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Chapter 38

Zoya holds her head feeling the earth shaking beneath her feet , Her lips curve up suddenly remembering the strange dream She had , her fingers involuntarily moves towards her lips "It felt so real" She whispers as her cheeks are kissed pink.

She blinks her vision twice to see that She was in her room , She balances herself on her feet as She feels her head shaking "What's gotten into me?" She murmurs holding onto the bedpost "Everything is going round , round !"

Zoya shaking her head twice walks out of the room placing her feet one by one trying to balance herself from falling . She lets out a gasp finding Aditya sleeping in the chair outside her room with wine stains in his shirt and his hairs disheveled .

Her eyes widens as She shuts it tightly closed remembering her almost pushing her finger into his hairs pulling him more closer her to her as his lips travelled down her jaw trailing wet kisses down her throat before kissing her again on her lips as She held onto him tightly . Her cheeks acquire a warm shade as She sprints inside the room and pulling her dress out runs into the washroom while switching on the shower , She blushes remembering him almost trying to mark her his . She dries her hairs in the washroom after wearing her dress still lost in the moment they shared that She ends up slipping due to the little water present on the tiles . Zoya lets out a yelp as her legs hit the cold tile floor followed by her left hand . Her head gets knocked lightly as she passes out unable to bear the pain .

Yash who was teasing Mohanji and Saanvi for their stunt hearing Zoya's loud screeching dashes into the house , Noor and Arjun run from the opposite direction , Aditya blinks his eyes twice wondering where is he? , he sees the shadows of the four running towards his direction , he turns his head slightly to see him in front of Zoya's room , He crawls hurriedly behind the pillar least they saw him outside her room , it is going to be a disputation .

Aditya looks curiously seeing everyone including Pooja who joins them running in . His breath stops seeing Zoya unconscious in the arms of Mohanji as they run towards the hall . He sees Mohanji placing Zoya on the backseat of the car as Saanvi takes her seat and Noor sits in the front as Mohan drives off.

Yash and Pooja look at each other worriedly as they come inside the cottage with Arjun as for now only one car was available . Aditya runs to his room showering himself up changes into a new pair of pants and a v-shirt t-shirt . Aditya grabbing his phone and wallet dashes out of the room but stops seeing Arjun, Yash and Pooja looking at him weirdly

"Ermm—Adi Where are you going early morning?" Pooja asks quickly before Aditya could reply she worriedly blabbers "Zoya slipped on the floor and had fractured her left arm and her right ankle is twisted very badly –She had got herself a cast and is now under concussion!"

Aditya lets out a sigh of relief which went unnoticed by the three of them as they were more worried about Zoya . Aditya wanted to see her right now , God damn! His mind had been jammed he cannot remember any single he did or they did after few drinks they had last night .

"Okay" he replies not knowing what else to say. Pooja nods and turns to looks at Yash who turns away not meeting her eyes .

***

Mohan reconfirms with the Doctor worried seeing her almost sleeping for more than three hours now .

"She is under mere concussion she would be fine –She would have got scared due to the fall that she passed out—She would be waking up anytime soon" Doctor says with a smile and leaves the room as they sigh in relief .

Zoya flutters her eyelids opening it slowly , She looks around to find Mohan , Saanvi and Noor running towards her worriedly . Her eyes searches for him seeing him nowhere near her face falls .

"Ahh" A yelp escapes as she tries to sit up that's when she notices the cast in her left arm and right ankle

"Slowly boy !" Noor says holding Zoya and proceeds to tell that She had fractured her bones badly .

"We are going back –Vacation is cut short !" Mohan informs as Zoya's face falls

"It's because of me" She says disappointment

"No—Zoya –There wouldn't have been a vacation in the first place without you " Mohan says smiling as Noor to nods wrapping an arm around her shoulder making Zoya smile a little .

"I'll inform the boys" Mohan says while pulling his phone out and leaves the room

"How are you feeling?" Saanvi asks taking a sit beside Zoya

"My muscles are aching so much !"

"It will be fine !" Saanvi says running her fingers through Zoya's hairs .

Zoya nods but instantly feels sad as She hugs Noor tightly , Somewhere She had hope he would come running to her and give her a protective hug and chide her for her carelessness . Unknown to her Knowledge there Aditya stays outside the room since the past two hours seeing her through the glass , His feet had stilled in his place unable to move to her as For the first time he found himself nervous to go check on her when there was an audience - He was scared that his new found feelings would end up pouring out too affectionately giving a clue to the others of his highly beating heart because of her .It wasn't that he cared about it He did not want to make it obvious when He was yet to know her feelings . He leaves the hospital hearing Mohan talking over the phone that they are planning to leave from the hospital and requesting a maid to pack their clothes .

