Black Swan's

Lies and Truth (Thirty Seven)

        At night Eden was restless. He couldn't sleep well and just kept thinking about Aciel's words this afternoon. With a serious face Aciel said that right in front of her face, and then the man kissed her.

            “Sial! Get out of my head!”

            Eden felt like a teenager in the middle of a kasmaran. Since then his mind has only filled the scene of his kiss with Aciel that has happened twice since they met. Crazy one! It is indeed crazy and very unhealthy for the long-empty feeling of Eden without a male touch. Since Zyan

dead, and his status turned into a single parent, he never thought again to play around with various men like he used to. Her goal at that time to be a wild woman was to avenge her pain in Aciel. And after all his plans had been carried out, he would no longer want to live like that. It's too risky to live a wild life. Even he could not imagine what it would be like if Ciara was really not his daughter with Aciel, it was truly terrifying. Although Aciel is not a good man who only touches one woman, but at least from the beginning until this moment his body has only been touched by one man, namely Aciel Lutherford. When he was with Zyan, the man really respected him. They have only ever kissed as one of the most intimate activities in their opinion. The rest of them did nothing, and just slept together. Indeed, in the first year of their domestic life, Eden asked Zyan not to step into things further, like a husband and wife relationship because he wants his household life is not just a momentary emotion and will last long until they are old. Unfortunately before all his wishful thinking was achieved, God had already taken Zyan and

make it again have to live a day. It was fortunate that now he had possessed Ciara who would eventually become the single most precious treasure that would accompany him to the end. How regretful he used to be when he had thought of aborting his womb. And maybe if at that time she managed to do it, now she must still be a wild woman occupant of the club who just went from one man to another man without having any commitment. Just like Aciel.

Drrt drrtt

            Eden felt his phone vibrate quite hard on the nightstand. With a slow motion, he tried to grab the square object from the top of the nightstand so that he would not wake Ciara.

            “Eden...”

           Ck... This guy! What's he calling me for? Eden grumbled bitterly as the voice of the man he had just thought of chilled through his cell phone. It's even very late at night, at half-twelve. Why did the man contact her?

            “Can you be more polite and not bother me in these hours of rest? After all this time you messed up my life, you still want to mess up my break too? Absolutely outrageous.”

            Without giving an opportunity for Aciel to speak, Eden continued to monopolize the phone connection to show Aciel how upset he was with the man. He did not expect the man to appear for real in his world after for several hours ago the man poisoned his brain with the memory of their sick kiss.

            “You're done? Why did you pick up my call if you didn't want to be interrupted?”

            “I can't sleep, and it's all because...”.

            Eden hung her sentence in the air while alluding to her own stupidity. He almost humiliated himself by making Aciel think that he could not sleep because he thought about the man. Stupidhead! He'll make Aciel feel in the wind.

            “I can warm you if you can't sleep.”

            “Fuck shit! Just go you to hell, Aciel, you've been committing abuses since we met. Remember, I am a married woman.” firmly Eden full of pressure and almost make the eardrum of Aciel broke because of the sound of Eden is very powerful. Women who are overcome with emotions like Eden is indeed very dangerous, at least that's how the head of Aciel is currently seeing the defensive attitude of Eden that is difficult to conquer. But as clever as a woman hides her emotions, they will certainly still fall also on the cunning of a man.

            “For me you remain my old Eden. You shouldn't have made all this complicated Eden. Isn't kissing natural in the western world? That's not a breach at all. Unless I fuck you forcibly, it clearly violates human rights.”

            “Whatever you say, obviously I'm really tired of arguing with you.” snorts Eden finally with a crumpled face bent. He really hates getting calls from Aciel in the middle of the night like this, because the man just aggravated his insomnia. He was sure that he would definitely not be able to sleep until the next morning because he thought about his various problems with Aciel. Greaty!

            “What has Ciara slept?”

            “Yes, he just went to bed. Maybe he will get the flu, his body temperature is a little warm.” replied Eden while fingering Ciara's forehead. He himself only realized it a moment ago when he approached the body of his little daughter. His body temperature was a little warm. I hope the little girl will be okay tomorrow morning.

            “Do we need to take her to hospital?”

            We were?

            Eden had no power to hold her heart thump when the man said a slightly sentimental phrase to her. If they were a family, now Aciel looks like a father who is worried about his daughter. But doesn't that guy never know anything? Hopefully, Aciel does not know it because Eden is still worried about his complicated life. At least until Ciara is fully grown and can understand his position, he will only tell the truth to Ciara, and maybe also Aciel. He does not want to be blamed by Ciara for life because openly

I wanted to separate him from his father. But that's not the case, there are other issues that would be complicated if Ciara knew the truth at this time. Ciara is too small to understand adult problems.

            “No need. If his body temperature is still high, I will ask Jensen to check it out.”

            “Who is Jensen? One of your pests?”

            Eden almost chuckled when she heard Aciel's snide-filled voice. The man apparently still vividly remembers the collections of his handsome men. And don't forget to call “sayang” Aciel for those who are very funny. Geez, Eden feels like laughing out loud now if he does not remember Aciel who is still standing with a riled face across there.

            “You still remember it? We met her while we were eating with Summer. Coincidentally Jensen is a fairly competent pediatrician at the central hospital. It wouldn't hurt if I took Ciara there if the fever didn't come down tonight. Besides it'll be easier because I already know him.”

            “Do I have to explain to you if I am very jealous of whoever your hama is.” growled Aciel is annoyed across there. The man did not seem at all ashamed to confess his feelings. Perhaps he had learned from his torturous past experiences. Saving that feeling is very disturbing. But for Eden it was only considered as a joke because the man as shortsighted Aciel could not really save his jealousy. Perhaps if it were referred to as a possessiveness it would be more appropriate than to think of it as jealousy.

