Black Swan's

I Got You Back (Thirty Three)

        Aciel walked calmly towards the crowd of reporters who had been shooting cameras at him since then. Attending a fashion show like this is indeed quite rare, so no wonder if his arrival this time is quite attention-grabbing. As he passed through the red carpet that stretched long enough in front of the ballroom entrance, her footsteps were immediately stopped by a large banner stand that was displaying the faces of the designers who participated in the fashion show today. In the top row, he can see the sweet face of Jessica is smiling broadly towards the camera while posing in a knee-length red dress that looks wrapped in her proportional body. Then below, he saw four other designers also posing in their graceful style. Only, there is one designer who does not include his photo in the banner. The designer's photo appears empty and only filled with a boutique name that looks quite familiar in his eyes.

            “Morel’s Apparel, do you know who the designer is?”

            Aciel whispered softly there is his personal assistant, Noah who is also observing the photos of designers who today will show off their designs in front of fashion lovers.

            “No sir, he's a new designer I guess. And she, originally from France.” pointed Noah at the brief profile of designer Morel’s Apparel. With a flat face, Aciel resumed his steps to get into the ballroom. It was free that he kept guessing with his dead-end mind. Better he go in, then look at it with his own eyes. Is it true that designer Morel’s Apparel is... a woman who has always disturbed her life?

            “Aciel!!”

            Aciel turned his head lazily towards the source of the voice while smiling faintly towards the woman. Jessica, today she looks sexy with a tight black dress limited to the thigh with a fairly low cleavage. I don't know what Jessica meant by wearing such open clothes at this fashion show. But maybe the woman is just trying to get attention so that her fashion brand is more widely known by the public.

            “You're coming.”

            “Hmm, as your request Jessica. Do you know designer Morel’s Apparel?”

            Jessica frowned confusedly, then she shook her head while looking long at the banner stand attached nearby.

            “I've never met the designer of that brand. But according to rumors, he is of American descent who has successfully set up a fashion house in Paris. What's up, you're interested in him?” ask Jessica flirting. Aciel seemed silent while trying to digest all the information Jessica gave her.

            “His face is not displayed on the banner like your face and other designers. Quite mysterious.” comments Aciel while observing photos on the banner is serious.

            “Already, you can see her later as she showcases her autumn clothing collections on stage. Sit there, I'll go to the back stage now.”

            Jessica then walked away leaving Aciel alone with her assistant to see a series of very boring fashion shows this afternoon.

            “Master, these are the models who brought designer clothes from Morel’s Apparel.”

            Aciel glanced at the models, and seemed to narrow his eyes when he saw a woman who seemed to be the designer Morel’s Apparel, walking in the back row with its graceful models. But as he observed the woman's face, he was a little disappointed that it turned out that designer Morels’s Apparel who came this afternoon was not the woman he was looking for. The name of a clothing brand similar to Eden's last name makes Aciel think that Morel’s Apparel is a fashion house owned by Eden.

            “I want to smoke, you stay here.”

              Without waiting for an answer from his assistant, Aciel immediately walked out of the ballroom to search for the smoking area. He felt the need to vent his disappointment today by smoking and quieting his chaotic mind. The thought of Eden can always mess with his mind. Though he himself has taken the decision to let the woman free in his own way.

            “Sial!”

            Aciel swore loudly at the ballroom door as he could not find a cigarette in his pocket. In a fit of rage he went back into the ballroom, and accidentally passed a shoulder-haired woman who was contacting someone near the main door. His reflexes stopped his footsteps while grinning complacently towards the woman. Unmistakably, his feelings as a man are never wrong. The woman, now back.

            “Eden.... Welcome Eden Morel.”

            Aciel saw the woman stiffen as she gripped the woman's shoulder and forced her to turn towards him.

            “Is this not an interesting coincidence?”

            Aciel sneered cunningly towards Eden while observing the appearance of the woman from head to toe. Now Eden looked more mature with the motherly letters that were printed clearly on her beautiful face. It was clear that she was a very charming mother at a young age, twenty-seven years old.

            “Let go of your hand Aciel, we already have no business anymore.” said Eden flat while staring intently at the palm of Aciel's hand which is still faithfully perched on his shoulder. Without a fight, Aciel dropped his palm from Eden's shoulder, but he did not let Eden go from before him. Aciel actually pulled Eden out of the ballroom by embracing the woman's shoulders full of pressure.

            “Let me Aciel! Or I'll scream now.”

            Aciel seemed not afraid at all with the threat of Eden, and he was even faster to drag Eden's body towards the cafe which was not too far from the ballroom.

            “I still have some business with you Eden, so you better not waste your sexy voice yelling at the security guard. You better shout my name when we make love later.”

            “Job! You can't harass me anymore Aciel.” umpat Eden is upset. This very unexpected first meeting was truly a misfortune for him. Even the first impression he got was also very bad like this. Four years could not change Aciel into a better person.

            Aciel pressed Eden's body firmly onto a chair, and he blocked her access by placing a chair in front of Eden's.

            “What do you want? I'm no longer your sex slave.” growled Eden was upset. Some of the visitors who had since seen their strange attitude seemed to be stealing glances with curious faces. And Eden, seeing that, was very self-conscious not to embarrass herself by shouting in front of Aciel, even though he was currently eager to curry favor with the man and kick him far from before him.

