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Chapter 30: Broken

"Don't worry Waseem. She might be busy with her work. Why are you taking stress? " Roshnaq told Waseem who was waiting for Zoya in hall.

"You don't understand Roshnaq . She's not picking our calls. This never happens." Waseem said seriously.

"I'm sure she's caught up in some meeting Waseem. Don't think so much. She'll come soon." Somewhere Roshnaq was tensed about Zoya but she didn't she show it because she doesn't want to give him stress seeing his health condition.

"No Roshnaq. Something is definetly wrong." Waseem said looking out of the window.

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Pooja....

Both of them immediately stood up. Being shocked  was an understatement . Zoya couldn't even breath properly. Same was the case with Aditya. They never imagined something like this would happen. Pooja's tears were unstoppable. She was weeping silently watching both of them. This had to happen one day. They knew they'll have to tell her the truth some day but now ... they weren't prepared. Not so soon...

"Pooja.." Aditya made an attempt to talk.

"Nasha hai tere chehre ka Mujhe
Khuda ne badaulat di hai tujhe
Kya hai inn aankhon main jaadu
Aise na Dekh kahin mohabbat na ho jaaye mujhe..." Pooja said reminding him the shayeri he spoke during his business party.

"Yahi kaha tha na Tumne?"  Pooja asked Aditya.

"Aaj pata chala ye Sab kiske liye tha..." She tilted her head gulping the lump of her throat and watched him emotionally. Aditya couldn't meet her eyes. Zoya couldn't even dare to look up.

"Pooja trust me I and zoya were going to tell you everything I ..." Aditya couldn't complete as she shouted.

"Enough Adi ... enough." Pooja said crying.

Zoya jolted from her voice and that made her even more scared. She looked at her and her face was completely red with excessive crying.

"Why Adi.....Why did you do this?" She knelt down crying. Aditya felt guilty . He knew he was wrong. He should have told things earlier . It was a shame for both of them as Pooja saw them clearly making out with each other.

She was lifeless.

"Pooja please... listen to me once. I know I'm wrong. Please give us a chance to explain." Aditya said taking a step forward. Pooja's jaw clenched listening to the word "Us" .

"Us ..." she chuckled disappointedly. She immediately looked Zoya. Zoya quickly diverted her gaze down.

Not wasting a minute Pooja got up and took steps towards Zoya to smack her . But before she could do that Aditya stood in front of Zoya and he faced her slap. Zoya palmed her mouth not able to believe what just happened. Tears blurred her vision. Aditya kept touching his cheeck looking down. He slowly looked at Pooja who was burning with anger .

Aditya nodded his head in a NO.

"Not her." Aditya said looking at her protecting Zoya. Zoya who was hiding behind him looked at him in surprise. She thought he would take any of Pooja's actions because they were wrong . But here he still stood for Zoya.

"Wow. Still protecting your whore huh." Pooja said . Aditya's jaw clenched. Zoya understood his facial expression. Before he could take any action she held his hands asking him not to do anything. He sideways looked at her and then turned front looking down.

Pooja kept looking at him. She kept looking at him emotionally.

"What was my mistake Adi ? Where did I go wrong?" She asked weakly. Aditya's frown changed and started to feel guilty.