***

Aditya walks into her room , the place she had been staying , and slightly grins seeing her notebook scribbled with various plans for the vacation and her family-making service. Shaking his head with a smile Aditya packs her things in her bag least the maid missed her things while packing .

Walking outside with his bags in one hand , Aditya sees Pooja ,Yash and Arjun ready to leave with their trolley bags in hand .

"Adi" Pooja calls him with a small smile "Mohanji left with Zoya , Saanvi di and Noor to Delhi and we have to take a flight back home , Let's get going" Aditya nods as Pooja looks at Yash and Arjun who follow behind her.

Soon they are in the car travelling to the airport in silence . The atmosphere around had turned awkward specially between the boys after their scared hugs they had .

***

Zoya with the rest travel in the car towards The Hooda mansion as Zoya looks out the window lost in her thoughts about The Kiss they shared yesterday . It all feels like a dream , a beautiful dream she wants forever but is it possible ?

"Zoya—Where are you lost?" Saanvi teases nudging Zoya by her shoulder .

Zoya breaks out of her daze as a warm shade acquires her cheeks "Di Last night" She winks making Saanvi widen her eyes and gapes and ends up blushing .

"Shut-up" Saanvi whispers back making Zoya chuckle

"What happened last night between you and Adi?" Saanvi whispers on Zoya's ears so that Mohan doesn't here who was sitting on the front seat.

"Nothi—ing –Actually—I –can't –remember anything –Yes I can't remember !" Zoya stutters nervously and turns her head to the other side while passing a nervous smile .

Saanvi shakes her head smiling knowing something happened .

***

Madhu looks at her phone hopefully waiting to receive the address where Kali Thakur lived , She unknown to her husband's knowledge had called on the phone number which said that he knows the place where Kali lived and Madhu had promised to pay that man the full amount if he only said the place they could find Kali and he being an idiot sends a message to Madhu of Kali's whereabouts and asks for his payment which Madhu ignores and smiles wickedly tracing the address with her finger tips .

"We'll screw that girl!" Mahi and Madhu chorus high-fiving with each other .

***

Noor and Saanvi help Zoya to the doctor as they check in to the hospital . Mohanji had suggested they stop by the hospital and check on once before going home.

The doctor assures all would be fine but it is going to take two weeks to remove the casts . Zoya hobbles on her crutches while wrapping one arm around Noor's shoulder as Saanvi helps Zoya out of the room .

They look to their left and right not finding Mohanji around d. Saanvi makes Zoya sit on the nearby chair while pulling gout her phone to ring up Mohanji.

Mohanji swipes her call cutting it as He talks to the doctor of Mr.Hooda's health . He had been shocked to know through Mrs.Kapoor , Mr.Hooda's Personal secretary, that He had been hospitalized as she had clearly mentioned to keep it under wraps Mohanji had come up with an excuse to run to the hospital to check on Zoya's health.

Mohanji had met Mr.Hooda briefly before walking out to have a talk with the doctor .

"As you see Mr.Mohan , Mr.Hooda is suffering from blood cancer ! Precisely it falls on the category Acute myeloid leukemia ! "

Mohanji composes himself shocked as he asks with his voice slightly cracking 'But how?"

"one being his age –usually people mainly male over 65 tend to be diagnosed with this type of cancer and well in Mr.Hooda's case another main reason had been his smoking and drinking habits ! "

Mohanji nods understanding "Is there any way we could cure him?"

"Yes , Mr.Mohan , We have to start treatments soon as possible before it spreads across various parts of the body , We would start with chemo therapy and then move onto Stem Cell Transplant but We need to find a donor whose blood matches with Mr.Hooda , We need to speed up the process ! "

"Is there a possibility we could get a donor soon?"Mohan asks hopefully

"We have passed the information to various donor banks let's hope We could find one soon but the best is to indulge the condition of Mr.Hooda to his family as There is a possibility we could get a donor within!"

"But Mr.Hooda is staunchly against the notion!" Mohan says in defeat

Doctor nods understanding "Let's hope for the best !"

Mohan nods thanking the doctor he paces out pretty upset about the turns of events , He was glad that it was the first stage because it gives him hope that Mr.Hooda would be fine . Mr.Hooda could be cold-hearted and rude but to Mohan he had always found a father figure in him given that his own was deceased .

Zoya spots Mohan walking towards them pretty upset and worried "Are you fine Mohanji?" She asks gaining the attention of Noor and Saanvi

"Yes" Mohan replies deciding not to worry them as Mr.Hooda vehemently refused not to let others know .

"Mohanji if you are worried about me –let me tell I am too strong –I'll be up on my legs in a week !" She says in an attempt to cheer up Mohan.

Mohan gives her smile as He feels Saanvi holding his palm and squeezing it lightly assuring him all would be fine . Mohan squeezes back in gratitude happy that there is someone who can understand his dilemma without the need for words .

