Black Swan's

Painful Reality (One Hundred Fourty Three)

            A week after her wedding sacred appointment with Scout, Olivia has now officially assumed the status of Miss Voyage, in addition to the Markle clan that was previously held. The days after the wedding were more beautiful than ever because now Scout always looked at him with love and always devoted his attention to Olivia. Even so, he still has a wedge in his heart because the relationship Scout and Sian never improved. The man still continued to play cat-splitting with Sian and continued to groom the man with all his cunning plans.

            And now here it is, in a skyscraper that is a branch of the Cadillac company

Corp. With a definite step, Olivia began to take the elevator to go to the room Sian who was on the top floor of this building. He was sure, if Scout found out about this, the man would definitely be furious with him because he had gone to see Sian without his consent. But he could not let this matter continue to drag on. He was tired and he wanted to end it now.

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            Olivia knocked slowly on the wooden door with a thumping feeling. Various questions about Sian's reaction to seeing him continue to haunt his mind and make him nervous. But hopefully Sian doesn't just throw him away when the man sees his current state.

            “Log.”

            The masculine voice she had not heard for a long time immediately cried out loudly from inside the room, allowing Olivia to enter her room. Slowly, Olivia started turning the doorknob and opened it wide in one pull.

            “Olivia.” strangled Sian from behind his desk. Olivia smiled gently at Sian as she took a slow step toward the man. At first glance Olivia can see the shock on Sian's face when she saw the situation that now comes with a distended stomach that has approached the time to give birth. But he tried to expel bad thoughts from inside his head because he was sure Sian would definitely accept his condition with a spacious chest.

            “Sit. How are you doing now?” Sian feels unable to trust himself when he sees Olivia suddenly appearing at Aciel's branch office after months of searching for the woman's whereabouts like crazy. It felt a little awkward when they met again, but strangely he seemed to not feel the anger like before. The anger of being betrayed had gone completely from Sian's mind. Precisely now he has a new hope to re-improve his very chaotic domestic relations in order to return to have a complete harmony as before.

            “I'm fine and very healthy. Scout took good care of me all this time.” replied Olivia lightly.

            “Thank God if that man is nice to you. How do you know if I'm here and not in Vegas?”

            “I contacted your secretary.”

            “Oh yes, it is not difficult.” replied Sian accordingly. He was still overwhelmed with awkward feelings for Olivia. Like they're back in time when he just found Olivia homeless because her house was destroyed.

            “How is Justice?”

            “Good. All this time he was with Eden and he grew up like the other children of Eden. Aciel loved Justice as much as her own daughter.”

            “How lucky we are.” says Olivia flat. The tension she felt at this moment made Olivia nervous to death. He kept twirling the Scout ring on his ring finger while moving restlessly staring at anything he could see except Scout's eyes which he always looked at every day when he was looking in the mirror. Those eyes always slapped him and reminded him of the ugliness he had done. How ignorant of himself he is. After seizing one eye belonging to Sian, he actually went to have fun with other men.

            “You have stopped your search for me.” muttered Olivia slowly. Sian was a little surprised to hear that from Olivia. Never once did she think that Olivia would care about her efforts to find the woman. Even lately he has been thinking that Olivia would not want to come back to him and raise Justice together.

            “Because I don't think it's important anymore to do. Aciel said you'd come back to me when the time was right. And it turns out that it is true, you came back to me by yourself.” replied Sian lightly. “Let's start everything from scratch, Olive. Forget the hooting and screaming. I will try to accept the baby as my son too.”

            Olivia was really touched by Sian's sweet words. If only the man had said this a long time ago, there would be no drama of quarrels and kidnappings between them. It would also be easier to reject the presence of Scout in his heart. Unfortunately, Sian was not this sweet. In the past Sian continued to insult him so harshly that he could never fight back to save his shattered pride. Why does it have to be like this? inner Olivia bitter.

            “You used to not say that.” Olivia tried to look at Sian with hard eyes. Smiling softly at Sian, Olivia tried to hide her diamond ring-embedded hand from Scout behind Sian's desk.

            “I need time to digest all the events that suddenly attacked me. Sorry I was so rude to you. I love you so much, Olive.”

            It was not the happiness that Olivia felt every time she listened to Sian's declaration of love, it is precisely the pain that now plagues Olivia's heart because she is hiding new facts from Sian.

            “You look weird, Olive.”

            “Much happened during my departure. You can definitely feel the difference.”

            “You no longer look enthusiastic to me. Have I lost the privilege in your heart?” sian asked with a hardened face. He hated the fact that Olivia had now turned away from him.

            “I don't think so, but you only share.” Olivia raised her ring finger wrapped around the ring from Scout. Then in his left hand Sian can see his wedding ring and Olivia is still embedded in the woman's ring finger.

            “How could you betray me for the second time?”

            “I have no choice.” replied Olivia weakly. There was absolutely no choice as long as he stayed with Scout. Everything that the man gave had to be accepted with a forced heart at first, but eventually he was getting used to it and felt comfortable.

            “This child deserves better status. I'm sorry Sian.”

            “What a marvel. I'm looking for you like crazy to have to leave Justice to Eden, but you're just having fun with that fucker!”

            “You are also wrong, Sian! Aadarla! From the beginning I tried to speak well with you, but you insulted me very cruelly. Scout gave me the attention you've never given me!” jerit Olivia loud. Finally in the history of his life, he can show something that became his favorite. He is tired of just following the wishes of others without really being able to express his way of thinking. And because of that, he now saw Sian was shocked by the drastic changes seen to him.

