The Traps of Black Swan

Aaron checked the time to calculate what time Aarvi might wake up. If his guess is right, it isn't useful to take her to the hospital. The chances of a chunk of her memory recovering were high and she will dream of it before waking up even more confused.

Looking at the pleading gaze of his friend, Aaron just briefed the situation without going in deep; she met with an accident, she got a heart transplant, stayed in a vegetative state and she doesn't have his memories.

Nikun had controlled asking questions until the end before he blurted out, "You know, you shouldn't lie to a first-grade professional lawyer."

Nikun Morries, one among the very few who holds world-level high-grade legal education certification. Since his elder brother loved business, he chose something different and challenging for himself.

After working under a famous advocate for years, he had opened his own law firm in the city Coasta recently as he helped the Morries Industries as a legal head. Even though he has yet to stand top in his field, it was just a matter of time.

Aaron looked at his friend who put the opposition guard down with his sweet boy look before striking hard. He had expected him to consider the untold matters as private but didn't expect him to be worried about his Cupcake.

Nikun continued, "I had told you Ava never stepped into the cafe right after you left. I didn't meet her due to grandfather Rivas but she never sought me for you either."

Aaron's brows quivered, he had assumed his father spoke to her and she was disheartened to step inside the cafe. How could he have known she forgot him right after he left?

Nikun can make out even the slightest changes in Aaron so he realized he hit the nail and continued, "And you are expecting me to believe your unconnected pieces of truth. Now will you tell me the complete truth or shall I ask Ava?"

Right after the question spilled out, Nikun gulped his nonexistent spit and avoided Aaron's eyes. He wanted to smack himself for threatening his friend so he added a few more words in a sullen tone, "I was the first one to root for you guys, I hadn't even looked forward to my own love life so much and here you are casting me away."

It had been long time Aaron had the urge to roll his eyes. He leaned back his leather chair as his gaze shifted to the sleeping girl on the couch, "Aarvi, she is Aarvi Evans now."

Pulling his jacket closer, 'Why are you creeping me now?' Nikun thought. Knowing and hearing the indifferent tone of Aaron, his caring voice was raising his hair.

Anyhow he snapped remembering the past, "Aarvi… wasn't that the name Ava created joining your names?"

Aaron just glanced at his friend as he opened the file to look into it. But his whole focus was the girl if in case Aarvi wakes up and silently hears Nikun's blabber.

Nikun continued to tell the past as though it happened yesterday, "Ava and Aaron - I named your ship as Vron, she had argued with me as Avron or Aarvi."

Nikun nodded to himself, cent percent sure Avron and Aarvi were created by Ava.

During their school time, he had heard the couples joining their names to form a unique name and he loved his friend and his Cupcake so he came up with 'Vron' and told her.

Ava didn't like it and asked him how to join names before she sat with two names. When she added 'Aaron-Ava', she came up with 'Aarv', to make it sound pleasing to the ears, she appended it with 'i' and called it 'Aarvi'.

When he laughed at her for making it sound like a girl's name, she tried in reverse order, 'Ava-Aaron' and got the name 'Avron' which they all liked.

Aaron had called them childish; that was secondary but he had liked it which Nikun knew well.

....

Aaron remembered how he named her Aarvi. After she requested him if she could get a new identity, she had to get a new name and he was preparing for an adoption paper as Evans.

He had asked her if she would like to go by any name of her choice but she had shaken her head, 'Write any name.' She was least bothered about it.

He and Shawn searched the internet and voiced many different names when she was busy working on her laptop. She hadn't reacted to any name until he said 'Aarvi'.

She had paused her work and glanced at him. He hadn't asked her anything but she had nodded for that name while Shawn loved that name asking him to choose that without knowing how Aaron had come up with it.

Nikun controlled himself from smacking Aaron. 'Why is this man so hard to deal with?' He sighed and looked behind at the girl on the couch. He really wanted to ask her in the past and present what she liked in Aaron.

Seeing the sulking man, Aaron revealed Aarvi lost his memories due to an unknown incident and she is unaware of it.

Nikun was shocked.

Then he lightly briefed she studied with Shawn, Vance Hays ditching the wedding and she became the prey for a hungry wolf. Since the prey dominated, the wolf's pride was hurt, and tried to kill her. Hence she got a heart transplant.

Nikun first admired the couple in exclamation, "You strived and she fell in love all over again. How romantic!"

Aaron scribbled his signature without responding to it. His friend loves to exaggerate.

Then Nikun's voice turned intimidating exactly opposite to his sweet boy look, "Who is this wolf?"

Aaron glanced at Aarvi before leaving the mystery, "Wait for Saturday."

'Saturday? Mirage banquet?' Nikun tried to solve the mystery but he could only come up with, "A rich scoundrel." Mirage banquet was a show of the rich so it was the basic guess.

His tone was malign causing Aaron to anticipate his next words. "Why the freaking hell are you leaving that rat alive?" His frustrated voice carried disappointment understanding the hurt wolf is still in the wealthy society, enjoying his life.

Aaron just watched his friend. Nikun knows Aaron really well, he wasn't a kind person especially if somebody presses his nerve, much less touching his Cupcake. So what can make him stop and have this patience?

Nikun's jaw dropped and pointed to Aarvi. He voiced his thoughts when he saw the proud expression on Aaron's face, "Your Cupcake is playing him."

Now he was excited. He knew the little Ava was smart in setting traps when he had played chess against her, now he really wanted to see her use all those smartness in a vicious way.

But the part of their heart knew well it wasn't the required change they wanted in Ava Kelly. One needs to have guts and a strong heart to take everything positively and treat everyone well. They just wanted her to see the reality instead of thinking everyone is good.

He was about to continue, the duo heard a groggy voice, "Cupcake…"

Aaron and Nikun froze, they least wanted her to hear them and again stress herself.

Nikun didn't dare to turn behind and looked at Aaron with a questioning look, 'Did she hear us?'

Aaron realized she didn't mumble in sleep but she is awake, 'She heard us?'