They leave from the hospital .

***

"I am here to meet Mr. Kali Thakur!" Madhu says to one of the worker in the construction site .

"I'll pass the message" He says with a smile and turns on his heels and walks the opposite way as Madhu and Mahi stands there in the hot sun , frowning as sweat beads fall from the side of their forehead. how long Do we need to wait?

Kali comes after exactly thirty minutes with a cigarette in his fingers while puffing out smoke.

Madhu frowns irritated as Mahi looks at him annoyed , "Oye Kali !" She whispers yells whispered

Kali frowns and takes a step towards Madhu "What do you need?" he asks plainly clearly showing his disinterested on the guests .

"I am the one who raised Zoya all this years! "

"Who Zoya?" he asks her confused

"Your Daughter Zoya!" Madhu yells at him as Mahi nods at Kali

"Miss – I am very much single then how can I have a daughter?"

"Ohh I see you couldn't forget your lover that you remained unmarried ? so much love aah!" She mocks at him

"Roshana?" he asks her stunned

Madhu takes that as a confirmation knowing He knew Zoya's mother ,Roshana,

"Zoya was born to you but It was me who raised her!"

He looks at her dumbfound as She continues "My husband was kind enough to raise someone else's sperm but it's high time you chin up like a man and admit that you are Zoya's father!"

Mahi glares at the man who was looking at them shocked .

Kali composes himself as he says "There is some misunderstanding Miss . I have no daughter!" He tells word by word trying to explain to Roop.

"Misunderstanding was mine ! I can't believe that I spent money raising another's child thinking it is my husband's ! And Feeding your child we gone poor ! " She yells and pauses to take a deep breath as Kali rolls his eyes frowning

"I was going to demand money as a recompense but seeing that probably you look poorer than me take your daughter and leave!" She orders angrily .

"Are you out of your nuts woman? There is no daughter of mine!" He yells trying to state facts .

"How can you even deny that she isn't yours? You were with Roshana that day weren't you?" She questions him

He nods but before he could open his mouth , Madhu cuts him off "That Sl*t of a daughter of yours is trying to catch a rich husband but That slu*t doesn't know that her father is a poor construction worker !" She vents out disgustingly .

Kali who had been wanting to throw the both ladies out stops as that statement catches his attention but he decides to be silent wanting the woman in front of him to continue .

"Rich-husband?" He whispers seeing Madhu gone silent taking deep breaths

"That slu*t is trying to catch the Hooda brothers ! Take away that girl from the Mansion You Poor Old man ! " Mahi spits venomously at him .

Pulling Madhu by her forearm Mahi drags her out as they leave .

Kali gets a call soon as they leave , He sighs shaking his head stressed out seen a loan shark calling , He answers the call

"I'll pay the money soon!" Kali yells over the phone

"How long Kali? " The man from the other end barks over the phone while swearing

Kali goes silent for a minute as his face gleams wickedly "Very soon!" .

***

Aditya and the other three walk into the Hooda Mansion carrying their bags . Aditya still puzzled about what happened last night unable to recall anything detects the tension between Pooja and Yash who are not looking into each other's eyes . Pooja's hurt and upset look disturbs him .

"Pooh –come let me drop you" Aditya offers in the idea of planning to ask her on the way what happened last night that she looks dull.

Yash lets out a frustrated sigh and marches angrily to his room . Come I'll drop you Pooh! Aditya's words irritates him as he drops himself to the bed .

Aditya glances time to time at Pooja who seems lost while driving , He turns the steering wheel and applies brake while stopping the car near her place.

Pooja gets down absent-mindedly still lost in Yash's words before coming from the Shimla .

'Let's pretend nothing happened!"

It was his exact words when she had spoken about the kiss they shared .

How can he even think that she can just stay like nothing happened? I kissed the man I love and He thinks it is easy for me to get over the kiss we shared? The kiss had more meanings and emotions he failed to show me or say me and He tells to act like everything is normal?

"Pooh –We are here!" Aditya calls her out in a louder tone as she jerks back

"You scared me!" She whispers yelling while taking shallow breaths . Aditya chuckles lightly making her smile back .

"I've never seen you smile so care-freely like I saw you yesterday night after being drunk" She says winking "actually you looked cute –smile often it suits you than the scowl you used to have !" She says mocking with a chuckle

I will –When She is around ! He thinks mentally but passes a small smile at Pooja .

Aditya walks Pooja towards her door.

"Adi come in –" Pooja offers with a smile . Aditya opens his mouth to say something but stops seeing two shady men approaching towards them .

"Where is Ashwin?" He asks raising his tone eyeing Pooja from top to bottom making her feel uncomfortable under their gaze

"Papa is on a business trip" She says softly

Aditya places himself between Pooja and The men . Looking at Aditya they walk away just like that without saying anything.

