The Traps of Black Swan

Seeing Aarvi turning around to leave, Karsen was confused and peeped between his father and Aaron which caught the eyes of the two men too. The three saw her walking like a cat to escape in silence, "Aarvi..."

Karsen doubted if she was trying to avoid Jordan but he didn't want her to stay away from Jordan. The more she is normal around the old man, melting him is easier. Jordan misses Ariel too much, so Karsen really wished Aarvi could give no choice to Jordan but make him accept her.

Aarvi bit her tongue and hoped Jordan doesn't judge people by clothes. She was in an off-shoulder top and denim shorts matching with white shoes. She didn't look odd but the old generation might feel it was more revealing or fewer clothes or no clothing sense.

She wasn't a middle-aged woman to be in modest clothes all day, she likes trendy outfits too.

Turning around, she awkwardly smiled at them. Jordan noticed her looking at the floor while walking towards them as she slowly pulled some hair locks front on either side to cover her shoulders.

He is aware Karsen knows her for six years already so discerned she is hesitant due to him. He knows the difference between indecent and trendy clothes, she nowhere looked indecent but pretty.

'Did she think I will criticize her?' He thought and decided to play her, more like testing her to know how she will handle it if he looks down on her dressing style.

Aaron controlled smiling seeing her fidgety due to his grandfather. Since she is concerned about his grandfather's opinion due to him, he thought to tell her that Jordan never put a restriction on Ariel's clothing style.

Anyhow the next second three men's faces turned dark as coal.

An unknown man appeared out of nowhere and hugged Aarvi when her gaze was down on the floor, "Baby, thank god I found you... There is no place I didn't search for you. Where were you all these days? Why didn't you reach me? I was so worried about you..." He went on with his blabbering.

The voice and the embrace were completely unknown to Aarvi. After sharing her past with Aaron, she hadn't checked if she was getting fine with the touch on bare skin or standing close to anybody.

Less than a second, her panic attack started and her eyes turned red filling up with tears. Her brows started quivering uncontrollably so as her body. The burning pricking sensation raised bringing disgust, fear, feel of dirty, anger.

She didn't hear a word the man said and tried to push him but it was of no use. Her force against his strength failed.

As soon as she sensed a small wheel of a medical cart moving, she grabbed whatever she got to her hands. She felt it as scissors, without thinking, she aimed at his waist and stabbed.

"Ahhh...." The nurse let out a scream of fear instead of the man who was hugging her.

Aaron had held her wrist at the neck of the time else Aarvi would have torn some of his muscles. He wasn't protecting the man but didn't want Aarvi to feel bad later.

That man was startled by the shriek hence his arms loosened without knowing what just happened.

Aaron hadn't seen the face of the man yet but just knew he was an unknown man. Dax or Shawn or Zain never treated Aarvi roughly and they would let her know their presence to her. So Aaron had no ounce of pity.

He grabbed that man's hand, peeled him away from her as he mercilessly twisted his hand and locked behind him

That man cried in pain as he begged, "Let go, let go… That hurts, that hurts…"

Aaron was about to twirl him and break his face, Karsen who walked fast to reach them, quickly reminded Aaron, "Aarvi's panic attack."

Aaron pushed the man to the ground and quickly held Aarvi's fist that was holding the scissors. He was afraid she would hurt her skin wherever that man had touched.

He cooled his anger and gently coaxed her gazing at her red eyes that were controlling her tears, "Aarvi, let this go." He didn't want to forcefully pull it away when she was clutching it too tight.

Aarvi hadn't expected to get well after sharing her past with Aaron but she expected to have little more control over herself. She glanced at her trembling hand on Aaron's palm, 'Do I have to live like this?' She didn't ask a lot, but normal life, why is it so hard?

Aarvi heard Jordan's grave tone, "Who is he?" She was turning to him when Aaron cupped her face to look at him, "Let go."

That man yelled at them, "Who are you all? Why are you with my girlfriend?"

Aaron quickly tightened his hold on her little fist seeing her clutch tighter hearing the man. He needed to calm her down quickly else her emotional imbalance can cause more harm to her and also the man.

Karsen who was calling security was speechless. He wanted to tell his father that he is nowhere related to Aarvi or Ava but Jordan scoffed. "Then I am your grandfather."

He lifted his cane and started beating the man as he added mockingly, "When did I get this obscure, heinous grandson?"

Karsen and Aaron: "..."

Aaron had to force himself to ignore his bewilderment and focus on Aarvi. The latter unknowingly stopped trembling after seeing and hearing Jordan.

Aaron took the scissor from her hand and hugged her without blocking her view to his grandfather beating the unknown man.

Karsen and Aaron looked at each other thinking how did Jordan know that man was unrelated to Aarvi or was he just supporting her? Or did he do it seeing her panicked?

In the meantime, Aarvi composed by accepting the fact that she needs to trust people to stand next to them but she wasn't ready to trust anybody other than a few.

She poked Aaron and asked, "Won't you stop him? He will get tired."

The low melodious voice caught the attention of four men while the Rivas security was waiting for Jordan to step back. Jordan asked in a snap, "What? Don't you want me to beat my grandson's love rival?"

Aaron: "..."

Aarvi glanced at Aaron and pursed her lips hard to control slipping a chortle. Jordan silently breathed a sigh seeing her calm and composed.

He had long back heard from Naomi that Aarvi can't tolerate any form of physical contact. Jordan is a doctor, he had seen her behavior so he could discern she is fine with the people who she trusts.

He just distracted her from the panic and it worked.

Did he do it because he accepted her? Or did he do it because she is his grandson's girlfriend?

He wasn't sure. As a doctor, he did what he felt suitable for the situation.

The Rivas hospital security head stepped ahead to take the man away to report to the police or make him speak out about his behavior for attacking Aarvi Evans.

However, Aarvi stopped. She ordered the security seeing him manhandle that man, "How dare you treat him that way? Didn't you hear him say, my boyfriend?"

The Rivas hospital security froze without daring to turn to face any Rivas family member.