i actually understand Asad... his attitude shown in the precap... the dude's in denial. big time. He wants to stay away from any sort of attraction or love for Zoya as he's scared that if he allows himself to love someone, he might get hurt... or end up hurting her... by saying all that to his ammi, about Zoya, he's actually trying to convince himself that nothing's changed... his attitude towards zoya is still the same, while somewhere, deep down, he knows that things are never going to be the same anymore... it wasn't HIS fault zoya over heard him!!!!!