Dead in the Water - AdiYa FF

Chapter 5

Pooja saw Zoya holding her saree, and she pulled it back and held it close to her body, and she looked down confused on how to react to Zoya. After the last meeting she had with Zoya, she was confident that shaking hands with her and asking her how she was would be one absurd move from her. Zoya's glare at her screamed Zoya's perception towards her, and she didn't want to take a risk.

"Pooja..."

Zoya's reddish eyes rolled towards Aditya hearing it. Any ear blasting noise would sound better for her than hearing Aditya uttering her name.

"Pooja, this is...Ms. Zoya Siddiqui...our new client!"

Pooja gulped hearing the word 'client'. She would have enjoyed such a twist in movies, but when it's happening to her it doesn't look that thrilling to her.

"Ms. Siddiqui, this is...Ms. Pooja Mathur. Our project engineer." Aditya said and turned at Zoya, who had a stunned look hearing it.

She glared at Aditya and Pooja and couldn't believe that Aditya brought her to the company where he was working itself. For a second, she felt if her decision to leave Aditya was wrong. Maybe she herself gave a chance for them to spend time with each other this way. She looked at Aditya, wondering at his audacity to introduce Pooja this way to him, after knowing the flaming past which they three shared.

"He...Hello..." Pooja stammered and gave a slight smile at Zoya.

"You can study the site with your Engineer..." Zoya said ignoring Pooja, and stressing the word 'your', "Let me know after you have made the project estimates. I will take your leave."

Zoya put on her sunglasses, and walked to leave, while Aditya asked, "How are you going?"

"I will go by a taxi...thank you for the drive till here...Mr. Hooda!" Zoya said with a smirk, while Aditya looked on.

"You can use my taxi...if you want..." Pooja said with a hesitated tone, while Zoya stopped and looked at Pooja with a smile, "Yeah...I know you love taking free rides...but, I don't have the habit of travelling in other's parked vehicles...thanks!"

Zoya walked away from that place, as her smile faded off and her face turned serious. She walked away from that place, while Aditya smirked and wore his shades, and looked at Pooja.

"Send your taxi back...I will drop you at office. Come!"

Pooja, with a disturbed mind, send away her taxi, and walked to Aditya's car. Aditya cleared the mess from the back seat and shifted it to the front seat next to him, and Pooja entered the back seat. He walked to the driver seat, and the car drove off from that place.

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Pooja was looking out at the busy roads, while the flashback of events in her life moved faster than the vehicles in the road.

Pooja looked at Aditya in the front, and said to him, "Adi, I will resign!"

"For?" Aditya asked, as he drove.

"Adi, you know what for. I...I don't think this is...Adi, I can't lose my job here too...and with Zoya being our client, and having to meet her often now, I don't think it's a wise idea of us to stay together and work in the same company."

"Why do you have to resign for a client? Pooja, stop overthinking."

"Over thinking??" Pooja asked with a confused look, "And you don't seem to be thinking at all! Adi, I don't know if you forgot everything. But I can't forget certain things in my life...I don't even understand why you asked me to come here today when you know what's my equation with Zoya. I don't know Adi...I don't want things to complicate further. I will leave Mumbai."