Black Swan's

The Reunion (Eighty Six)

        Really Aciel never expected that the festival in the city square would be so full and dense like this. Even Christmas is still fifteen days away, but everyone seems to be impatient to welcome Christmas and ask for a gift to Santa. Aciel who was holding Ciara in his right hand and left hand who was holding the handle of the stroller felt quite confused with his own idea which turned out not to go according to plan. He thought that people would not attend this festival other than on weekends.

            “Daddy, where is the meal?” ciara asked, starting to get angry. Since then they just stood there without moving to get close to the saint who had been mobbed by many children. Seeing that it feels like Aciel has given up and plans not to bring his son there because obviously he will not be able to make his two children closer to the fake saint.

            “There, princess. But it seems we can't get close.”

            “Why?” ciara asked started to pout. He was already too upset with his father who since yesterday had been lying to him in their vacation plans. Plus now his mother is also not there, making Ciara even more upset and want to cry alone.

            “How about we go to the ice cream shop?” persuade Aciel while crouching in front of his daughter's face which was clearly pouting.

            “Ciara want santa!” the girl began to look angry and stomped her feet in front of the father. Ice cream on this cold moon? Aciel is stupid! Ice cream shops are certainly not much open in December, and they will turn the bow into sellers of warm drinks.

            “But there are too many.” Aciel still persevered on his attempt to persuade Ciara. But the longer he realized if all this would only end in vain because Ciara had a stubborn nature like him.

            “Just let's go to meet santa.”

            Checkmate! There was nothing that Aciel could do but hold Ciara's hand tightly while carefully pushing Louise's stroller through the crowd of people who packed the festival this Wednesday. It felt like every step that Aciel took was heavy because he did not like the crowd at all. The CEO seems to prefer to book a special place so that he is free from the crowd of people who are now busy staring at him. Yeah he knows this is weird. A handsome man, with sunglasses framing his sharp eyes, was holding a five-year-old girl and a baby moving around in a stroller without a mother. Miris. Aciel knows that Louise is just as happy as Ciara as they finally get a vacation with her father.

Dugm!

            “Shit!” Aciel cursed loudly when Louise's stroller accidentally caught the foot of a wooden table provided by the organizers to relax while enjoying the festival. The voices of some of the people inhabiting the table instantly sounded earthy, protesting against Aciel causing their drinks to tremble

until it almost spilled. But Aciel did not care, with his flat face he still pushed Louise's stroller near Santa without caring about the people who were still babbling behind him.

            “Daddy daddy! It's santa!” show Ciara girang. They were already close to Santa, and Aciel realized they could not get closer if Aciel still forced Louise's stroller forward. Finally he decided to hold Louise while holding Ciara's hand to approach their saint. Yeah, he hoped that the saint could really make his two children happy, so that his struggle to get to this point did not end in vain.

            “Can you make way for my daughter?” Aciel's arrogant attitude is starting to show up again here. He arrogantly drives away a large man who feels very disturbing to Aciel because the man makes his beloved daughter can not stand closer to Santa. Even Aciel thought the man was a little disgusting because he was still playing with Santa when he had grown that old.

            “You can use another path.” replied the fat man indifferently. He himself also does not like if his pleasure is disturbed. And a little-known Aciel there felt like he had no power to go any further

            “Honey, we can't get any closer than this.”

            “No! Ciara wants to touch santa and ask for a gift from santa.” Ciara suddenly released her hand from her father and recklessly broke through the crowd alone, leaving Aciel behind who was only able to growl with a panicked face. This was his first experience in taking his two children to a public place that he considered too dangerous for his two children. And if anything bad happens to his children, Aciel no longer knows what he will do because here he has full responsibility for his two children. Maybe if at home he could have scolded his servants

if both kids get into trouble, but here? he will not be able to cuss himself for the mistake this time he is the trigger.

            Akhinya Aciel also broke through the crowd to get his daughter back while protecting Louise who was very small in her arms. For God's sake, Aciel is so scared right now. The bodies of those people could have fattened Louise's tiny body in one elbow, he said, and he had to be extra tight keeping his adorable little son out of the bodies of the people who started moving irregularly in this crowd.

            “Ciara!” Aciel immediately blocks Ciara's hand when the little girl almost reaches her final destination, meeting with Santa. Aciel angrily pulled Ciara closer to him and no longer gave any leeway so that the little girl would not run away.

            “Never go without the permission of daddy!” snapped Aciel wrathfully. Everyone seemed indifferent to Aciel's anger towards Ciara, they were busy with their own happiness, and they did not care at all about the sobs of a child who had just been yelled at by his father.

            “Daddy evil!” Enough's enough! This is both annoying and sad for Aciel. Her heart throbbed in pain as Ciara called her evil with all the emotions she had. So is this what it's like when a child yells at his father? So sick! Aciel felt guilty towards Ciara. He regretted yelling at Ciara and was determined to bring Ciara to meet her. Aciel then immediately carried Ciara's tiny body using her right hand, while her left hand was still used to hold Louise tightly. Fortunately, the tiny baby was not fussy in the middle of a sea of humans who were busy jostling to ask for gifts on Santa.

            “That's fine, are you happy?” asked Aciel gently to her little girl who started smiling happily. Finally Aciel can bring Ciara closer to Santa and make the child can sit on the lap of the saint.

            “Ciara dear daddy!” There were no words that Aciel could say to describe her happiness as the princess so sincerely and radiantly shouted loving lines at her. For him it is the most beautiful gift from Ciara that can never be replaced by anything.

Such pure affection from a child for his father. Damn it! Aciel felt her heart tremble from being too happy now.

            “Please be careful, my son is only four months old.”