            “That man must have brainwashed you during your kidnapping.”

            “Not even Scout hurt me. At first he did nail me, but after that I realized the sincerity that emanated from the earnestness on his face. Scout wants this child to grow up with an abundance of his parents' affection.” Olivia arrived before Sian, asking the man to accept the decision he had made. “Allow me to be the mother of my children.”

            “And also the wife of the father of my children.”

            A heavy request. Sian really could not think clearly to decide what step he would take at this time. Moreover, he was not crazy enough to accept that strange request. Will he share his wife with another man? It's funny, Sian's heart.

            “You're selfish.” That was all Sian could say as Olivia continued to show the face of the plea in front of him. “You better get out of here, Olive. I want to be alone.”

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            “Since the beginning you already knew! But why are you just quiet, Ace?”

            Eden showed a glittering look at Aciel who had just entered their room and brought a shocking news to her.

            “They are married, then why do we fuss about it again, dear?”

            “You always knew where Olivia was, but you remained a motionless spectator to catch her. And now that Olivia has even become Scout's legal wife, what kind of crazy thing is this?” eden screams in frustration. It was unexpected that all these complexities still had something to do with Aciel. Her powerful husband holds the key to the destruction of the Sian household that she never expected.

            “So you blame me?” hiss Aciel was getting upset. He became provoked after Eden first shouted at him with a face full of accusations that were so nauseating. “I'm just following your advice, if you forget, Ed.”

            Eden of course did not forget the advice he gave to Aciel so that the man did not have to interfere too far in the matter of the Sian family. But if the fact is that Aciel already knew it from the beginning, the man should not have to pretend not to know and just be a spectator.

            “Yes, but that's if you never know anything. Now that Olivia's too comfortable in Scout's arms, can't you think about how Sian feels?”

            “He's fine if that's what you're worried about.” explains Aciel infuriated. According to him Eden is too excessive in worrying about the condition of Sian which in fact is still fine at this time.

            “After all this is the other side of Olivia that you need to know, she's not that innocent. His heart so easily wavers as he gains comfort from another man. Cheap.” snorts Aciel scorn. The man chose to sit casually on the sofa of his room while lifting one leg to be piled on the other leg. If Eden wants to get him to argue, honestly he won't. What he wants now is to tell Eden everything. Soon his favorite drama will end, and he wants to see the end of it with Eden.

            “This surprises me.” the great-grandson of Eden is weak. He could not imagine a plain woman like Olivia was able to turn away easily from her husband.

            “That's why I never let you get too familiar with your male friends out there. We never know what temptations are coming our way. Although at first we refuse, but the longer we will be more tempted to taste it if the temptation is too tempting to ignore.”

            “At least you gave a warning to Sian.”

            Aciel laughed blandly in response to his wife's remark. “Have been a long time. Long before Sian married Olivia, I gave her advice not to rush her step. But he didn't listen to me. And I myself am not someone who likes to hinder the happiness of others. When they decided to get married, I just acted as a good friend to them. I made all their wedding preparations easier, and I gave all the leeway to Sian so that she would enjoy her wedding. But marriage is not easy. There should be a lot of sacrifice in it, and also tears.”

            “I feel sorry for Justice.” said Eden after she felt she could not argue Aciel any further.

            “Akupun also. Remember your assessment of the family man, I admit I have changed. I am more loving to children, and I think of Justice's future as intently as my four children. Later when he grows up he will definitely ask the origin of his sister and how the life of his parents that did not go as it should. The girl should always be supervised so as not to appear seeds of hostility in her beautiful heart.”

            Eden nodded in agreement with Aciel's proposal. Justice was a victim of the selfishness of her parents. Even now Eden felt that Sian began to show his own daughter by rarely coming to visit.

            “Now we know what Olivia has stored behind her back.”

            “Maybe he was forced to do so due to being squeezed. Scout forced her.”

            “Omong empty.” object Aciel scoffed. “Do you forget that you've been in the arms of a different man dozens of times, but in the end you only gave me those privileges. You don't let other men touch you and have your love. All of that, of course, happens not because of coercion, but commitment. When you have a commitment, then you will not be easy to shake. But if you don't have it, you'll easily turn into the arms of another man who offers you comfort.”

            “That's because I love you.” reply Eden riled. Not expecting if Aciel will bring up his past life that often bergonta change partner just to hurt the ego childish Aciel.

            “Accurate once. You love me so much, and Olivia doesn't love Sian so much. I think now we can begin to see the difference between love and reciprocity.”

            “It looks like so.” reply Eden weakened. His body suddenly felt cold from nervousness and disbelief which he repeatedly denied. An Olivia could betray Sian by marrying his captor, it was ridiculous and absurd for Eden. All this time he always imagined good things in Olivia supported by the softness of her face is very soothing. Now that all this had happened, Eden was worried that she would no longer be able to look at Olivia objectively.

            “Don't think too much, darling. They are both adults, they know what is right and what is wrong clearly. We better see the ending of this drama, whether Olivia chooses Sian and Justice or Scout and her son.”

            “Hug me then. I'm scared.”

            “Come.”

            Eden instantly inched into Aciel's arms and buried her head deeply on top of Aciel's comfortable chest.

            “What if you falter too like Olivia?”

            “It won't be possible, you love me. And I will never let anyone else get your love. Just me, Eden. Just me!” aciel whispered full of firmness and promise.