Rich Brat: Sweet Revenge Of A Lazy Princess - Chapter 357

Shreya let out a groan uncontrollably. Moving seriously hurt.

Just after the accident, she had way too many things on her mind… she did not even have the time to feel the pain. But now that she had nothing to do, even breathing was painful.

It was well past dinner time now. Bharath bought them dinner. She was about to send both him and Akira home but Akira refused to go home very stubbornly. And since it was the weekend and she did not even have to go to school, Shreya did not have anything else to convince her with.

When she so much as started to talk about sending her home, Akira’s eyes welled up as if she was going to go into sobbing fit all over again. Scared Shreya, let her be. She just sent Bharath back and let Akira sleep with her in the room. She asked the hospital for an extra bed. Even though Shreya would love to let Akira sleep with her, it was really inconvenient as she was hurt all over her body… And the IV was still on for some reason.

Shreya carefully pulled out her IV and made her way to the bathroom.

She couldn’t help but stare at herself in the mirror.

She looked pale and her head was wrapped up with gauze, like a turban. Her whole left side was also wrapped up. She was in a hospital gown that was way too loose for her. But thankfully it was not too flimsy. It was also tied up front, not on the back.

She wanted to wash her face but obviously, she couldn’t. So, after self-inspection, she did her business and left the bathroom.

“Oww!!” Shreya could help squeal when someone engulfed her into a hug as soon as she stepped out of the bathroom. But then a familiar pair of hands circled around her.

“You scared me…!” Shreya exclaimed at Charan after calming her shocked nerves.

“I scared you? It’s you who scared me, idiot!! Do you have any idea how scared I was when I saw the news??” Charan answered scolding her.

His heart still went erratic when he thought of the moment when he saw the morning news. His mind went blank for a minute before panic set in… He could barely make a call.

His composure almost fully slipped until he heard Akira crying. That is when he composed himself a bit and reassured her even when he himself was terrified out of her mind. Only when he heard Adam say that Shreya was perfectly alright, just slightly injured that he stopped scaring himself.

Even then, he did not feel at ease… so, without much thought, he postponed the business he had and drove here without break. He cannot be bothered about anything else.

“Weren’t you supposed to be on a business trip this weekend?” Shreya asked feeling slightly guilty.

Charan did not answer her question at all… he just held her. But the hands holding her seem to be shivering somehow.

Shreya let out a sigh and buried her face against his neck and awkwardly and cautiously circled her uninjured hand around him returning his hug. But it wasn’t as natural as it used to be.

She gently rubbed on his back as she slowly said, “I am sorry… with everything going on, I couldn’t get the word out. I completely forgot about it. And my phone cracked during the crash! So, I never got any of your calls… I am sorry!!” More than her phone being broken due to an accident, it is more accurate to say Shreya broke it because of the accident.

Whenever she walked into any sort of hostile situation, Shreya had the habit of breaking her phone because even if there are no contact details in it, it is still easy to get the call records. So, Shreya would never take such risks of her phones landing in the wrong hands in case something happened to her…

So, after giving out all the instructions, Shreya cracked her phone on the floors of her car. And she never really had time to breathe let alone get herself a new phone…

So, she never got around to calling him nor was she able to attend his call. But then, even if she did have her phones on her, she wasn’t sure she would have talked to him.

Because for one, she was focused on Zeenath back then… but more than that, she knew the minute she sees Charan, she will end up letting her guard down.

Charan had that effect on her… no matter how big a wall she tried to rise, it always falls around him. She will end up spilling her gut to him… she will end up telling him how scared she was and she still is… and she cannot get scared… not just yet anyway. That is why even when she had woken up and met with Akira, she did not call him back.

For the same reason she also subconsciously avoided visiting or seeing Zeenath. Because she knew the minute she will lay eyes on her, she will fall and she will fall hard. It would paralyze her completely… the fear will completely knock her to the ground. And she would stop knowing what to do anymore. And for now, everyone depended on her to know what to do.

She will have time to be scared later… she will have time to fall all over the place later… just, for now, she cannot.

After a long while, Charan pulled away after calming his nerves. He looked all over her as he asked, “Are you okay now?”

“I am fine, Charan. Just some bumps and bruises… nothing a few days in bed cannot heal!!” Shreya smiled brightly making it all seem light.

Charan pecked on her temples as he said, “As long as you are fine…!”