Rich Brat: Sweet Revenge Of A Lazy Princess

Adam turned and looked at Preethi. That is when for the first time he saw a tinch of vulnerability in her. This is the first time he saw her ask something to him in such a meek way. In a short amount of time, he knew her, she had always been very sure of herself. So he was taken by surprise to see her like this.

For some reason, seeing her like this, his own confidence about her… and about them making it work… grew. But as always he was clueless as to how to express it and make her feel at ease. So after some thought, he just took her keys from her hands and stuffed her into the passenger seat and drove through the city without really giving her any explanation. But then this was not something new either since all the words he had uttered throughout the lunch can very well be counted with fingers.

"Where are you taking me??" Preethi, at last, asked unable to curb her curiosity. But she did not feel scared for some reason which is weird. After all, Adam was practically a stranger and he was driving her car somewhere without telling her. Her brain should have screamed bloody murder by now. But due to some reason, she did not feel an ounce of fear.

Adam, on the other hand, did not know how to reply to her. He just had this idea to ease her questions but he was not really sure how she would react to it or take it. And also, as time went by the confidence he got in the spur of the moment seemed to be vanishing. So he just mumbled, "You will see… we will be there soon. I just… we will be there."

So Preethi did not ask anything after that. But that was of course until he started driving into the outskirts of the city. After a while, even the traffic quieted down drastically. And unconsciously, without really realizing, she mumbled under her breath, "Are you sure he is not going to murder you and dump you here??"

But in the quiet car, her voice reverberated in his ears. Adam freaked out immediately and stepped on the break without even thinking.

"Hey, buddy… I was just asking… You don't have to prove me right!!" Preethi exclaimed annoyed rubbing on her forehead. Due to the sudden jerk, she had hit her head on the dashboard.

"Sorry sorry sorry…" Adam said as he immediately rubbed his own palm over her head to ease the pain.

Preethi looked at him sideways. Apart from the fact that he was making a bird nest out of her hair, he looked completely freaked out as if he had killed someone or something. She found it adorable in a weird way. A grin formed on her lips without realizing it.

When the birdnest got out of control, she frowned and said, "It's okay now."

Adam took back his hands and sat back after making sure Preethi was fine. But he did not start the car.

Preethi first tamed her bird nest and then frowned realizing they were not moving.

"Are we there already??" She asked looking around. But no matter how she looked, they were practically in the middle of nowhere.

"NO… A little bit further. But it's okay if you don't want to, I can take you back…" Adam replied looking at her earnestly.

"Nope… I want to go. I am curious now. What kinda place you are taking me to in the middle of nowhere…" Preethi said brightly sitting back.

Adam quietly started the car all over again without really saying anything else. Preethi on the other hands pulled her windows and stuck her head out.

Half an hour later, the car came to a stop in front of a mansion surrounded by woods. It looked scary rich. So much so that, Preethi was scared to even come out of the car.

"Where is this???" Preethi asked still sitting inside the car.

Adam, on the other hand, got down and went towards the passenger side door and said, "This is my dad's place. Come on."

"What?? Your father's place??" Preethi asked shocked while her eyes rapidly darted around the mansion. She seemed like she was just a tread away from panicking.

Adam opened her doors and extended his hands to help her down. But of course, Preethi was still preoccupied with trying not to panic just yet. And no one could blame her… She came out for lunch and ended up in front of a palace-like house and meeting parents. She did not know how it came to it. And more so she did not know what to make out of it.

"Can I… can I… I mean do I still have the option to go back?? You know the option you gave me when we were in the car??" Preethi asked. She was still very unfocused.

"There are no vampires there. I promise." Adam said with a chuckle trying to ease her up.

"I will… I will take vampires. Vampires are far better. You can't just pop up and make me meet you, dad. Look at me. I am in shorts for heavens sakes…." Preethi said, at last, looking up at him.

"It wouldn't matter. Trust me. I promise. It is going to be okay…" Adam consoled her pulling her out of the car.

"Trust you. I don't even know you. And you seem rich… which is super scary in this situation by the way…" Preethi said while her eyes darted around every detail there as she entered the house.

Adam actually took her hands in his before walking towards the entrance. He was afraid Preethi is going to ran away any minute… or at least that's how she looked.

"Okay… you have a point there. But since you trusted me enough to come with me until here, you might as well take a leap of faith. After all, it took us an hour to get here. And after all that, are you going to make me go back without seeing my dad??" Adam asked back.

"Okay fine. But the first sight of a gun, I am running for my life and give me the keys…" Preethi agreed begrudgingly and snatched her car keys from him.

Adam had no choice but to hand it over but he also warned her, "Just remember, you are my ride home. So even if you run, you run with me…" And then opened the front door- if you could even call that a door and entered what Preethi assumed is the humungous living room.