Rich Brat: Sweet Revenge Of A Lazy Princess

In contrast to the light atmosphere on Charan's house, Adam was standing outside a restaurant way over his head. He had not been in this situation in his life before. So he was extremely nervous and fl.u.s.tered. He kept fidgeting with his fingers as he waited for Preethi outside the restaurant. He and Dr. Preethi were supposed to be having lunch this weekend.

Everything became so real as he stood there outside the restaurant. He was excited and nervous at the same time. He was terrified he was going to make a fool of himself and make himself look like an idiot in front of her. His overthinking got him so scared that he was on the verge of calling in sick. But sadly enough he did not really get a chance.

Preethi just then drove in through the gates and of course, the first thing she saw was Adam. She waved at him and then went to park the car.

When she, at last, reached him, she looked at him peculiarly. She looked at Adam head to toe deliberately making the already nervous Adam almost pee his pants.

He started to float all sorts of ideas. He even looked down at himself to make sure he already had his pants on or if he had forgotten them home in his scared stupor. But thankfully, he found that he had all his clothes on properly.

But when Preethi just stood there looking at him, he mustered all his courage and asked, "What is it?? Are the clothes that bad??" God knows it took him forever to actually choose these clothes. He even called Shreya a couple of times to ask for help but of course, she did not pick his call. So he settled for light blue denim pants and a black shirt. After all, you can't go wrong with black.

Preethi just frowned and asked in a dubious voice, "Why do you look like you are ready to bolt from the place any time??"

Which he did look like actually. He had sweat so much that the shirt was now sticking to his skin. If someone saw him now, they are going to think he was about to be arrested by the cops or something rather than having lunch with a friend.

And before Adam could stop himself, he ended up blabbering, "How did you know??" But just as the question slipped his lips, he swatted on his own mouth and looked at Preethi.

Preethi could help the laughter that bubbled at the base of her throat seeing his horrified eyes. He was looking at her as if she was a dinosaur or something.

"I am not that scary you know??" Preethi said at last calming down.

Adam of course immediately shook his head so hard that Preethi seriously worried he is going cramp them.

"NO… no… no. It's not like that. Promise… I just… I was really excited and then when I came here… it just… it all became so real… I started getting nervous…." Adam stumbled around his words and blabbered as he followed behind Preethi towards the restaurant.

Seeing that Preethi did not even look behind him, he got really scared he had offended her. So he grabbed on her arms and turned her towards him. But instead of anger or disappointment, he was actually met with an extremely amused smile dancing on her lips and her eyes clear as day.

Adam heaved in relief.

On the other hand, Preethi was not just amused but also very happy. The notion of a man chasing after her and courting her was a weirdly very heartwarming for her. Her first marriage was actually arranged and during college, she was way too focused on her studies to have time for boys. SO this feeling was alien and joyous at the same time. And she liked it.

Adam, on the other hand, took a minute to calm himself down and chose his words carefully. Normally, he knew even pulling two sentences out of him was a tedious task. Only Shreya ever understood him without him having to say anything and god knows how she did that. But he knew Preethi cannot do that since she did not know him yet and he did not want friction between them because he refused to open his mouth. So he swallowed his stubbornness and spoke with a serious look on his face.

"I am sorry… I did not mean it in any negative way. It's just… this the first time I ever did anything like this and I am not really good at expressing myself. So sometimes I end up blurting out absolute nonsense. I was so excited that I couldn't sleep all night. I just freaked out for a second when I was waiting."

Preethi's smile spread as she heard him even though she understood that much without him having to say anything. As if his sweating palms around her arm wasn't evidencing enough, one has to be blind to not see the unwavering glint on his eyes. His eyes were shining with joy overshadowing his nervousness.

Preethi took away his hands from around her making Adam's heart drop just a tiny bit before being elated as she hooked her own hands around his arms and dragging him towards the restaurant saying, "I know. Now come on, I am starving."

Adam quietly walked with a grin.

For most of the lunch, Adam remained an avid listener to whatever Preethi threw at him. Preethi mostly talked about her work. It ranged from whining and complaining about the long hours to her achievements. But throughout, Adam actually remained quiet.

If not for the absolutely focused eyes, one would think he was uninterested and forced to this meeting. But Preethi actually had 100% of his attention the whole time. His eyes did not waver from her for more than a second when he had to scoop his food.

On the other hand, Preethi just… she did not understand why she felt so happy all of a sudden. She could not express why his attention made her grin like a fool even though he did not utter much in reply.

For once, she experienced first hand how much a person can make you happy without really doing anything. This was not even a fancy restaurant and he did not do anything grand. He just took her to a corner table and they had their food. And the most she heard him talk was the three sentences he said to her at the parking lot. Logically speaking he should be boring. But just the way he attentively kept looking at her and serving her food… it spread an impossible amount of warmth in her.

She knew she was getting ahead of herself, that is why as soon as they reached their car, she stopped him. When he looked at her with a question, she hung her head down and blurted out, "You know, I am divorced and I have a kid from my previous marriage. Are you really okay with it??"