Rich Brat: Sweet Revenge Of A Lazy Princess

By the time all the inquiry came to an end, Srinivas had already stopped the car in front of the Sri corp.

Before Shreya could get down, Srinivas -alights the car and opened it for her.

"Thanks," Shreya said but before walking away, she turned towards Srinivas and said suddenly remembering something.

"Oh, yea… just a head up. Zee is going to be really angry with you. She might come to beat you up! Depending on how angry she is, you will get to know how much success you have had so far with her. If you get beat up, you can consider you have achieved a passing mark!" Shreya said with a mischievous glint on her face and walking away without explaining anything further.

Srinivas gapped at her back for a second before stuffing the car keys to one of the valets there and followed Shreya hurried.

"Shreya, what did you do?" Srinivas yelled behind her to gain her attention.

But except for Shreya, everyone else stopped in their tracks. The whole place quieted down instantly in seconds.

The gossips were getting out of control within the company regarding Shreya… they started speculating that it was Shreya's scheme to take over the company in the name of being Adithya's daughter and such…

Even though Shreya was not bothered, Anand couldn't stand it. So, he made an announcement within the building clarifying Shreya's status and role within the company a few days back. He also made very sure to inform each and every employee about the consequences they will be facing if anyone ever disrespects Shreya within these walls ever again.

So everyone within the company had been shivering at their legs whenever they saw Shreya. And since it was about time everyone left work, the lobby was filled. Everyone just gapped at Srinivas like he had grown horns for calling Shreya by her name. That too, so publicly.

While everyone was waiting to see some sort of action drama, the main protagonist, Shreya just turned around and shuck her tongues out at Srinivas and ran away towards the elevator.

In that stagnant frozen atmosphere, her giggle was especially sweet to ears.

Srinivas stood there perplexed for a second before following her leaving behind an even more perplexed crowd of people. But before Srinivas could reach Shreya, the elevator doors opened and Shreya went in but blocked the entrance without letting Srinivas follow him in.

"You were the one who asked me to poke around her shells… and being the nice person I am, did exactly as you asked. So, remember, this is what you wanted…" Saying that Shreya closed the elevator doors with a bright smile leaving behind a dumbfounded Srinivas.

"I asked you to poke around her, not get me beaten up…" Srinivas muttered to himself and then pressed the button to the elevator beside the one Shreya had used and waited patiently.

Only when Srinivas's elevator doors closed did everyone in the hallway started moving. Everyone's minds were working overtime but none of them had the courage to voice them.

Shreya reached her office in high spirits. After that, even she did not know how the time slipped by until Srinivas came in armed with dinner for the night.

She smiled brightly seeing him but it was short-lived as Srinivas stormed in and pulled her by her ears as he asked, "You… what did you say to Zee? Why did she suddenly come to me so agitated and livid without even giving me the chance to explain anything at all and left?"

"Ow. Ow. Ow… hey, it hurts!" Shreya yelled dramatically while all he did not hold her by her ears.

Srinivas gave her a dry look but still let go of her ears and showed her scratch marks on his arm and asked, "What do you say to that then! Zee was absolutely livid. I have never seen her like this before. This what I got when I tried to stop her to ask what the hell was she talking about in the first place."

Shreya's eyes instantly brightened but her lips twitched into a proud smile looking at Srinivas.

"It worked… it actually worked!" She exclaimed excitedly.

"You mind telling me what worked exactly?" Srinivas asked suppressed all his impatience by a thread.

Shreya looked at Srinivas with mischief and actually walked to the couch and opened the dinner he had bought without saying anything else on the subject.

"I am really hungry… I feel almost dizzy now. We can talk after eating right?" Shreya had smiling brightly at him.

Srinivas looked at her excited self and let out a helpless smile as he asked, "You are enjoying yourself aren't you?" Her amus.e.m.e.nt at the given situation was not lost to him.

"Yup… I am enjoying this so very much actually!" Shreya agreed readily as she bit down on her burger unceremoniously. "Seeing you out of your sorts is quite entertaining actually! I should probably make you like this more often!" She continued after swallowing her first bite. All he could do was shake his head helplessly.

Seeing as he was not going to win against her anyways, Srinivas took his own food and started to eat.

They both breezed through their dinner in a matter of 10 minutes. Srinivas cleaned up the mess left behind while Shreya sat back leaning on her couch fully content with her hands resting over her stomach.

"God! I am so full that my eyes are drooping on their own!" Shreya said.

His lips twitched at her teasing but he did not really react. He just gave her a look and went on with the work at hand.

Shreya pouted and closed her eyes stubbornly. Once he was done, Srinivas came back to the couch and pulled on her cheeks hardly.

"Ouch!" Shreya exclaimed. This time it really did hurt. Her cheeks turned slightly pink when he pulled back his hands.

Srinivas just gave her a look without explaining anything.

Shreya pouted but still, she relented at last and took her phone and showed him the text she had sent Zee. It was a photo of him and another lady from the mall. He had just helped her pick up some stuff from the ground when she dropped and helped to the elevators. He was just being a gentleman. On its own, it was not harmful. But then Shreya had captioned it by saying.

'They look so cute together, don't they? I am playing cupid!'

"Shreya! I asked you to poke around a tortoise's shell not throw a stone at the tiger's den." Srinivas mumbled helplessly.

"Well, you are the one trying to date a tigress… not me! Tigress's don't come out with just a harmless poke. You need something stronger!" Shreya said proudly.

"She is never going to be able to trust me ever!" Srinivas declared.

"She has to be able to let you in first for her to trust! And that wouldn't happen without a hard push… not with Zee and this is your opening. Use it to your advantage…" Shreya answered and then tapped away in her cell.

Srinivas became quiet without really saying anything.

Shreya then showed him the CCTV camera video's of the whole incident on her phone and said, "I already sent her this just now… It's your ability how you make use of it! She also knows you had nothing to do with the incident! And she knows I am too lazy to lie too…"

Srinivas comprehended everything for a second before getting up and turned towards Shreya as he said, "Come on. I will take you home now…" After that, without really giving Shreya the chance to refuse, he dragged her to the elevator.

Shreya did not protest. She was done with all the works for the day anyways.

All the way to her apartment, Srinivas stayed absolutely quiet while his eyes had a distant look in them showing how much pre-occupied he was.

As soon as they entered her apartment, Srinivas started instructing, "Lock the doors behind me and look through the peephole before opening the doors for anyone." His voice was slightly hurried but it did not hear as if he was impatient or anything.

He then turned around to leave.

Shreya suddenly remembered something and called out, "Wait!" She then tapped away on her phones and said, "She is at a club… I sent you the address."

Srinivas walked back into the apartment and approached Shreya and pecked on her forehead and said sincerely, "Thank you…"

"You are welcome… I just want to see you two happy… I want to see her happy. She had enough suffering to last a lifetime. It's about time that changed…" Shreya said solemnly.

He smiled and said, "I will give it my best shot. I promise. Sleep tight!" he said and at last, exited the apartment and came back to the car.

He stayed there thinking for a while before deciding and pulling out of the apartment.