Rich Brat: Sweet Revenge Of A Lazy Princess

Shreya walked down with Charan hot on her trails. She wore a shredded jean and an A-line kurti that had a slit up to her torso. She had actually put some effort today and pulled her hair into a ponytail and wore a hanging earring. She still kept her neck and face bare except for a bindi. Charan, on the other hand, wore jeans and a black formal shirt that Shreya gave him.

"I am surprised you are not wearing a t-shirt!! Where did you even get that??" Bhagya asked gapping at Shreya as soon as they came to the living room.

Shreya did not reply but instead glared at Charan standing beside her. She did not even know how he got it… but he did and insisted she wears it today.

"It's a gift!!" Charan said with a bright smile. He knew Shreya would never wear anything extremely traditional like a saree or such. So, he decided to meet her halfway and decided on getting a kurti that she can wear with one of her jeans.

"Good choice…" Bhagya said beaming.

The living room was already filled with the whole of Shreya's gang. Pritham was busy playing with the golden retriever while Anand and John sat on the couch and talked about god knows what. Zack and Adam were with Harshad while Bhagya went ahead to greet Lilly- Harshad's wife and Adhira their daughter.

"You go ahead. I will get you something to drink" Charan whispered to her and left to the kitchen.

When he came back in, even Ajay and Kabir had come with their families. And Shreya was, as usual, teasing Ajay to no end. After two minutes, Ajay's daughter Ekta joined the fun and Shreya forgot about Ajay all together.

Charan laughed it off and gave Shreya a bottle of some soda and then brought Ajay and Kabir to Anand and Bhagya for introductions.

"Hey, Anand. This is Ajay and Kabir, my partners in the firm. And this is Raji, Ajay's wife, and Mahima, Kabir's wife."

"And that brat arguing with Shreya is my kid, Ekta, and the quiet kid is Abeer… Kabir's kid." Ajay pitched in.

And in no time everyone gathered in the living room. Elders sat on the couches while youngsters sat where ever there was space. Some even sat down and goofed around to their heart's content. The atmosphere was very lively. When Madhu walked in, Akash's face visibly brightened which did not go unnoticed by Bhagya.

"Hey, Madhu… Where is Karthik??" Shreya asked from her place.

"He will be here for dinner. He had some work so he got late." Madhu replied very obediently making Akash's face deflated like a balloon pricked with a pin.

Charan pinched Shreya from the side and scolded, "Hey, leave him alone."

"No can do. He made Madhu cry buckets. Of course, he should pay. And on top of it… he is clueless. This is the only way he will come to terms with his feelings on his own…" Shreya shrugged and turned towards Adam.

But just then Charan's family also walked in. Both Anand and Bhagya went to greet them. Shreya went ahead and gave everyone an enthusiastic hug. She even hugged Preethi whom she just met for the first time but left out Bharath deliberately. She then went away with Akira and Akil with Bharath whining hot on her trail about not being hugged.

Once the introductions were done, Anand and Gopal went to talk while Bhagya went away with Srimathi- Charan's mum. SO Charan took Preethi to make the introductions. But just as they came into view of everyone.

Both Adam and Preethi pointed their fingers at each other and asked away in a chorus, "What are you doing here??"

Before they could clear the air, John walked towards Preethi and gave her a bear hug which Preethi returned gladly. And the next you know, she ignored both Charan and Adam completely and started talking to John leaving both the boys eating flies.

"So Preethi is the one you were so excited about??" Charan asked frowning. And then he remembered Preethi asking advice about someone she met in the hospital and how Adam got into an accident about the same time.

But Adam's brain hadn't processed things just yet clearly. SO he was still in confusion when Charan explained, "That's my sister."

"Wait, so Preethi and Shreya have not met before??" Adam asked at last successfully kick-starting his brains to work.

"Nope… They are actually yet to meet!! Both got distracted pretty quickly after formal introductions." Charan explained.

Very soon, it was dinner time and everyone gathered in the garden. A very long table was laid down in the middle and people started occupying them randomly. All the kids gathered around Abeer. Ekta, Akira, and Akil were familiar with him already while Adhira- Harshad's kid also joined the gang. Abeer even though he was quiet for most of the time, was a mature kid and eldest of them all. So he carefully sat everyone around him and then took his own seat. So it went on without a fuss.

Anand sat on the head of the table and somehow Shreya ended up sitting in between Charan and Preethi. Shreya kept staring at Preethi for a second before placing her as Adam's doctor.

"Hey, I have seen you before… You are the doctor. So you are Adam's girlfriend and Charan's elder sister??" She asked shocked.

"Very late reaction. Everyone already knows…" Bharath commented sarcastically from across Shreya while Shreya looked at Adam and Charan for conformation.

But after that Shreya had glittering eyes as she stared relentlessly at Preethi as if she was an alien creature or something.

Charan kicked her under the table.

"What?? I am not eating your sister… I am just curious how she was able to tame that blockhead is all!!" Shreya said started piling endless questions to Preethi and as well as started saying all the secrets she knew about Adam all at once.

Of course, there was also Akash glaring holes at Madhu and Karthick talking merrily.

The dinner table was lively and noisy and the food was delicious. The atmosphere made one forget the time. The laughter and voices of people filled the resolute house after such a long time. 

This gathering happened every year but the rest of the time the manor was empty since Adithya and Sumitha passed away. Shreya couldn't stand to stay here alone. But she also didn't want to abandon it. SO she gathered everyone close to her on New Year and celebrated it as they always did when her parents were around.