Rich Brat: Sweet Revenge Of A Lazy Princess

Shreya drove quite recklessly through the traffic. The speed they were driving with just now with Bharath became measly in comparison. One small mistake, she would be flying into her own demise. But she handled the bike like a real pro. It was evident that she was no stranger to the two-wheeled monsters and she shot out like a lightning. She did not slow down even when she reached the city. She swirled and curved through the traffic with precision. Her bodyguard following her actually lost her in the traffic. They were no good before her biking skills after all.

She came to a standstill only when she reached her office building. She parked and rushed into the office. Her boots echoed through the deserted corridors making the air eerie all around. But Shreya was not really bothered. Her face was focused and determined but more than all, her eyes were burning with anger. She stormed forward without giving attention to anything on the way.

She pushed open the conference room door with the same stiffened jaws.

The room already had people in it. Harshad, Anand, John, and Zeenath were present. Zeenath was briefing them about Naren and progress thereon. As soon as Shreya entered the room, everyone's eyes invariably turned towards Shreya.

But Shreya did not greet anyone. She just stood there and glared at Zeenath without batting eyes.

"Hey, Shreya…" Harshad greeted. Harshad had been their legal advisor since Shreya took over the company affairs. From there, it was a long way to becoming her friend and gaining her trust. He was the last addition to the group but he was never left out in anyways. And Shreya treated him like a family and the feeling was mutual. So he knew Shreya at least enough to know she was on the edge. One step away from blowing up. SO he wanted to at least try to distract her before she did exactly that but to no avail.

Shreya's voice seethed as she spoke, "You met with Naren without backup… that too inside his own house??" It was a question she already knows the answer for but it still pissed her off to ask that.

Zeenath just nodded her head. Zeenath was one of the few people who can stand up for herself against Shreya without being afraid although Shreya almost always wins in the end. Maybe it came from knowing her as a friend before she knew Shreya as a boss.

A few seconds of silence prevailed when Shreya took a deep breath to try to calm herself down.

"Do you have any idea how dangerous it is??" Shreya asked gritting her teeth.

Zee just rolled her eyes and shrugged her shoulders before saying, "I know what I am doing…"

"God damn it, Zee… You know the rules. You call in before you go somewhere. We don't even know what that guy had found out about you after the first meeting and you ended up in his house a week later all alone?? He could have killed you damn it!!" Shreya burst out without a pause.

Zeenath got irritated.

"Get over yourself Shreya. I know you care about me but can you stop nagging for once. You are being unnecessarily paranoid!!" Zee said nonchalantly and exasperated. Her frustration seeped into her voice.

And that was it. Whatever little calmness Shreya had… she lost it all… but somehow her anger always came in a calm collected voice making people shiver in terror.

"Of course I am paranoid, Ms. Zeenath. If you don't remember, I lost my parents to that heartless jerk and I am not looking forward to adding a friend to that list." Shreya said in an extremely low and haunting voice.

Everyone in the room stopped breathing for a moment. They could all see the different emotions run through Shreya's face as she tried so hard to calm herself down.

Zee slightly paled. They were friends… but Shreya… in all these years since Adithya and Sumitha died… she never brought her parents up in a conversation. Until now that is… That's how she knew she had said something really stupid carelessly.

Zeenath had no family. She grew up in an orphanage. Whatever little warm she ever got, it was from Shreya and her family. And she was grateful for it. Without Shreya, she doesn't really have anyone to worry about whether she lived or died.

"I am sorry… I did not…" Zeenath started to apologize but Shreya shut her up. And since she felt guilty, she sealed her lips and looked down.

"You won't be meeting with Naren ever again and that's an order. No arguments. I find out you met with him behind my back, you can forget about ever working here." Shreya said in the calmest and the most authoritative voice. She rarely used them amongst her friends but when need be… she wouldn't shy away from showing them who the boss is at times like this.

Whatever protest seeded at the base of Zeenath's throats died then and there when she looked at Shreya's cold expressionless authoritative face. That when she got to know how much she really messed up. And she also knew how rock headed Shreya can be when someone pissed her off. SO she did not even open her mouth after that.

Shreya gave some more instructions for Harshad and others. She then walked out without looking back.

"Shreya…." Zeenath tried but puffed her cheeks when Shreya did not look back.

Shreya swung the doors to her office harshly and walked in frustrated. And the next second a flower vase standing on the corner came down crashing to the floor and sharp pain and blood dripped out of her hands. But she could not be bothered about the pain or the blood.

She was not in a good place emotionally. She was pissed and frustrated.

She was pissed that Zeenath would do something soo stupid like that and actually call her cautions as 'nagging' even after knowing what had happened to her parents.

She was frustrated that with the work she had been doing for so many years and she still could not have the kind of power to actually protect the people she cared about. She felt as if all her work so far was meaningless if she can't say confidently that nobody can touch her. She felt as if she had failed in someways.

Her thoughts weren't rational exactly but she couldn't control it either. She was scared out of her wits when Srinivas- Zeenath's bodyguard called to inform that she couldn't locate Zeenath.

He called her back half an hour later to inform her that Zeenath was safe and sound. But only Shreya's knows how many worst-case scenarios she had imagined in that 30 minutes. It was too many to count. Once the worry wore off, the anger set in.

She got so angry that Zee would ignore and do something so stupid put herself in harm's way… of all the people.

All the others in her group were either family or her employees from the start. Zee was the only one sole friend she has and… Zee was the one she shared the most with. Shreya has a load of baggage she doesn't share with anyone. But amongst that, Zee knows the most.

That is what pissed Shreya off so much more than if it had been done by someone else.