Black Swan's

Lying and Divorce (One Hundred Four)

            Arriving at the hospital, Sian immediately lifted Eden's body onto the cage assisted by Olivia and several other nurses who were immediately ready when Olivia shouted at them with panic and pale faces. Eden was then rushed to the IGD room for first aid. One bottle of infusion was successfully inserted into Eden's body. Laila who had been ready since Olivia contacted her immediately checked Eden's heart rate and ordered to bring two blood ampoules to Eden because the woman had lost quite a lot of blood during the trip. Even the entire passenger seat in Sian's car had now been filled with bloodstains. Sian who saw the weak body of Eden was only able to embrace his wife who had also been as frightened as him. All of this was like a dejavu for Sian who once also saved Eden when the woman was bleeding for the first time.

            “You better wait outside. I will try my best to help Eden.” said Laila gently while stroking Olivia's shoulder slowly. Laila then gave her best smile to the couple so that they do not suffer from excessive panic due to Eden's worsening condition.

            After exiting the IGD room, Sian then immediately contacted Aciel. The husband of Eden must know if his wife is currently claiming lives in there because of his irresponsible jerk. After all, he was sure, Aciel would be very worried if the man knew how the critical condition of his wife was.

            “Olive, I'll take Eden to the operating room. Please contact her husband because this action requires permission from her husband.” Pinta Laila from inside the IGD room, followed by a group of nurses who were pushing Eden's cage into the operating room.

            “The jerk did not lift my call at all.” growled Sian was upset. His entire face now looked reddened, a fusion of anger and rage mixed into one.

            “Then I will take action without her husband's consent.” reply Laila quickly. There was no time left to wait for Aciel to give his permission, or Eden could not be saved. And before Laila passed to the operating room, Olivia blocked Laila's hand to ask the woman.

            “What's up? Did Eden really miscarry?”

            “Yes, Eden really miscarried. Right now I need to get the fetus out immediately and also stop the bleeding. Please contact Aciel now, he should know the condition of his wife who is being criticized that.” Pinta Laila the last before he ran a small run towards the operating room whose door had just been opened by his assistant.

            After Laila died, Sian immediately sighed heavily next to Olivia with a confused face and also confused.

            “Tenannglah, Eden is a strong woman. He certainly can get through his critical time quickly.” entertain Olivia next to Sian. One of Olivia's horns then lifted to embrace the shoulder of Sian who now looks slumped next to him

            “I hope so too. I hope Eden always has life reserves as always. You know, Eden is a blessed woman.” said Sian lirih. Countless times the miracle always came to Eden when the woman's life was already on the verge of life and death.

            “Try you call Aciel number again, maybe this time he will lift it.” Olivia suggestion. He gently rubbed Sian's tense back many times as the man tried to contact Aciel for the fourth time.

            “Sial! Where did that jerk go?” umpat Sian is upset while continuing to call Aciel's mobile number without knowing what Aciel is currently doing.

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            “What happened to you after your parents separated? I really don't know if your parents' married life is ruined, too. Just like my parents.” said Aciel chuckled. Now he feels much more relaxed to talk about his parents' bad past. Perhaps what people say is true, only time can heal his wounds.

            The distant cousin seemed to sigh deeply as he glared away at the empty ceiling of his room. “That man is not my real father. He's my stepfather.” He himself was quite disappointed with the decision of his stepfather at that time because he arbitrarily broke the heart of his mother who really loved him very sincerely.

            “The man said that he could not forget his late wife after five years of marriage with my mother. Then my mother resignedly accepted my stepfather's decision to divorce. And we ended up completely separated and never heard from again. But I don't hate him at all. I

just a little disappointed in him. Though he was a good man and also loved me sincerely during our five years together, but it turns out we still can not replace the position of his late wife in the heart of my stepfather.” Cleo looked sad as she reminisced about her past. Aciel then stroked Cleo's head gently like his own younger brother. He was very eager to have a younger sister, unfortunately his mother was no longer able to conceive because her mother had problems in her womb at that time.

