Love or Revenge

Chapter 14

Aditya has asked Zoya to come to Andheri office to help him with the financials. She felt awkward at first and then she realized that she offered to help him if he needed. She got ready and hurried out her apartment. She has told Grace, that she has to wait for sometime till she gets know something progressive in their plan.

On her way to Andheri, she thought about the time she spent with Aditya at that café. He was a free-spirit and he was a good person from heart and mind. She was all wrong about someone this time. She used to sense people just like that, but, she couldn't sense Aditya correctly. May be, because he is Harshawardhan's son, her judgment was blinded.

She reached Andheri office by 9.30am. She checked at reception about Aditya, receptionist said, "He is in his office, Zoya". She nodded and took the lift to 5th Floor and to his room.

Zoya waited for a second before knocking on his door. "Come in", she heard. She opened the door and entered with a smile. "Good Morning, Mr. Hoo... Aditya" she said. He gave her a feeble smile. "Good Morning, Zoya... Thank you for coming here... I have informed Akansha that you will be working here for the next 4 days... So, you don't have to worry about reporting there", he said feebly.

"Are you alright, Aditya?" she asked as she finds that he looked duller and the charm and smile was missing. "Hmmm... I think... I'm... I'm good..." he said thinking that he didn't want to discuss about his personal problems with her and upset her too.

"Zoya... I wanted to you to work on the financials with Prateek... I'm kind of preoccupied and not in the mood to work on the financials. As you know, my dad is here, he wanted us to finish the financials of this year till December before this week. That's why I wanted your help..." he said. Zoya nodded and said, "I'll do my best..."

He called Prateek in his extension and asked him to come to his cabin. Once Prateek was in his cabin, "Good Morning, Aditya" he greeted and when he saw Zoya there, "Good Morning, Zoya... How are you?" He asked. "Hey... Good Morning to you too... I'm fine... I didn't think that you would remember me..." she said exclaimed.

He smiled. Aditya said, "He was the one keeps on talking about you here from the day you helped him... He actually suggested me to take your help last evening to close the financials..." he said to Zoya. Then he told Prateek, "So... Prateek take her to the department and start working... I'll join you after sometime..." They nodded and left his cabin.

Aditya was thinking about what Harshawardhan said. He felt like going crazy, he couldn't understand how come his own father doesn't care about his son's happiness and cared only about the money Mr. Mathur invested.

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Around afternoon, he felt that if sit there and keep on thinking about this, either he'll go mad or he'll kill himself. So, he threw it back of his mind and thought to check Prateek and Zoya. The thought of Zoya itself gave a little smile on his face. Then he remembered her habit of chips with her black coffee made him smile widely. He shook his head in disbelief.

While on his way to Accounts department, he found himself smiling, as he was thinking about the time he spent with her in the café. When he entered Accounts department, the first thing he noticed was Zoya's smile. She was smiling about something along with Prateek. He walked towards them looking at smiling Zoya.

"Hey..." he said. Prateek who immediately stood up and said, "Hi Aditya... Sorry we were working and..." Aditya said by cutting him off, "Prateek, sit down... And I didn't you ask for any explanation... I'm not my father to say anything for having some fun at office..."