, "Did you get a dream?" He asked to confirm if she recovered any memory as a dream.

He saw her eyes sparkle brightly before she whispered to him, "I had a whole tray of red velvet cupcakes in front of me. I was drooling when you were icing and decorating it. They looked so yummy. I wanted to take one but you took the tray away."

Aaron: "..."

He understood she didn't hear them but woke up to the dream of cupcakes and he was really getting jealous of the cupcakes seeing her bright eyes occasionally blinking in a request of, 'I want cupcakes.'

Nikun tried hard but burst into laughter catching her attention. If other men in a relationship get jealous of other men grabbing the attention of their women, he always saw Aaron getting jealous of the cupcake he bakes.

He noticed Aarvi's free and easy-going personality morphing to a kind of casualness that weirdly controlled his behavior. His friendly attitude turned awkward as he has to treat her as a whole new person.

Aarvi wasn't thinking of her memory but she wanted to know how she knew 'Brother Nick' so that he appeared in her dream so clearly.

Aaron helped her drink water and he was about to introduce Nikun but the latter spoke, "Well, you might remember, so do I."

Aaron: "..." He looked at his friend to know what stunt he was pulling.

Aarvi had seen him in school uniform in her dream so she added to solve her mystery of dream, "We studied in the same school."

His voice of displeasure sounded after a long pause, "That's it? Girl, I was sports captain in the school for three years."

Aarvi tried to remember before she asked blandly, "The casanova who had girls around all the time?"

Nikun: "..."

Aaron pitied his friend. His little Cupcake had said the same line when she first got to know Nikun was his friend, 'I have noticed him being surrounded by girls.'

The difference was she wasn't judging him that time, but now, she threw words on his face without a single change in her expression.

Nikun glanced at Aaron who didn't care to defend him so he sat down and tried to explain, "I am not a casanova, they were surrounding me and asking something so I was answering them."

Aarvi didn't want to comment on it but seeing both men waiting for her to say something, she generally added, "You were flirting with them so became their eye candy and entertainment."

Nikun again looked at Aaron, 'Give back that innocent little Cupcake of yours.' His eyes spoke of his struggle. 

He coughed slightly and tried again to change the image she created of him, "I have only dated one girl in my life who I will marry soon. Will this change your view of me?"

Aarvi too glanced at Aaron who nodded in acknowledgment, "Congratulations… And I have no view of you." 

Why should she have any image of him? Compare what she could remember of 'Brother Nick', Shawn and Dax exceed him. If she builds a bad image of him, doesn't that mean she despises her own friends?

Nikun: "..."

His Cupcake whether the little one or the adult, always left Nikun speechless looking innocent as ever. Aaron had a faint smirk on his face provoking his friend more.

Nikun gritted his teeth looking at his friend who was satisfied enjoying the glory of his Cupcake. However, he was having a hard time believing the happy, smiling, friendly Cupcake of Aaron had an oppressive air but she looked so serene as if she had no idea how she was controlling his behavior.

Aaron sighed internally before formally introducing them, completely aware Aarvi doesn't remember his name, "Nick, she is my soon-to-be wife, Aarvi Evans."

Aarvi could already guess Nick knew her real identity but she didn't bother about it as Aaron would handle him. She assumed she knew Nick because she had seen him in the school's sports club.

Aaron turned to Aarvi and introduced the other way around, "Aarvi, he is Nikun Morris, Legal advisor, and head at Morris Industries, CEO of Morris Law Firms."

Nikun noticed her eyes twinkle for his complete introduction but he wanted to know which part of it got her attention. He didn't extend his hand knowing her untouchableness.

Aarvi looked at Aaron and slightly raised her brows. Aaron faintly nodded before turning to bewildered Nikun.

Aarvi grabbed her sling bag, took her business card out, and handed it to Nikun, "Attorney Morris, I can give you the break that you are in need of."

Anyway, Nikun heard nothing. His jaws were deep down and his eyes were wide open looking at the gold plated card in his hand. He wasn't shocked due to the gold plate card, his mind was blown reading Aarvi Evans as President of Skylar Industries.

He really wanted to hide in some hole. He and his father had planned to acquire Skylar but got rejected by them without taking time to think, then they had tried to poach Dax Grant in a party and he had laughed at them hearing the salary and other huge allowance they offered.

Before he could recover from his stupor, Aarvi briefed Aaron on how many times they had reached them and how they kept them away.

Aaron commented when Nikun's embarrassed face turned to them, "So they planned to acquire my wife's company."

Nikun sheepishly smiled while Aarvi gave him a death glare, "President Rivas, I won't be your mistress so it's ex-girlfriend's company. Don't make your wives disheartened."

"..." Aaron had thought after all these she forgot about it.

'Mistress? Ex-girlfriend? Wives?' Nikun was baffled. He felt like he was in a whole new world called Puzzle where everything is complex.

Aarvi shrugged off Aaron's hand and went to his desk. She took his mobile and unblocked two numbers. Meanwhile, Aaron wanted to switch on her mobile but found it on so he was checking her mobile thinking why calls aren't connecting.

Nikun looked left and right, he couldn't believe they had access to each other's mobile. 'Ex-girlfriend? Mistress? Damn you guys, even husband and wife don't share mobile passwords.'

Aaron dialed his number and the mobile in her hand rang, Aarvi sighed before leaving his mobile and returning to the couch.

Aaron indifferently revealed showing her mobile call log screen, "Somebody said they didn't contact me." And her call log betrayed her.

Aarvi pursed her lips finding it embarrassing for getting caught. Does she look obsessed?

But Aaron was deducing something else and voiced it connecting all the dots, "Naomi blocked your number when she used my mobile."

'Naomi? That one-sided lover of Aaron.' Nikun thought realizing there is still a villain in the love story.

Aaron's eyes glued on Aarvi to get her confirmation.