"Have you seen them before Pooh?"

"No—This is the first time" Pooja says hurriedly

"Their look did not seem good –" Aditya says suspiciously as Pooja too nods wondering what is the deal between them and her father .

Aditya giving her a side hug leaves the place .

***

Zoya with the help of her crutches and Noor walks into the hall of the mansion . Arjun and Yash who had been scrolling their phones raise their heads up to see Zoya giving them a full smile despite the casts put on.

Aditya who had just walked in sees her . Zoya feeling his presence raises her head up looking towards him . Her eyes darts unconsciously towards his lips as she gulps her saliva down her throat feeling her throat getting dry . Her cheeks acquires a warm shade but she bites her inner cheeks to stop herself from smiling idiotically but soon a frown appears remembering he did not even come to see her in the hospital .

Saanvi nudges Zoya by her shoulder seeing her gone red. Zoya whispers back a 'shut-up'. Aditya runs his eyes from her arms to her injured ankles as his eyes fills with worries . something stirs in his heart and that too after coming to conclusion with his feelings he wants to run and giving her hug or scratch that –scoop her and walk around until she heals maybe?

"Zoya Oh girl you are badly injured " Yash says dramatically making Zoya chuckle

"Zoya—how many days would it take for you to run around me?" Yash jokes walks towards her . Zoya smiles seeing the concern in Yash's eyes He was one hell of a friend she has ! A jerk ! but good-hearted !

"Ohh Yash even now I could pull your hairs!" She says joking while giving in a wink

"No—no-I—am—Fine—this way " He says horrified remembering the last time she had pulled his hairs in Shimla .

Zoya laughs cupping her mouth .

"Bachchi " Meena maa comes calling out to Zoya happily but pauses her eyes filled with concern and worry "Oh go—What have you done to yourself ? "

"Meena maa I am Fine –your bacchi is too strong haina?" She says softly while hugging her .

"You are so careless !" She chides Zoya lightly "If you were careless what was O—" She stops seeing everyone around

Aditya's lips curve up in a smile knowing what his maa was about to ask if you were careless what was Aditya doing? wasn't he suppose to look after you? I am going to pull his ears for letting you injure you injure yourself !"

Zoya raises her brow at Meena maa , luckily none was paying attention to her words but Saanvi and Noor pass a knowing teasing look at Zoya . Noor meaning since everyone knows about you two but your idiots are wasting time .

"I am going to the room" Zoya announces and takes few step with the help of her crutches. She ends up losing her footing as she opens her mouth to scream soon as her head hits the marble .

Aditya and Yash catches her from either sides . Aditya moves his fingers towards her face removing the fringes away from her face . She feels tingles around her cheeks as She raises her eyelashes looking into his eyes .

"You know I can be your human crutch !" Yash offers jokingly while helping her stand straight . Aditya extricates his hands away from her forearm and takes a step back.

Meena , Saanvi and Noor chuckle lightly seeing the two looking nervous.

"You know you are no longer her fake-boyfriend !" Arjun jokes reminding Yash as he paces towards them and steps in to support Zoya to help .

Noor frowns seeing him looking at Zoya with concern no she is not jealous .

Arjun bites his lower lip while seeing the through the corner of his eyes Noor's frowning deepening as he holds Zoya by her forearm.

Zoya looks at Arjun suspiciously as She chuckles seeing him winking as his eyes pleads to play along . Zoya sees through the corner of her eyes Noor glaring at Arjun .

"Arjun could you help me to the room" Zoya asks sweetly as Arjun more than readily helps her to the room .

Aditya glares at their retreating figure as the two , Aditya and Noor burn in jealously..

Meena maa chuckles slightly seeing Aditya's red face seems like my boy has finally come around. Meena maa turns around to walk back to the kitchen that's when her eyes falls on the new member.

"Who is this Mohanji?" Meena asks smiling

Mohanji tells in a shy tone "My Fiancée !"

"Hayee –seems like Mohanji got a bride from Shimla" She sees winking happily .

Saanvi chuckles as She gives Meena a hug "He did long back"

"Seems like there is more story to this" Meena says chuckling as Saanvi nods

"Mrs.Mathur I and Saanvi are leaving now" he informs

"Where?"

"I'll drop Saanvi at my place and come back here" Mohan says smiling while taking his leave with Saanvi trailing behind .

Soon all disperse to their respective rooms .

***

Once inside the room Zoya and Arjun burst out laughing. Zoya stops laughing as She asks him "So You like her?"

Arjun nods "I like her !"

Zoya gives him a hug happily "She is my precious boy-Keep her happy!"

"I would like to go a date before making things official "

Zoya nods understanding happy for her boy, Noor,.

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