The Traps of Black Swan

Chapter 74 - Dreamlike

It had been a week Aeon was tired of meeting many brand partners and investors who weren't ready to support or invest without putting up a request against Leon Harmon or taking his name. Aeon Harmon wasn't only debilitated from delaying his script 'Untouchable', he started to face problems with other ongoing projects too.

Solving everything one by one, he was exhausted and slept in the office late in the night hoping to get little rest but his girlfriend didn't let him breathe either. She cried stating he wasn't giving her time, he never calls her until he does and so on.

He had repeatedly said he is tired and needed rest without knowing her outburst of psychological pressure was just acting. Mia didn't let him off, she dragged him to watch a movie, to have lunch with her friends just to boost she was going to be Mrs. Harmon then forced him on a long drive. He thought they would return after some distance but Mia took him to Mount Cornet park.

While she kept on blabbering, he really wanted to get freed of her and leave. He tried to shrug her off from hugging his arm but she held tighter giving him a headache.

Upon all that, she wasn't trying to hide her identity from fans or the public purposely letting all her fans know she is out with him so that pictures of them could go viral all over the internet from the afternoon.

Her main purpose was to show how lovely they looked, increase her publicity using the Harmon family and Aeon Harmon, and to show the world they have no problem in the relationship.

Mia was the first one to identify Aaron Rivas while passing by, "Aeon, Isn't he President Rivas? I have only seen him once, I am not sure..." The Craft family never got a chance to mingle with the Rivas family even when they tried.

The Rivas family is from scholars so the family friends of the Rivas family who are in contact belong to similar backgrounds irrespective of their wealthy status. Similarly Harmon family is purely business background with the wickedness and immoral activities, their connections were the same, the Craft family belonged to that second category.

Irrespective of all that, any kind of people, they couldn't help from staring at the Rivas family princes. Shawn Rivas's identity is more open and media favorite than Aaron Rivas who purposefully hid as soon as he took over the company. 

Aaron didn't have time for any public appearance spending most of his time taking care of Aarvi and the company.

Aeon glanced at Aaron who was pulling the string to control the kite and was peeking at the girl's face who was in his embrace, "Yes!" He didn't care about the girl in Aaron's arms and he also failed to identify her.

But her black dress surely reminded him of President Evan's calm and serene face and unknowingly his mood relaxed instead of getting agitated. 

Mia pulled his arm in excitement as she suggested, "Let's talk to him."

Aeon came out of his daze and responded, "No, we shouldn't disturb them." He knew well Aaron doesn't like meeting people unnecessarily and also he didn't want to talk to Aaron while Mia was capable of saying anything outrageous.

Mia's voice turned hostile hearing him turndown her advice, "This is the reason why you are struggling all your life. Learn to make contacts, socialize, do favors, get support. Aeon, when are you going to learn?"

"Mia, we are not meeting him. Let's leave, I am tired." Aeon turned to leave having no mood to argue with her but Mia dropped his hand and stomped angrily.

Before Aeon could stop her, she trotted towards Aaron even after seeing him intimately standing with a girl. Any person who has sense would drop the thought of meeting them but Mia boldly went ahead.

She was just 10 feet away when a man in a black suit blocked her and sternly said, "Miss, please go that way." He wouldn't have stopped her if Aaron hadn't cued with his finger.

Mia haughtily said with her chin high up boosting as though she knows Aaron and she isn't a common girl, "I want to meet President Rivas, move aside."

The bodyguard understood she identified Aaron but he didn't budge, "President Rivas doesn't meet just anybody. Please leave, don't make it hard on yourself."

Mia gritted her teeth for adding her to 'nobody' but she didn't want to give up so easily. She was about to call Aaron loudly, Aeon covered her lips and dragged her aside for quite a distance ignoring her continuous retaliation. Aeon firmly warned her leaving her aside, "For god sake, can't you understand simple language? Don't make a scene here. I am leaving, if you don't want to come, stay here."

Then Aeon took long strides towards the exit of the park. Mia wanted to show she was again on psychological imbalance to make Aeon regret his action but people were watching her so she had to behave like a demure lady.

Anyway, Aeon had to hear her rant all the way to the city. As a friend, Mia was his best friend. He doesn't know what got into her from a year back, he just wants to avoid her and even wished to forget he had a friend named Mia Craft.

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Aaron lied a few times to Aarvi whenever she asked if Aeon left until she doubted and turned around decisively to see most of the visitors were leaving and Aeon and Mia weren't in sight at all.

"Liar!" She punched him and turned aside, "Hmph." But that little anger had fascination thinking about Aaron's antics. The latter chuckled and was about to calm her, Aarvi exclaimed, "The sunset at the mountain is so wonderful."

The sky was painted in reddish-orange which their little blue kite alone in the air and the birds flying to their nests with the chirping of it. It was pleasant and worth admiring, "Shall we watch the sunset before leaving?"

Aaron smiled at himself seeing how easily she let off her cutesy anger. Sitting on the floor mat, Aaron pulled Aarvi to lean on him while he leaned on the tree trunk.

Aarvi watched Aaron's hand instead of sunset when he was line sketching their view with just a pen and that still looked creative with the different shades of black ink.

She thought that was the end of their picnic date when they left the mount Cornet but it wasn't. They had dinner at the highway restaurant then Aarvi was confused when he drove to the uphill before entering Mocon.

That place wasn't new to her but it had been ages she went there. Nothing was developed when she had visited but it is completely developed and she also noticed who was the developers behind that place - Rivas Industries.

Standing at the ridge, she noticed dim lamp posts were lighted around the park and could make out the seating and other arrangements in there. Aarvi thought nobody waits for anybody watching the massive and truly an ever-growing city. Time goes on and the city will grow.

The unique skyscrapers built with lots of glass and light elements dazzled with the lights of all the buildings around. A busy city even at the night is unstoppable by anyone. The ones which stood out among them are the Mocon glazed palace and the water reservoir at the far east other than the skyscrapers. 

Aarvi turned to Aaron who was behind her, "Why are we here?" 

Aaron held her shoulder and spun her around to face the city. The silent dark sky above the city lit up brightening it with several colors. "Fireworks?!"

It wasn't only at a single spot, the whole city sky was lighting up in different colors giving off a breathtaking view from their location. Excited about being there right on time, she cheerfully said, turning to Aaron, "Sky shot fireworks!"

She had just finished saying, her jaws dropped by the realization, "You-" There was nobody around them and it started right at the time they reached. She was stunned looking at his eyes reflecting the sky full of sparkles.

Aaron gently held her hand which was pointing towards him and twirled her around to watch the fireworks show he had arranged for her. He knows well she loves radiant and sparkling things in the dark.

Wrapping his hand around her shoulder from behind, his voice sounded husky and sensuous next to her ear. "Like it?"

Aarvi never in her life thought there could be somebody who would do unreal, dreamlike actions exclusively for her. "Greatly!"