All Chapters of Lovers or Friends: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Prologue………. “ Tina,I can’t give you back your dead baby but you can take mine !! “ Please !! do me a favor, accept him “, Avni begged with cracked voice. Tina froze for a second by her words but then she came back to reality when she heard the cries of newborn babies . “ No , I can’t Avni , they are yours and Hercules , my baby died because of me, maybe it was the sign of destiny that Hercules and I can’t be together . “ , Tina replied . “ Please !! try to understand Tina ! he never loved me and will never love me like he loved you ,I am just a good friend of him nothing more than it . But please accept my baby at least my one baby had the chance to have the love of his father “ Avni cried while staring both the twins who were now stopped wailing . “ I will talk to Hercules about you and your babies and I am sure both your baby girl and baby boy will get the love of Hercules , about you he will accept you and your love , I am sure about it . He just needed to see you and the babi

In India. … …. “ Hey!! Avantika, our CEO has called you to discuss something important with you “, Avantika’s colleague Raisha informed. “ Ok I will be in five minutes “, Avantika said. Avantika checked the time on her phone and found the five missed calls from her father, she called him back and asked, “ Is everything alright there papa!! I will be back in one hour “. She was hell of scared after she saw the five missed calls from her father as her father is a heart patient and is alone, no one is taking care of him except her. “ Avni!! Baccha ( baby) calm down!! I am fine, I just called you to inform you that today we will go out for family dinner “, Rakesh explained. Avantika huffed a sigh of relief and said, “ oh god!! Dad for a second you scared me like hell “, Rakesh chuckled and said, “ Stupid girl at this age you should have you take care of yourself not me, Avni back now you are settled, at least try to see anyone “, Rakesh asked. Avantika rolled her eyes and replied, “

“ Really !! Then why didn’t you take me with me to your office “, asked Pari? Avantika smiled and replied,” Because my Pari is a good girl and a good girl never missed school”. “ But mommy, I don’t want to go to school, I wanted to play football “, Pari complained. “ Pari !! Beta { baby }, you are so small for football, you may hurt yourself “, Avantika scolded her and the poor girl’s eyes get moist. “ But mummy Nanu { grandpa } told me that you started playing at my age, then why can’t I ? “, Pari asked with loud sobs. “PARI !! good girls never disobey their elders, now go back to your room and get ready for dinner “, Avantika scolded him with a loud voice this made the poor girl scared and she started crying while staring at the ground. Avantika also felt that this time she was being rude to her but she didn’t try to console her as she don’t want to encourage Pari to play football. When Rakesh saw the tears in the eyes of little angle, his heart ached and he hugged her tight

Alex and Anjali’s eyes were fixed on Hercules while Hercules tried to ignore them and started eating by himself. “ What the hell is this Hercules? How could be you so irresponsible towards your family? At least try to be responsible for your son. You are not a teenager no more now you are a grown-up man and a father also ‘, Alex scolded in a harsh tone. Hercules shoved the plate of the meal away from him and wiped his mouth with a napkin, he completed acted as if nothing happened. “ Hercules ! your father asked you something “, Anjali semi-yelled. “ What should I have to answer mom, that your son is nothing but a great loser Huh!! Oh, come one Dad how many times you will repeat the same lines. I know I am a great shame in our family. So sorry to disappoint you dad but I can’t sacrifice my everything to make you happy “, Hercules vents all his frustration. Alex clenched his fist tightly to control his temper. Hercules closed his eyes and inhaled deeply, he raked his fingers on his

Rakesh has no answers to her questions because that’s the only thing he can’t give his daughter. Rakesh fulfilled all the wishes of Avantika since her childhood so that she couldn’t feel the absence of her mother in her life except for giving her the love of Hercules that she always dreamed of since her childhood. He always feels regret to give her false hope that one day Hercules will love that why she was broken beyond repair when reality hits her. He hugged Avantika possessively and consoled,” Sometimes despite being almost shattered into pieces we have to collect all the pieces of us for someone. When your mother died when she gave birth to you, I was completely devastated, I wanted to die at that moment but You know who gave me the courage to live? “ Avantika stared at her father confusingly without having any clue. Rakesh pinched her cheeks and passed a painful smile. “ It’s you, when I was about to end my life your cries falls on my ears and then my heart begged to live for