Love or Revenge

Chapter 26

Aditya, after returning, didn't get back to his room but again he went to the study to sleep. Arjun, who was waiting for him, went to study behind him. "Bhai... I need to talk to you..." Arjun said in worried tone. "Not now, Arjun... I'm not in the mood to talk now..." Aditya said roughly.

"Bhai... But..." He said but stopped. Aditya looked at Arjun and he can sense the tension in his tone and his body language. "Chotte... What happened?" he asked while hurrying next to him. Arjun explained to him what happened after they left.

"What?" Aditya exclaimed. "Bhai... Grace was upset and she was not talking to me ever since... Zoya Bhaabhi went to talk to her... but when she came out of the room, she asked me to leave her alone and said that I should respect her decision... I don't know what she has decided..." Arjun said with worried tone.

"But why would dad humiliate her like that? What happened to him?" Aditya asked in confusion. "Because he couldn't take up the failure that I showed him", Zoya said and both the brothers looked at her baffled.

"What?" Aditya exclaimed. "Aditya... Your father shouldn't have humiliated my friend just because that I put down his plan of separating us... He has said the worst things to her... Grace is staying for the night just because I asked her to stay... And she doesn't want to do anything with this house or with Arjun. I tried to convince her to think about the love they have for each other. But she still didn't want to be part of Arjun's life by losing her self-respect", Zoya said.

"But what Arjun did to leave him?" Aditya asked. "Aditya... She is not angry with Arjun... She is angry because of your father humiliated her and no one is above self-respect. She feels that after your father called her whore she doesn't want to be with Arjun and prove him that he was correct", she said.

"And she is leaving Hooda Mansion tomorrow", she added and Arjun looked at Aditya devastated. "Chotte... Don't worry... I'll talk to her..." Aditya said and moved. Zoya blocked his way and said, "I have helped her to sleep with great difficulty and I don't want anyone to disturb her... Already your father has destroyed her self-respect and I don't you to destroy her sleep too... Please you both stay away from her..."

"Bhaabhi... Why are you saying something like that? You know how much I love her..." Arjun said. "I know Arjun but she is my friend and my only family. I can't let others to harm her... Enough of this, I came here to help your brother and she came here to help me... If I hadn't asked her to stay with me then she wouldn't have to face all this humiliation because of me... Your father didn't leave a single leaf to make her feel ashamed of herself... If not for our promise to each other, she would have killed herself..." Zoya snapped at them.

Arjun and Aditya gasped in horror. "Bhaabhi... Not now but please let me talk to her in the morning... I can't live without her Bhaabhi..." Arjun pleaded to Zoya. Zoya sighed. "Zoya... I know what dad said was wrong... But just think because of this, do you really think Grace and Arjun have to go separate ways?" Aditya asked. "Will your father apologize to her? Can you make your father apologize to her?" Zoya asked furiously. Aditya looked at her but he didn't say anything because he knew his father would never apologize for anything.

"I think so..." Zoya said and added after a pause, "Look Aditya... For us, no one is above our self-respect... Your father shouldn't have humiliated Grace just because I put down his plans... He took out his anger on Grace instead of me... I definitely can't tolerate it... I'm sorry..."

She looked at Arjun and said, "I'm sorry, Arjun... Unlike your father I respect her and I respect her decisions". She turned to leave the study but stopped when Aditya asked, "Did you come here to say all this?" Zoya turned and said, "Aditya... I came here to talk to you about us... But I think it can wait..." Then she walked out of the study without another word.