            “Then now you continue your real father's business?”

            “Yes, that's it. After my mother divorced my stepfather, we both decided to stay in Colombia. As I finished my education, my mother took little control in the company, such as controlling employee performance and also controlling mental issues. Then after I graduated from my master's degree, I began to take over my company and began to spread out in various countries, including Vegas. Here my company is a new company, so I can't just hand over my responsibilities to someone else, so..”.

            “So you decided to settle down in Vegas for a while until your business was really smooth?” terka Aciel who instantly got the nod from Cleo. The woman then noticed Aciel's ring finger that had been circled around a simple-looking golden ring, but according to Cleo the ring had another story behind its simplicity.

            “You... wear ring?” cleo asked as he raised Aciel's hand high. The man looked stunned for a moment while smiling wryly. He feels like a jerk who just left his wife when their problems have not been resolved. But he just wanted to calm down for a moment. He did not want to meet Eden when his emotions were peaking like yesterday. He just wants, when he comes home later he can face Eden with a cool head and with a way out that benefits both sides.

            “Yes, I'm married.” replied Aciel briefly. Cleo immediately went wide in disbelief as she shook Aciel's shoulders violently.

            “You, married? It's hard to believe. Since when? Why didn't you invite me?” cleo asked so hard that Aciel found it difficult to answer the woman's questions one by one.

            “I got married two years ago. At that time I did not think to invite you, because our wedding is not an ordinary wedding.” replied Aciel. Sometimes he is confused if he has to explain his love story with Eden because they did not start it all like a normal couple in general.

            “I don't understand Ace. Why can your wedding be an unusual wedding?” Cleo frowned deeply, looking at Aciel earnestly and hoping that the man would give him a satisfactory answer.

            “What was your marriage because of an accident? Did you impregnate your future wife?” cleo asked, suspicious. Aciel quickly dispelled Cleo's face from before him with an annoyed expression.

            “Can be said like that. But it's more complicated, I can't tell you one by one. Just one thing you need to know, that I loved my wife so much that I decided to marry her.”

            Oh, speaking of love, why was it so easy yesterday to say the word divorce to Eden? He loved her so much and did not want to lose the woman he loved. But again all of that is only due to a momentary emotion. Now he felt so sorry for being rude to Eden.

        “Wow it's good.” comment Cleo short.

        “Then what about you? You're not married?”

that woman was married. According to Aciel, Cleo's apartment was very clean and too tidy for a woman of Cleo's age who should have had her own family.

            “I have not been interested.” replied Cleo lazily. If it wasn't Aciel, maybe he would have given a tighter answer because he was tired of the question.

            “Suggest that you are not too choosy. Although you still have to choose the right man for you, but too picky is also not good. I was not interested in marriage either. For me a life-long single is so much better than having a broken family like my parents. But Eden managed to change my stupid thinking until now I was very grateful for having my own family.”

            “Oh so his name is Eden?” goda Cleo with a mischievous smile. Aciel only gave a small smile to respond to Cleo's temptation. Obviously he is not a snot teenager who will scream a scene just because someone else knows the name of the woman he loves the most.

            “I want to meet your wife. How great was the woman that she could make an Aciel Lutherford bend his knees under her feet.”

            “Eden is great. Come to my house if you are not busy, I will introduce you to Eden and my children.”

            “Your children? What's their name? I want to meet them. I want to introduce myself as her beautiful aunty.” Cleo brightly flirt while wagging her hair. Aciel shook his head inexhaustibly with Cleo's behavior that had never changed at all long ago, noisy, troublemakers, and always full of confidence.

            “Ciara and Louise, that's my kids' names. They must also be happy when they meet a noisy woman like you. My son Ciara, he's very noisy, just like you. Even my wife often complains with her high curiosity attitude. Ciara will not stop asking things she does not know until she gets a satisfactory answer.”

