Completely Lovestruck

• | Why Is She At My House? | •

"Tum ghar aagaye beta? Miliye inse, ye hai Zoya Khurana mere dost ki beti aur Zoya beta, this is my only son Aditya Hooda"

Aditya and Zoya who were paying attention to Harshwardhan looked at each other flabbergasted at the same time, with the final barrier of their identities getting disclosed.

Continued...

Harshwardhan has walked downstairs when Aditya and Zoya has finally realized who they are in real and Aditya couldn't believe his ears, hearing that the girl standing in front of him flaunting an attitude is supposedly the girl who has come to stay at his own house for god knows till when. Moreover their first impression regarding each other wasn't much better. Once Harshwardhan was facing Aditya and Zoya, he noticed a tinge of nervousness on Zoya's face while she was looking at Aditya while surprise on his son's face and he couldn't understand why were they behaving so weird. But Harshwardhan decided to make small talk right then and break the ice since he was getting late for work.

"Ahem.."

Harshwardhan cleared his voice to which both Aditya and Zoya looked at him and gained their senses as soon as possible.

"Aditya, ye hai mere dost Waseem ki ek lauti beti jo aaj se lekar jab tak Waseem koi achcha flat doondega iskeliye, tab tak yaha rahengi humare saath aur Zoya beta, ye hai Aditya whose currently on a break from his college for a month plus yeh sirf ek saal bada hai tumse. Aap jab koi bhi baat ko lekar pareshan hai basically about New Delhi, Mumbai or anything else at Hooda house even please talk to him. Mera beta aapki madat kardengi for sure. Haina Adi?"

Harshwardhan widened his eyes at Aditya's direction to which Aditya became speechless unable to believe what his father just did there. He wasn't ready to be a helper for any random stranger at his house please! Especially not a guest of his so-called-dad at all. Harshwardhan slowly placed his hand around Aditya's shoulder and clutched his left arm tightly which made Aditya feel pain and he immediately threw a much needed angry stare at his father. Zoya noticed the weird exchange of emotions between the son and the father but managed to stay unaffected and ignored the situation as it was nothing that mattered to her. At least that's what Zoya's mind processed.

"Na.. Nahi uncle iski koi zaroorat nahi hai. Papa ne mujhe yaha ke baare mein sab kuch bata diya hai aur I'll be able to manage when I go out of the house too. Waise bhi main yaha kuchi dino ki mehmaan hoon so koi badi problem nahi hogi Harsh uncle"

Harshwardhan took his hand away from Aditya's shoulder while Aditya stared glum at his dad. He was anyway feeling relieved that he doesn't have to carry on with a pretentiously good game in front of the new girl at his house, who has made him control his behaviour since if he decided to speak with his father rudely as he is used to and throw hints at how unfaithful Harshwardhan is to his family, then it'll be over for them. Harshwardhan smiled and walked to stand beside Zoya and Aditya looked at them with his hands inside his track pant pockets.

"Ye toh bohot achcha hai phir bhi agar tumhe kuch zaroori baat jaanna hai toh mujhse ya Anjana aunty se aur Aditya se bhi pooch sakthi hai, teek hai? Tum Waseem ki beti ho, mere dost ki toh ise apna hi ghar samjho Zoya. Mujhe abhi toh law firm keliye nikhal na padega bohot kaam hai, shaam ko milthe hai beta..."

Zoya gave a thin smile and took blessings touching Harshwardhan's feet and Aditya knew that he shouldn't made the girl feel that he's such a disrespectful son towards his father and decided to make a smart move while Harshwardhan was staring intently at Aditya, expecting his son to take his blessings for a change as well. He couldn't remember the last time Aditya touched his feet either, it's been such a long time.

"Um.. bye da.. dad"

Aditya gave a fake smile while Harshwardhan understood that his son will never take his blessings and left the house with a nod while Zoya kept looking at the door being closed. Aditya slowly walked in front of Zoya observing her face and tilted his head to the left. Zoya realized that Aditya has come closer towards her and furrowed her eyebrows at him and moved back uncomfortably, ready for another set of vile words.