            “SSsshhhh. The truth is you're not my sex slave, you're more than that. You know, my body really craves your touch of Eden. Your four-year absence has made me insatiable every time I try to relate to the women I meet. You really are like morphin.”

            It felt like Eden's ears were really hot to hear a series of subtle sentences full of abuse thrown by Aciel. Unfortunately he could not reply to the man with his harsh words, because Aciel would definitely not be able to deal with it all. Plus visitors to this cafe look like they are staring at him, Eden feels being judged now. That feeling suddenly infiltrated him and knocked down all the courage he had to fight Aciel. He was scared, very scared...

            “Actually what do you want from me? Don't mess with my life again, we don't have any ties now.”

            “Really? Are you sure?” ask Aciel casually. Eden was quite alarmed by Aciel's suspicious facial expression. But as much as possible he still maintained his calm face so that Aciel did not smell his weakness.

            “Very sure. Now say whatever you want to say, because I have to see my models immediately.”

            “So you've been hiding in France all this time? Hmm. interesting. To be honest I wanted to find you Eden, but I always waited for your appearance because I had a strong feeling that you would never leave me too long.”

            “Cih, you really have a very high confidence Mr. Lutherford. Remember, I am not your old Eden anymore. Now that I have a family, and I am attached to Zyan, my husband.”

            Eden deliberately put emphasis on the word husband while showing his wedding ring embedded in his right ring finger. But shit, Eden forgot that on his left ring finger he still uses the gift ring from Aciel. He forgot to take it off because Ciara was playing around with her jewelry box this morning, and put the ring on her left ring finger.

            “What kind of wife still keeps the ring from her former bedmate? You still can't forget me Eden. Relax, I will not complain about your behavior to Zyan. Is your husband in Las Vegas? I want to see him, I want to ask permission to borrow his wife for a while.”, said Aciel

with his shitty style. The man leaned his back leisurely on his wooden chair while raising one of his legs into the air. His right hand was clamping down on a cigarette he had just gotten from a kind hotel maid. Then he immediately sucked the tobacco stick with pleasure while still enjoying the change in the look of Eden's face that looked agitated in front of him.

            “Never bother my little family Aciel, you are just my worst past. I have to go!”

            Eden got up from her seat and was about to walk away leaving Aciel, but her wrist was violently blocked by Aciel, and without warning the man immediately pulled him back so that he returned to his seat.

            “I'm not done with you Eden. I know you were the mastermind behind the poisoning that hit Jessica four years ago, right? And... I still have a lot of your other secrets.”

            Forced Eden to sit back in his chair while grumbling annoyed at Aciel. The man turned out to be completely unexpected. After four years he was left to live quietly with his own family, now he has to deal with the jerk again because of his cunning deeds that he did not keep tight.

            “You don't have any proof of that, so if you just want to bully me, I'm not scared at all.”

            “Really? I have Jackson on my side Eden. After you left, I tried to straighten out the awkward things I used to see before you left. And it turns out you were sneaky enough to make that plan. Even you deliberately slandered my father to make my relationship with my father worse. Ckckck.

really great. I'm proud of you Eden.”

            “So now you want to blackmail me with all that? Goddamn bum! Let go of me, I don't want to deal with you anymore.” angry Eden with a reddened face. He was about to bang the table in front of him if one of the servants did not cross by and slightly threw his strange gaze at them.

            “Us up if you really think I'm going to blackmail you. But you have to remember Eden, your freedom is not because I can't find you, but because I want to give you a chance to be free. Sooner or later you'll be back in my grasp again. Remember it well.”

            After spreading a terrible terror, Aciel immediately left while glancing cynically towards Eden. Eventually it can become a nightmare for the woman again. He will not let Eden escape even a little from his supervision, because this time he will again make the woman bend her knees at his feet. Fuck Zyan or his family, because he'll bring Eden into his life again.

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            Eden curled up in frustration inside her room while biting her lips in a daze. Again he had to deal with fucking Aciel Lutherford after four years of their separation. He did not expect that Aciel would find out about his rottenness with Jackson who had always been his informant. And after this he was sure, Aciel would definitely be increasingly aggressively damaging his life.

            “Ciara... what should mommy do?”

            Eden sighed in frustration beside Ciara who was currently asleep while sucking her thumb funny. Just two hours ago Ciara went to bed after she picked her up from Tiffany's house. Unfortunately, after Ciara sleeps, she is even more stressed by a series of terrors that Aciel spread for her. Moreover, the man now knew his mobile number. I don't know where it's coming from, but this afternoon Aciel just called to ask her to meet tomorrow afternoon at her office. Crazy one! That guy was really crazy and horrible. He believes his chance of escaping from Aciel will be really slim. Even at any moment he will never be able to escape the man's grip, unless the man himself wants it.

            “Your father is the craziest man of all time. mommy regrets having been instigated by Elena to attend a fashion show in Nevada, because it turns out that now mommy has to endure a very terrible misfortune.” muttered Eden more on herself. He then grabbed Ciara's tiny body and drowned her face into Ciara's long, soothing hair. He must be calm and must not panic if he wants to fight Aciel. If the man wanted to play sneaky with her, then he would too. Wasn't she also once an evil, cunning woman, so now she will show him who Eden Morel really is