Rich Brat: Sweet Revenge Of A Lazy Princess

Akash and Madhu were descending the stairs outside the office. Akash turned towards Madhu and offered her a ride home.

"I can drive you hom…." But before he could even complete the words, Madhu squealed suddenly startling Akash. And before he could make sense of anything, he saw Madhu galloping away from him with a burst of eccentric laughter and the next second she had hoisted herself over a guy who was standing leisurely leaning over his car with a big goofy smile.

He hoisted her on his arms and swung around in glee while Madhu just laughed away.

Something snapped inside Akash. He did not even realize that his hands were fisted tightly while his eyes blazed with anger. God knows what he would have done if not for Shreya coming over and swinging her arms around his shoulders.

"Hey, what's up??" Shreya asked away not realizing she had actually interrupted something.

Akash came back to his senses but he still couldn't focus on anything but Madhu standing a few feet away in some other guy's arms. His eyes refused to move away from her no matter how much he willed himself to.

Shreya looked up confused when she did not hear any reply from him. Her eyes followed his and found exactly what he was looking at and her own lips curved.

She reached out and swatted at his head making him look down at her. Her hands barely reached his head but even then the hit was actually pretty hard.

Akash rubbed the back of his head in pain and glared at Shreya accusingly.

"Instead of glaring at everyone around.. you should start using your brains for once. Then you won't be here boring imaginary holes into a guy's head all over again…" She said in a sulky voice and walked away after giving him a pointed look.

"What did I do??" Akash asked cluelessly to her back.

"Its what you didn't do…" Shreya replied sarcastically without even bothering to look back. She just raised her left hand and waved him goodbye while Akash was left to stare at her back with his jaws dropped.

But when he actually thought about Shreya's parting words… something struck a cord. What he didn't do??

Madhu had been around him from forever. She was hired right out of college and she had been following him around from when he first came into the company. SO he was already so used to her presence that he did not even realize the subtle changes in himself.

How his eyes always stayed just an extra second on her back or how he was being just a tiny bit more considerate towards her or how he was a little less angry every time she screws up or how he was little more responsible or how he was just a tiny bit more frustrated when she was not around…

But when he saw Madhu with someone else… The burst of anger was very undeniable… It was like a tight slap on the face waking him up from a dream.

When he was not able to deduce the changes in himself, he had no hope of ever noticing those lingering gazes from Madhu anyways.

After gathering all his thoughts, he went straight to Shreya's apartment. Thankfully she was actually alone.

Shreya did not even bother asking what was up since she had a good idea of what was up. SO she asked sarcastically smirking, "Have you found enlightenment so soon!!??"

"Shreya…" Akash w.h.i.n.ed pitifully slumping on her couch. He said there leaning back.

Shreya did not bother with him but instead went to her kitchen to get herself a drink. Out of pity, she took a can of beer for Akash and passed it to him.

Akash accepted it gratefully and popped it open immediately. He took one generous sip and cringed as the alcohol burned his throats.

"Slow down there bud…" Shreya said ruffling his hairs and sat beside him.

"Don't call me that…" Akash said and swatted her hands away grumpily.

While Akash was lamenting away to Shreya, Madhu couldn't stop her smiles. It had been three years since she last saw Karthik. The tall, dark and handsome guy who picked her up from outside her office is Karthik. He and Madhu are thick as thieves. They both were friends from diapers. Growing up, they were neighbors and then classmates. But they got separated when Karthik went overseas for higher studies.

Karthik was a few years elder to her and he was that one person who could make her do the craziest of things. Somehow he always gave her that freedom to be wild without fearing anything. He always brought out a side of her that she herself never knew she had.

She was now in a nightclub drunk out of her mind dancing on the floor shouting on top of her voice. While Karthik stood behind her standing guard like a bodyguard.

By the stroke of midnight, she had passed out cold.

Karthik shook his head as he gave her a piggyback ride. He couldn't take her to her home for obvious reasons. She still stayed with her parents. So instead he called her mum and informed that Madhu will be staying with him for the night and took her to his place.

The next morning, she woke up with a start when someone poured cold water all over her. After wiping away when she opened her eyes, she was met with a very smug-looking Karthik with a big a.s.s grin on her face.

"Karthik, you a.s.s hole…." Colorful profanities escaped from her mouth as Madhu immediately got up from her place to chase after him but her head spinning and ached just as she sat up. She forgot all about Karthik and sat there holding her head tightly. She did not know what was happening since this was the first time she had gotten drunk.

"Shit… My head hurts like hell!!" Madhu cursed under her breath just as Karthik extended some painkillers along with water to her.

"That's what you get when you end up getting drunk…" Karthik said and ruffled her head. Madhu swallowed the tablet gratefully. It took a while to work.

"Now get up. I bought you some breakfast. Freshen up and eat. You are going to be late for work." Karthik said shrugging his shoulders and walked out.

Thus when she reached the office, between Karthik's early morning cold shower and her headache, she was like a grumpy little possum with frowned brows.

While Akash, on the other hand, had to endure a night full of sarcasm and teasing from Shreya. Thus he was not really in any better mood than when he left the office yesterday.

And because of their respective moods, both of them avoided each other like a plague the whole day.