            Aciel puts Louise safely in the arms of the saint. But when Aciel was only five seconds away from the baby with the saint, she, the sound of her crying instantly broke and made the fake saint cry out frantically to call out to Aciel which eventually made Louise even more hysterical in the fake santa's arms.

            “Shit!” Aciel takes over Louise and tries to calm the baby down, but to no avail. Louise continued to cry hysterically until her face turned red and people began to blame Aciel while questioning where the mother of her children was. Feeling annoyed at being judged, Aciel

then pull Ciara's hand out of the crowd so she can calm Louise peacefully without having to listen to the annoying whispers of all those who continue to blame her for not being able to look after the child well done.

            “Daddy, Ciara has not asked for a gift on santa.”

            “Your sister is crying, and never tell daddy to go to this place again.” replied Aciel emotion. He no longer noticed the sadness imprinted on Ciara's face. Right now his focus was on Louise who was still crying until her whole face turned red. She took her two children in the car and gave Louise milk in the hope that the baby would calm down after getting her food. And as understood by the frustration faced by her father, Louise immediately calmed down after getting her food and sat quietly on her baby chair.

            “Good kids, enough for today. Now it's time to get back to mommy."

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            Eden was sitting in Andrew's car feeling agitated. Since then he has disagreed with Summer's idea of following Andrew to check out the hotel ballroom and catering for his wedding. Coupled with his cellphone which is now lowbatt, making Eden want to go home immediately and meet his two children. He felt very worried now, as this was his first time leaving Ciara and Louise with Aciel. Although it should not be a problem, but still he was worried. She was afraid that Aciel could not take care of her two children properly and would cause harm to her children. Ow yeah, Eden was too much about that.

            “Ed, what's wrong with you? You're worried about your kids?” ask Andrew next to Eden. Ever since they were in the restaurant, he had already noticed the strange gurgle of Eden. But he prefers to ignore it and stick to his ego to take Eden away with him. This was the only chance he had, so he was unlikely to waste this matter just like that. After this he really should thank his sister, Summer Osborn.

            “Hmm, that's it. This was the first time I left Ciara and Louise at home with Aciel. I was afraid that Aciel could not take care of his two children well and instead did something dangerous at home.” Eden said worriedly while squeezing his phone nervously. He wants to go home soon.

            “Tenace. Aciel could not have harmed his own son. They will definitely be fine with their father.” said Andrew trying to calm Eden. Unexpectedly, Andrew's right hand stretched out and gently rubbed both of Eden's hands. Quickly Eden raised her hand to put her phone into her clutch bag. He felt Andrew was very rude to him. If Andrew had not been his senior and the older brother of his friend, he would have hit that naughty hand and kicked Andrew right now because of his disrespect.

           “You have changed it turns out.” murmured Andrew casually with a look of disdain.

            “How much longer will we get to that hotel?” eden asked coldly trying to ignore Andrew's murmur. Realizing Eden's change in tone of voice made Andrew feel guilty and he was completely devoted to his own stupidity now.

            “A minute. Well, that's the hotel.”

            Andrew immediately put his car into the hotel and he stopped his car in a vvip parking lot in front of the hotel's main door. A hotel officer who served as a vallet immediately brought the car to be parked with a more regular position. Andrew and Eden entered the hotel immediately, walking in tandem. Sometimes Andrew tried to hold Eden's arm to guide the woman into the hotel ballroom. But Eden always brushed off the heavy hand slowly and tried to keep a distance with Andrew.

            “Good afternoon Mr. Osborn. Welcome to our hotel. Do you want to check the readiness of the ballroom to be used for the wedding of Miss Summer Osborn?” ask a hotel manager who is currently welcoming Andrew to the hotel. The man in the suit guided Eden and Andrew into a very magnificent ballroom located on the second floor. There the manager explained that the preparedness of Summer's wedding party had run seventy-five percent, and was nearing completion.

            “So you only have to install tables and also lampshades in the corners of the room?” ask Andrew to the manager. The manager nodded his head proudly while giving some photos about the decoration designs they used.

            “The result will look like this sir. Wow, madam is very pretty. Maybe if mrs Osborn wants to hold a gathering with her mistress business colleagues, the mistress can tell us. We are ready to serve the mistress with a very guaranteed first-class service. After all, Mr. Osborn is one of the investors in this hotel, so we will not disappoint the lady and also Mr. Osbosrn.” at all

            Eden smiled wryly in front of the manager. Fortunately, Aciel is not here, if only her husband was here, surely this manager will be immediately understood until he is satisfied. And what most upset Eden, Andrew did not intend to rectify the manager's remarks. Andrew just gave his sweet smile to the manager and the rest, he again focused his attention on decorating the room that would be used for his sister's wedding. Really very annoying.

            “Are we done? Mm, it's late afternoon, and I have to go home soon.” Eden interrupted Andrew's conversation and the hotel manager. The man turned his head towards Eden and smiled gently at her.

            “Mmm, in a minute. I mean, after we finish choosing the catering menu that will be held when the wedding reception takes place.” said Andrew looks begging. Eden tried to smile sweetly in front of Andrew to show that he was okay. Although in fact, his heart continues to thrash and he wants to go home right now.

            “Then, let me drive to our restaurant which is on the third floor.”

            The three men then walked away from the ballroom with Eden just silently following behind Andrew. If only he could shout now, then he would shout at the two humans to quickly finish their business and he wanted to go home right now. Yeah, right now! She had missed her two children and her husband who, although sometimes annoying and childish, was able to make Eden's heart tremble nervously when she was nearby. Because only Aciel is able to make Eden feel comfortable and also feel nervous at the same time.