            Cleo chuckled at the story from Aciel about her first child. “How old are your children? I can't wait to meet them. You must have never told them about me.” accuse Cleo of being on target with eyes that are eye-catching towards Aciel. “Ck, you have even forgotten your distant brother who is indeed very far away.” added Cleo with an irritated expression next to Aciel.

            “I have so many things to think about that I don't remember you at all. And about my kids' ages.” Aciel paused to calculate the age of her children. Though yesterday it seems like Eden just said it, but he had forgotten because he was too drunk and emotional.

            “How much? Don't you know how old your kids are now?” terka Cleo with narrowed eyes. Aciel grimaced a little while telling the woman to wait, for she was now counting the ages of her two children.

            “Wait, I was thinking. Looks like Ciara is five years old five months old, while Louise is about a year old.”

            “Wah, great! You're really a normal real man.” Cleo's frenzy while clapping. The two humans continued to joke without knowing how the current condition of Eden who is claiming lives in the hospital. Aciel was still reluctant to go home, he just waltzed casually towards the kitchen to make a cup of coffee. He really thought of Cleo's apartment as his own.

            “Cleo, where did you put the sugar?” shouts Aciel from the kitchen. Cleo then loosened her head slightly from the bathroom door while shouting if she put sugar in the storage cabinet on the stove.

            “Ace, your phone is vibrating. I forgot if I put your phone on the dinner table, 'cause I just washed your shirt. It seems like an important call. Lookie! There were twenty-five calls from Sian and ten calls from unknown numbers.” Cleo explained as she read the inscription on the man's phone.

            Aciel frowned in surprise while receiving his black phone with a feeling of worry. Does he have a meeting he missed today? Why did Sian keep contacting him? But her assistant did not contact her at all to remind her of her schedule today. Aciel then wanted to call Sian's phone number, before his phone rang again and gave Sian's name as the caller.

            “Halo, what's up? Why do you keep calling me? Solved last night..”

            “Where are you! Eden needs you now. He was critical of having bleeding. Your wife just miscarried.”

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            Suddenly, his heart was pulled out of place. He felt stiff and unable to move his body.

            “Kk critical? How could? What really happened?” ask Aciel in panic. Next to him Cleo seemed faithful listening to every conversation Aciel had with his interlocutors.

            “I don't know what really happened. When we came, Eden had already fainted on the stairs with blood continuing to seep from her dres. Now Laila is conducting an operation to save Eden. You better come right away, 'cause Olivia and I have been freaking out since.”

            “I'll be here soon.”

            After turning off her phone, Aciel jumped up from her seat with a panicked face. He confusedly walked around looking for his wallet and car keys. But then he remembered that his car was at a nightclub because Cleo took him home last night.

            “Sial! My car is at club.” umpat Aciel riled. He felt he could not think clearly now. All his thoughts were only towards Eden and the current state of the woman.

            “What's up? Did something bad happen?”

            “My wife is critical, she is bleeding. My car is still at the club.” explained Aciel while shuffling his hair in frustration. Cleo then immediately grabbed her jacket and also the car keys. Deftly, the woman immediately pulled Aciel's hand out of her apartment, leaving Aciel confused and just following where she had pulled her hand.

            “I'll take you. Comeing! You are so slow.” decak Cleo annoyed while continuing to pull Aciel's hand towards the basement. As for Aciel, he felt blank and confused. If Cleo had been a bad man who would have harmed her, she would have done nothing herself, for now her mind was very

messed up. Moreover, Sian said that at this time Eden is critical. Various kinds of bad images continue to haunt his head until he feels weak and can not walk properly. He was too traumatized by Eden. If this time Eden had something bad again, I don't know what he would do. Maybe he will hate himself for a lifetime because he has made the woman he loves so much to take his life again because of his insolence.