Wow!!! That was deep Shruthi, very well written. To me apart from Arjun, all are grey shaded characters. All are humans, none of them angles. Right now I cannot term Aditya as right or wrong. He might be a good person, but the emotional trauma which he has suffered has shaken him to his core. He is lost and hence he has made Zoya the center of his universe. She is like a lifeline to him, who is actually holding him to sanity. He would have drowned in misery if not for Zoya. He himself does not realize it. Therefore, such desperation just to get a reaction. He will use any means to get back that feisty Zoya, even if he has to use Mahi for it. I do not endorse that Mahi being played is a right thing, but right now Zoya is all that matters to him. "Saam Daam Dand Bhed", whatever he can use he will.
Plus I don't think that he has any clue that Mahi is smitten with him. Or else he would have been wary.
Aditya might have tried to manipulate Mahi in order to get to Zoya, but Mahi in no ways is a fool. She is a manipular and an opportunist and not to forget extremely cunning. I don't think that she will be taken for a ride by Aditya for long. She will definitely catch on. But I am scared that Aditya has dug his own grave by using Mahi, and now he will surely fall into it dragging Zoya along with him, as it is said, "Hell hath no fury as a woman scorned".
But then both of them have professed that whether they want it or not, their destinies are tied together.
I loved this line of yours "Do you want to die holding my hands or do you want to live."
Bad luck or good luck, She herself held his hands, now whether she likes it or not she is not going to leave it, and I am pretty sure Aditya won't let her.😆