Completely Lovestruck

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"Yuvaan is right. Us ladke ko bhi patha hai ki Aditya kitna ziddi hai. Bilkul mere upar gaya hai par ye koi mazaak karne ka waqt nahi hai for god sake! He's my only child aur agar usse kuch hogaya toh main apne aapko kabhi maaf nahi kar paunga aur.. samaajh ke nazron mein ek irresponsible baap bhi banjaunga main. This is not done, Adi ke dad hone ke nathe I need to be alert about where he goes. Just because main humesha busy hoon, iska matlab ye nahi hona chahiye ki I should ignore my son kyun ki ab woh bada hogaya hai. He'll always be that little Adi for me whom I have always loved. Mujhe apne bete ko dhoond ne keliye aaj kuch bhi karna pare, main woh sab karke rahunga..", Harshwardhan said to himself with determination.

While he was walking out of Yuvaan's house, with no clue about Aditya's whereabouts he could see a girl running across the road frightened. Due to the power cut along the road he was unable to recognize the girl's face properly. She was however carrying some bags with both her hands but Harshwardhan couldn't identify her due to lack of light and he stood rooted to the same place.

Yeh bachchi kaun hai? Aur is waqt bahar kya kar rahi hai? Kuch pareshani mein toh nahi hai?This is not the right time for a girl to walk outside. Mujhe is bachchi ki madat karni chahiye, Zoya ki umar ki lagrahi hai, Harshwardhan placed his phone inside his trouser pocket and moved ahead to get a clear view of the girl.

It was at that very moment he wished that the police officers who wait outside the gates of the Hooda house under his friend Sanjay Rampal, the Police Commissioner's orders were still guarding the house till ten O' clock. 

He could've asked them to help him find his son Aditya and the most prominent guest, his friend's daughter Zoya. If something unfortunate has happened to her, what could he have said to his friend? How will he face him? He need's to track Zoya now. Zoya....?

Harshwardhan couldn't move ahead as he realized that it was Zoya only, who was running towards the Hooda house, panting. She didn't look as if she was running away from something or rather someone but something was amiss, Harshwardhan knew. He immediately quickened his steps and ran in front of Zoya to which she halted at once.

She kept staring at him blinking her eyes rapidly and tried to mutter few words but her voice was mute. Harshwardhan realized that Zoya was tensed and hoped everything was alright with her.

"Un... Uncle.. Hum.. Hume..", that was all Zoya could manage to speak.

Harshwardhan paused her from mumbling further as he took the shopping bags from her hand and directed her towards the house. Zoya nodded her head vehemently while walking through the main gate. Harshwardhan simply didn't want to pressurize the poor girl by throwing questions at her this late night. He knew what he must do.

"Anjana... Anjana! Zoya aagayi hai.."

Harshwardhan had to shout only once and both him and Zoya could see Anjana rushing out of the door to the master bedroom and the next minute she was hugging Zoya tightly. Zoya returned her hug and understood that she has been so scared about her.

"Aunty, I'm completely alright. Please don't worry..", she assured.

Anjana moved her head behind and touched Zoya's face thoroughly to see few black patches across her cheeks. As she kept staring at her furrowing her eyebrows with displeasure only Zoya understood that something was wrong.

"Where were you Zoya? Aur ye tumhare chehere par grease patches kyun hai? Kuch hua kya? Batao Zoya, kyun itni late hogayi tum?", Anjana's rapid question clarified Zoya's doubts while she wiped away her face with the pallu of her sari delicately.

Zoya's memory took her back in time as she remembered what had happened before. She remembered how Aditya appeared out of nowhere and protected her from the goons, who were trying to tease her. If not for him she would have been their snack today. However much Zoya wanted to forget the fact that she was saved thanks to Aditya today, she couldn't stop herself from feeling embarrassed as she was remembered of the hot kiss they shared.