The Scars of the Past and The Present ✔

Feelings never die

The lights came on and the couples on the dance floor stopped dancing. Zoya looked stumped at Aditya's whisper in her ear. Pooja came towards them and said 'Adi meet Zoya Siddiqui, she organised this party. She is the managing director of the event company 'Events and the city'. I hope you enjoyed your birthday surprise'
Adi looked from Pooja to Zoya and said with a cocky grin 'Enjoyed would be an understatement Pooja . I loved this party. And the party and its guest were unexpected'. He was looking at Zoya the entire time he said this
Pooja smiles and said 'Zoya thank you for organising such an amazing event. I will meet you guys in a minute. Just have to look after some guests'
She hustled away leaving Zoya and Aditya alone.
The tension in the air was palpable. Aditya looked at Zoya as though looking at her clearly for the first time.Zoya was blinking away tears. She gave Adi a watery smile and turned to leave. Adi held her hand and said 'What's the hurry Miss Siddiqui? Isn't my company pleasurable. Doesn't it seem like an outlet from your boring life now?'
Zoya closed her eyes at Adi's harshness. Every word he said resonated in her ears just like it had in Adi's when she had said them to him.
She said in a tight voice 'Leave my hand Mr.Hooda'
Adi gripped it tighter 'Miss Siddiqui, Why ? Why should I leave you when you want me to? Why should I work according to your wishes?'
Zoya said 'My hand is paining Aditya Hooda. Leave it'
Adi twisted her wrist and whispered menacingly in her ears 'Zoya , this pain is nothing compared to what you gave me. You don't know what pain means. You don't know what it feels like,when you want to hate a person but can't. You don't know what one goes through when every day one wakes up to the same dream again and again. No Zoya , this isn't pain. This is a pityful example for pain.'
He let go of her wrist.
Zoya rubbed it and said 'Aditya don't make the mistake of thinking that only you understand hurt and pain. And if you were in so much pain when I left you ,why did you get married?'
Aditya sniggered and said 'Oh so you can but I can't. You are the most selfish person I have seen on earth Zoya. I am sorry I ever met you'

He went towards the men's room leaving Zoya rooted at her spot. Aditya screamed at his reflection. He clutched his hair and pulled them hard and then started crying. What had Zoya made him. He had promised never ever to hurt her but here he was causing her pain. He had promised her never to make her cry but here he was bringing tears to her eyes. But what could he do? He loved Zoya but couldn't forgive her for breaking him to an extent that he couldn't find his broken pieces to put together. And why did everything had to happen on his birthday. He had got Zoya , lost her and then found her again on his birthday.
He looked at himself and washed his face.

On the other hand Zoya was strolling in the lawn outside the hall. Tears wear falling thick and fast from her eyes. Years ago she had found a person whom she had loved with all her heart. The only person who was her friend and lover. She had created her own perfect love story. But last year she had broken him and herself beyond repair. She had thought she would never see him again. But today as she saw him again, her love buried in her heart purred like a lioness. She wanted to hug Adi, apologise to him and tell him everything that had happened that night. But Adi had got married. He hadn't waited for her. And he accused her of moving on too. He didn't know that she was still standing where she had left him. He didn't the whole truth. He knew nothing. But this didn't hurt her. What hurt her was how fast Adi judged her. The person who had said that he would always trust her didn't even know her.
She wiped her tears and headed Back towards the hall. She saw Adi sitting alone at the bar with a drink in his hand. She looked at him and then turned the other way. She could sense Adi's eyes on her back. She walked towards a group of people and as she walked she heard a scream 'ZOYAAAA' and before she could understand what was happening she lay on the floor with a familiar smell on top of her. And then she heard the crash of a chandelier right where she had been standing a few seconds before. She looked at her saviour and found Adi looking at her scared. He got up and asked in a panicky voice 'Are you Okay ? Are you hurt ? Couldn't you have seen that , that chandelier was about to fall on you ?'
He was wincing as he was saying this. Zoya looked at him and saw his hand and forehead was bleeding.
She said 'Adi you are hurt'
Zoya's calm voice cleared Aditya's head and he said in a cold voice
' I was , am and will always be hurt. But some scars can't be cured'

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