The Traps of Black Swan

After thinking it through, it was just money he lost. Leon didn't care about losing a few million. His position should be strong in the Harmon industries. So he was ready to lose more money.

Shawn congratulated giving a reality check, "Congratulations for keeping the price balanced, President Harmon." Then he turned to Aarvi, "Salutes to Little Heart for earning so much profit."

Aarvi smiled at his dramatic reveal of the plan, "Thank you, Prince."

Shawn ended his lecture by adding, "Since the market manipulators gained profits, Little Heart will be paying only the deal price without filling any losses."

Leon sneered right after Shawn, looking at the smile of Aarvi, "Did you plan all these for some petty money? I would have thrown some on you if you had asked me." 

How will he accept his stupidity? His pride would hurt again..

"Oops," Aarvi exclaimed, turning to Leon. "President Harmon, don't make it sound like you did a favor on me. Stop living in a delusional world." She sniggered.

She had done an investment. She earned profit. She never asked Leon to buy the shares. Instead, she was ready to settle with lower profits. That's what Twyla does. It was Leon's stupidity to buy the shares and pure foolishness for a businessman.

"President Harmon, I think you missed something. Shawn clearly stated at the beginning. Let me repeat it for you again. This wasn't an attack." Then she turned to Dax.

Dax worked on the tab and changed the screen on the smart television. It was the latest news being read by the B-news newsreader. 

"Breaking news!!! The chemical manufacturing plant that Harmon Industries acquired today has the future of closing down. Could President Harmon save it? Or will he run it against the rules?" The crystal clear voice of the lady sounded in the meeting room.

When the B-news managing director did a favor to Aarvi and Aaron, she had promised to send them the exciting piece of news on Friday afternoon.

She sent details to the news channel before they started to sell the shares. By the time B-news prepared the breaking news headlines, Aarvi was safe from losing any more money.

Leon's fear of the unknown came true. He stared at the screen to try to know more about the situation. Money was never her game. He understood the meaning of what they meant by saying 'real attack.'

Dax purposefully turned off the news so that Leon could panic and run back to Harmon Industries to handle the mess. "Run Leon Harmon, Run… Catch President Cornbell before he leaves the country. Run…"

Leon gritted his teeth. He glared at Aarvi and tried to intimidate her, "You will pay for this." He said through his teeth. Then he ran out of the meeting room. 

He fished his mobile, dialed Dylan to ask him to keep President Cornbell in the country. If it was a mistake from Cornbell, Leon could save his position.  "Pick up… Dammit, answer the call..." He entered the elevator and pressed the ground floor button repeatedly.

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Aarvi, Shawn, and Dax looked at each other and chuckled. They couldn't believe Leon assumed the market crash was a fall. Well, it would have been a great fall if Leon hadn't balanced it.

"What about President Cornbell?" Shawn asked the next steps of Aarvi.

Aarvi checked the time on her wristwatch, "He will leave the country in fifteen minutes. Tick... tock... tick…"

Dax chuckled seeing her tilt her head left to right uttering, 'tick, tock.' "Devil Dum Dum…" He couldn't believe she had everything under control to bury Leon underground. He also discerned why she was patient this week. She was waiting for everything to fall into place and trap Leon like a mouse.

Shawn was elated about everything that's going as per her plan, "I am famished." He announced pushing both his friends towards the door.

If Leon hadn't reached Skylar, Aarvi would have taken the steps slowly, letting Leon be scared all day. Since he dared to reach her to laugh at them, threaten them, she instructed her team as soon as the secretary informed them about Leon's arrival. Her team anonymously messaged President Cornbell that the information he was hiding was leaked. He should leave immediately.

While Cornbell was running away, she pulled all her money out from Harmon company. She had more plans joined to these, she didn't feel it was necessary to tell those to her overjoyed friends or anybody else.

"I want something spicy and mouth-watering." She asked her friends who agreed, tugging her out of the company.

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At the other end, sleep-deprived Dylan wanted nothing but a place to sit and rest a bit. As soon as Leon left, he had to handle the press conference with Cornbell. He had to dodge many questions about Leon saying Leon was unwell. However, none believed him.

Then they were speaking about the cooperation between them and the future strategies for the chemical plant. Suddenly Cornbell's assistant whispered something to Cornbell and they hurriedly left with an apology. 

Everything on his shoulder, Dylan had to wrap up the press conference, then go towards the factory. Half of the media had decreased as two presidents weren't there.

After inaugurating the factory by the senior shareholder of the company, he sent all the shareholders to an island as planned. When he was left alone with no more events for the day, he decided to take a nap in the car.

His mobile was vibrating on the shotgun seat while he fell into deep slumber due to lack of sleep, exhausting work that drains him physically and mentally. The mobile rang again and again but he wasn't in the state to wake up. Even if it wasn't in silent mode, he probably wouldn't have woken up.

Hours passed by, Dylan didn't wake up, putting all the pressure on Leon at the company.

Who should be blamed for it? 

Leon. He didn't let Dylan rest for a second.

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At Harmon Industries,

Leon was tired of reaching Dylan so he dialed one of his secretaries and asked them to arrange the meeting immediately on the latest news. He also tried to reach B-news managing director to get rid of the news but the managing director didn't answer his calls. Then he tried to reach Cornbell and what he heard left him in shock.

[The number is not in service.]

He didn't know what was going on other than realizing the Cornbell had cheated him and escaped. He had no choice but to order his men to locate the Cornbell and rush to Harmon Industries for a more clear picture of the situation.

When did Aarvi give him a chance to retaliate against her attacks? Didn't he always meet the failure? He should have understood when he asked his team to buy the shares.

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Speaking of Aarvi, 

Aarvi sent a picture of their lunch to Aaron and dug in with her friends. They were talking, laughing, and eating when Dax's mobile vibrated.

Dax checked if it was an emergency and was surprised to read the mail. "Dum Dum…" He extended his hand to give her the mobile as he revealed the happy news, "Mr. Palmer is coming to Mocon to meet you. Your apology mail did wonders." 

Aarvi had written an email to Mr. Palmer's assistant on Tuesday. It basically had an apology for leaving the dinner, bad table manners, and for disrespecting his presence at the table due to their emergency in Mocon. She hadn't asked for any chance as Mr. Palmer had his own set of rules. Aarvi hadn't received any response so she thought they ignored her email. She was fine with it.

Reading the email that Mr. Palmer and his assistant were coming to Mocon, inviting themselves to be guests of Skylar, Aarvi could guess either Mr. Palmer got the news about Dax or he wants to hear it from her. Anyhow, since the Palm resort wasn't sold yet, they had a high probability of winning it. 

'Whatif…' Aarvi shook her head to disperse what-ifs from her head and chuckled. "We have to do our best, Dax…" She excitedly exclaimed for earning real happy news for the development of Skylar.