Rich Brat: Sweet Revenge Of A Lazy Princess

Just as the room cleared, Shreya connected her phone to the projector and video called Akira. Something was not right. It was just shy of the afternoon so Akira shouldn't be out of school nor should Charan be home just yet. But seeing as Akira was texting her from Charan's phone, both of it was happening for some reason.

As soon as the call connected she was met with a pale looking Akira and Shreya's heart churned immediately.

"Baby, what happened?? Why do you look so pale??" Shreya asked impatiently.

"Hi, Shreya… I am having a fever... I had to have that bitter tablet too…" Akira complained cutely making a pitiful face.

Shreya did not know what happened to her. Just the thought of Akira not feeling well somehow made a pit form at the base of her stomach. She instantly took her phone and walked out of the conference room in a hurry.

"Baby… I will meet you in a minute okay?? You stay right there…" Shreya said and hung up the phone while waiting for the elevator impatiently.

All she could think of was to get to Akira as soon as possible. She did not even think that if she was home then Charan should be there with her to take care of her. She drove her car like crazy and reached Charan's house in record time. She barged into the house in a hurry without bothering to knock and made a beeline to Akira's room.

The first thing she saw was a soundly sleeping Akira. Shreya approached Akira and felt her forehead. Only after making sure that the fever was not that severe that Shreya let out a sigh of relief. She then sat there beside her holding her small hand in hers and looked at Akira unwaveringly.

Her gaze did not leave her even when she heard someone open the door behind her. After a few seconds Charan's voice came in, "Akira texted you, didn't she??"

She did not really bother to reply to him. Instead, she asked questions of her own.

"What happened?? Why did she get a fever so suddenly?? Did you take her to the doctors?? Will she be okay??" She did not give him time to even reply.

"Whoa… Slow down. She is just running a slight temperature. It is common when the climate is changing. I had her stay at home just in case. And I did take her to the doctors. He said it is nothing to worry about…" Charan said trying to calm her down.

She sighed in relief but she couldn't calm down fully for some reason. She kept holding Akira's hands anxiously and kept c.a.r.e.s.sing her forehead gently. The fever was so slight that she could barely feel it. But even then her eyes just refused to move away from Akira.

Charan could clearly see her worry. He went near her and ruffled her head and said, "Don't worry. She is going to be just fine in no time. You are not going to be able to make her sit by dinner tonight. I promise…" He consoled her and left her alone with Akira. Anyways he knew he wouldn't be able to bring Shreya out of the room without Akira. SO he let her be and went to get some work done. He was supposed to attend a meeting today but had Ajay sit in his place since Akira fell sick. Now he had to fill in for Ajay's work.

By the time he was done with his work, it was late evening. Almost time for dinner. When he walked into the room, both Shreya and Akira were sleeping soundly. Akira was completely curled up against Shreya while Shreya laid cramped in Akira's small bed.

Charan stopped on his track and just kept staring at them. On the bedside table, Shreya's phone blinked and it showed at least two dozen missed calls and hell of a lot more messages.

Charan shook his head. He could already guess that Shreya probably did not inform anyone where she was or why she left. He went near her and c.a.r.e.s.sed on her head lightly… or at least he tried to. But just as he was about to touch her, Shreya somehow sensed them and swatted them away quite harshly. Charan hissed in pain just as Shreya looked up at him. Then only it dawns on her what she had done and she looked at him guiltily as always. But before either of them could say anything, Akira woke up and called out to them.

"Dada… Shreya… I am hungry," She mumbled on her sleep.

Thus both of them instantly got to work and Akira was eating something light in no time. But by the time they were done with dinner and put Akira to sleep, it was well into the night.

Charan went and showered while Shreya sat on the couch fidgeting. Last time she promised herself that she would tell Charan about her ex if something like that happened again and she wanted to keep her promise to herself but then she was nervous to talk. She knew she will never be ready if she gave herself that choice. So she willed herself and walked towards Charan's room determined.

When she entered the room, she heard the shower running. So she sat on the bed and waited patiently.

Charan came out in his track pants drying is hair. He was slightly surprised seeing Shreya there. Usually, by now she would have made her bed on the couch and would be fast asleep.

Shreya's looked at him intently from head to toe but then they stopped at his hands. There was a red nail mark on Charan's thumb. It was not big… but it was still there. But since he was just out of the shower, his skin was bright and fresh. Thus the red mark stood out. She could clearly guess it was her handy work.

Her hands took her where her mind was. She gently took his hands in hers and ran her thumb over the red mark.

Charan did not need to be able to read minds to know what she was thinking about. He did not say anything though. He just ruffled her head with his other hands and gave her a smile while Shreya rested her head on his hard c.h.e.s.t and snuggled in without a word.