            “Huh, I don't want to hear any nonsense from you Mr. Aciel. Now go to sleep, and don't bother me anymore.”

            Eden chose not to take Aciel's words seriously. Men like Aciel have always been like that. He had understood the character of the man all along, and he was very sure that Aciel did not really mean it.

            Eden almost threw her phone upset with all the chatter the man had put on her. Can the man stop the player's attitude? He was really sick of hearing it.

            “I'm not a plain young woman like seven years ago. Just search******-******* in the club that is willing to serve you. Oh... or maybe Jessica, aren't you two good friends? I'm sure Jessica will happily stretch out her arms to hug you and warm you.”

            “Jessica has been engaged to Kriss, I can't bother her anymore.”

            “Then what's the difference with me? I'm already married! I am a married woman.” cried Eden exasperated. Although Zyan had left her, Zyan was still her husband because he had legally married her before God. And as for Jessica who already has a fiancee, that's none of her business! Even if Jessica was officially married, she wouldn't care.

            “I don't think Zyan would mind if I touched you. Didn't he just get my ex-girl. Hmm.. come on Eden, there is no need to pretend to reject it if you actually want it too.”

            “You fucking crazy guy sucks Aciel! Just go to hell!”

Bugh

            Eden switched off his abusive phone connection, and immediately slammed the white phone into the bed, creating a loud enough vibration caused by his violent punch. Really, the man was really testing his patience. In addition to her sweet mouth full of globules, Aciel was also very skilled at harassing her. His self-esteem had really been looked down upon by the man. And forever he will only be regarded as a lustful satisfier who has no value in the slightest in his eyes.

            “Darling, sorry mommy. But mommy hates your goddamn father so much.”

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            “How was the result?”

            “Nothing I found, actually not yet. But you should see this.”

            Sian gave a shabby old newspaper to Aciel while pointing at a faintly visible image of the crash victim. Deep scrunches were instantly created on Aciel's forehead as his two eyes began tracing line after line of sentences printed slightly faded inside the old newspaper.

            “What is this?”

            “A car accident that occurred in California hit an employee at a canned food company. You saw the heading, and you saw this guy's face. Doesn't it look like Zyan? I just noticed it when I saw this piece of newspaper at the reception desk this morning.”

            “How can you deduce this Zyan just because this picture is similar to him. Besides this picture looks unclear, you will be prosecuted if you do a very perfunctory analysis like this.” snorted Aciel annoyed. He then threw the piece of newspaper on the floor, and returned to his work that had been delayed. It was almost as if his hand had been raised to strangle Sian's neck as the man had almost made him think that what the man had said was true. At least he wished that the man in the paper was Zyan. If Zyan had indeed died, then he would freely have Eden to himself. He also did not need to dirty his hands to get rid of the beloved man Eden.

            “But I can't find any data on Zyan anywhere. One of my colleagues who was very skilled in computer hacking actually found the news as the only information related to Zyan. That was after my colleague used the California city keyword. So do you think Eden's been lying to us all this time?”

            “I don't know. It might have happened because he did not want to be pitied by others if it turned out that Zyan had indeed died. Investigate the case again, if necessary bribe police officers who have handled the accident case. Make all these mysteries solved Sian, because I've been really curious about the origin of Ciara and the life of Eden for these four years.”

            Now all his conjectures are starting to make sense. Eden's strange attitude during this time, and the appearance of Zyan who is quite awkward will soon be revealed if Sian managed to uncover the case of the accident. And in his heart he really hoped that the news would be true. He would not be a hypocrite if he really wanted Eden. He wanted to have the woman for himself, and would not give another man to have Eden again.

            “If the news is true, if Zyan is actually dead, do you want to marry Eden?”

            “It looks like so.”

            “I really don't understand your way of mind Ace. You keep pulling Eden like that, why?” sian asked inexhaustibly. Aciel should be a little hearty and not continue to interfere with Eden's life. The poor woman had more than enough to feel various kinds of suffering throughout her life so far.

            “You don't need to know my way of mind Sian, just take care of your own problems. I know you're in serious trouble with that striptease dancer right?”

            “Where did you know?” sian asked a little surprised. It seemed like all this time he had not told Aciel any problems. He always keeps his own problems and prefers to solve them on his own without the intervention of others, especially Aciel.

            “I'm silent, doesn't mean I don't know. I have more than two eyes, as long as you know Sian.” said Aciel quickly to silence Sian's mouth from his words of defense.

            “So you're watching me too? I thought it only applies to Eden?” sian snort was upset. It turns out that he also did not escape from Aciel's terrible possessiveness. Are rich men always like that? Spending money on something that is not important at all. Interfere with the lives of others? Damn it, Sian feels like he wants to curse at Aciel right now.

            “No, do you think you're that important? The woman came to my office, teased me, and then complained about your rude behavior to me a few days ago. Stay away from the striptease dancer, I don't want to get dragged into your troubles while I'm trying to pull Eden back to me.”

            Sian exhaled heavily, then he nodded slowly in response. He will soon end his troubles with the woman, and begin to devise a plan to help Aciel uncover everything. After all, the woman was just a distraction in the midst of boredom that had been bothering her lately. Somehow since Aciel brought up the child problem in front of Jessica some

last week, he began to think about his children who are currently somewhere. His little heart suddenly thrashed as he compared Aciel's life as well as his own. If he had been cursing Aciel for ruining Eden's life, what difference would it make to him? Isn't it the same? It has ruined the lives of some of the women out there, though under the pretext that it happened for its sheer pleasure.