Enduring Ally

Chapter 10: I Love Zoya

As I said, this  entire chapter is about Aditya's feeling towards Zoya from the day he met her. So, this chapter will be in Aditya's POV. Enjoy the wave of love and know how bit by bit, Aditya fall for Zoya.

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I was driving my car mindlessly, whatever I do, all I could see and hear Zoya's face and voice only. She kept on screaming in my ears, "You kissed me, Aditya". I couldn't recognise where I'm now? How far I came away from my office? I stopped my car at one point, I hit the steering the wheel and screamed to myself, "How could you do this, Aditya?" How? What's happening to me? With so much frustration, I slammed my head on the steering wheel. Whenever I get stressed, I get the flashes of Zoya. It's been disturbing me since I met her. I bumped into her, in my office; I still remember that day, so fresh.

She was wearing pink long lace kurta with grey flower print work. When Arshad called her, in a hurry, she didn't notice me. That day, even Prem sir and I was in a hurry to a meeting with client. She bumped into me straight enough to fall to the ground. But, I managed to hold both of us from falling to the ground. Her sheer beauty caught me off guard, simple but beautiful. Even after bumping into me, she just said, "I'm sorry" and left me in awe. Yes, she didn't even look at the person who bumped onto her. I don't know whether Prem sir noticed the change in me, when I bumped into her.

I thought I would never see her again, I couldn't believe my eyes, when I saw her again in the conference room. She is sitting right there in front of me. She was looking at me and didn't move or respond when I called her, Ms. Zoya Siddhiqui. After a while, when she came back to reality and that embarrassment, which she tried to hide in her smile and by extending her hand to greet me. Seriously, I had to smile; of course she didn't notice that too. Also, I had to ignore her, so that I wouldn't end up making fool out of myself. But, when I extend my hands to congratulate her for joining DMG, she ignored me. No one ever showed attitude to me till date. Yeah!!! She is the first one. It didn't bother me instead I liked it. Then I saw her again that day. While I was about to get into my car, outside the office, she was twirling like a little girl and saying "Oooohhooo, Ya Allah!!" I couldn't stop myself from smiling at her childish act.

Later I saw her, after one month, I was enquiring Arshad in his cabin about Zoya's joining date and when I opened the door to leave, Zoya who was about to stumble on to me but gathered herself. She looked stunning in that black formal suit. No one could say she was in her 30's. I never came across such beauty and elegant together. I couldn't take my eyes off her, but I can't keep staring at her, so forcefully I found my self-control and moved from there, with a smile. After Induction, when she came to my cabin for basic allocation of her duties, I didn't dare to look at her. I was looking at the massive window, showing my back to her and explained her. After she left my cabin, I let out a deep breath, which I didn't realise that I was holding till then.

Later during lunch, when I was on the phone, I saw Zoya coming towards me, but again she was on the phone with someone and she didn't notice me. I had to move away from her way and I stood near the pillar. She went pass by me twirling and saying over the phone, "All good, already I started to love this place". On seeing, how Zoya is overjoyed like child, I felt so lighter and happy. I don't know, why? But her childish behaviour always brings smile in my face. Suddenly, she stopped and looked around; I don't want to make her feel uncomfortable, so I immediately hid behind the pillar before she could notice me.

Her thoughts started to disturb me. It didn't let me to do my work or eat or even sleep too. She kind of affected me all the time. I couldn't understand why she is affecting me this much? Even pooja, didn't affect me this much like Zoya. To avoid all this confusions and I decide to avoid her. After that I mostly avoided conversations with her. Whenever she came to me about the auditing and reports, just to avoid facing her, I just kept it simple like, by replying with one word replies "Okay" and "done".