Love or Revenge

Chapter 12

Zoya unable to accept the fact that Aditya is not like his father. She couldn't agree to that thought, it felt like something was there in her stomach and she was not able to digest it. The thought itself was disgusting.

Ajay's words were haunting her for quite some time now. "Aditya observed all of us and placed in his offices that are under his control. I agree but Aditya isn't like his father... He kind of offered us this job without his father's knowledge... If his dad comes to know about this then he'll be screwed. He told us this in person while offering the jobs to us and also instructed all his HR head's not to inform anything about this to his dad".

"He is not like his dad", she was hearing those words repeatedly. Zoya closed her ears hard to avoid those words as her past flashes in front of her eyes. Just then, Grace entered their apartment. "Hey Zoya, you're already home..." she asked while closing the door without looking at her.

Zoya was sitting on the couch with her hands on her ears and her head in between her knees bending. Grace hurried next to Zoya looking at her state. "What happened babes? Why are you sitting like this?" Grace asked by shaking her shoulder and kneeling before her.

Zoya who came back to her senses looked at Grace petrified. Grace looked at her worriedly, eyes are red and swollen, she can see the traces of tears in her cheeks and asked again, "What happened to you?"

"Nothing... Grace..." Zoya tried to control her tears and replied. "Come on babes... You don't have to hide anything from me..." Grace asked.

Zoya ignored Grace and move past her. Grace holds Zoya by her hand and pulled her into hug. Once she hugged Grace back tears rolled over her both cheeks. Grace stood silently hugging her till Zoya feels better.

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Next morning, Zoya woke up very late. When she got refreshed and came to the living room, Grace has already prepared breakfast and was cleaning the apartment. "Good morning, Grace", Zoya said.

"Actually... Good Afternoon, Zoya", Grace said while dusting the vase on the living room table. "Shit... I don't know... How I slept that long..." Zoya said while sitting on the couch. Grace sat next to her while putting her hands around Zoya's shoulders and asked, "How are you feeling now?"

"Hmmm... Feeling like shit..." Zoya said with smirk. "Well... that's a... development..." Grace said with a chuckle.

"Sorry Grace... Last night... I kind of lose it..." Zoya said putting her hands on her hand. "It's okay... I understand... And I know it was about your parents..." Grace said with a little smile. Zoya nodded and a tear roll down on her cheeks.

Grace waited patiently for Zoya to talk. After few minutes, Zoya said, "Grace... Yesterday I saw Ajay... The one who worked with me in Stan's office... you remember?" Grace nodded. "He said that, Aditya observed every one of Stan's staff without his father knowledge... and placed them under him..." She paused.

After a few seconds, she continued, "He also said that Aditya is not like his father... and... I don't know why... it just... it just felt right... and... and... I madly wanted to believe that Aditya is not like his father... then what... what happened... to my... my parents... in the past... flashed... and I couldn't... control... myself..." tears started to roll down again

After a pause she said crying, "Am... I... a bad... daughter... to think... to accept... that... that... Harshawardhan's son... is a good person... and... not like him..." Grace held to her tightly and said, "Ssshhh... baby... don't talk like that... you're not the bad daughter or bad person... You're the best daughter..."