Rich Brat: Sweet Revenge Of A Lazy Princess - Chapter 365

“It’s okay, Mrs. Srivastav. You have a nice family… Your daughter reminds me of my granddaughter!” Mr. Walia answered amiably.

Shreya blinked for a second shocked when she was addressed as a Mrs. And when she called Akira her daughter… but then, she did not want to deny the title either. Even when the title made her embarrassed slightly, she was not repulsed.

So, after giving it a quick thought, she did not correct him but instead said, “Thank you, sir. And please, you can call me Shreya…” She gave him a warm smile as she said that.

Mr. Walia did not hold courtesy and straight-up called her out by her name once Shreya asked for it. He did not feel it was anything inappropriate given their age difference.

“I have known you dad. He was an admirable person, just like you…” He smiled.

“Well, I try to be…” Shreya answered modestly. But she did not take up a humble stance. There was pride when she said it.

“You want to tell me why you have asked me here today, Shreya…? I don’t think it is just for polite exchanges or to share a meal together!!” Mr. Walia got right to point without beating around the bush anymore.

Anyways, the pleasantries were done. Before that, it might have looked rude… and now, it was useless to waste any more time playing tag with each other. Neither of them was people which such kind of free time.

“I know you have agreed to sponsor Yash’s next campaign!” Shreya said getting straight to the point.

“And?” Mr. Walia asked looking puzzled. After all, even when politics and business were different circles, they went hand in hand with each other. It was not the first time he had done something like this…

Most of the business community with an extended history in the country was the same. The only exception was probably Sri corp. and the Srivastav’s. They did not involve themselves in politics. That too only after the demise of the late Prime Minister Mr. Girish that they had washed their hands off politics.

“I want you to withdraw the support… you can choose someone else,” Shreya went straight to point.

Mr. Walia looked at Shreya shocked. The confidence with which Shreya said this, kind of baffled him to speechlessness for a minute. But then he asked, “You seem awfully confident you are going to get your way!!” He couldn’t help comment looking at her for an explanation.

“Don’t get me wrong, but Yash wouldn’t be able to keep his position now… let alone be re-elected! I am doing you a favor and saving you money actually…” Shreya said smiling at him.

Her eyes were clear when she stared back at him.

Even when the official campaigning had not yet started, the money had started moving already. And the amount is not small either.

But the confidence in her voice bugged him. She did not seem like a person talking about a hypothesis but like someone stating a hard-cold fact. And Shreya did not strike him as someone who would brag unnecessarily given how low a profile she maintains in the circle. Barely anyone knows her at all.

So, he couldn’t help but subconsciously believe Yash would fall invariably.

“Why?” He couldn’t help ask.

“Well, because he was stupid enough to try to kill me!!” Shreya said looking as arrogant and cold as ever as she pointed at the cast on her hand.

Mr. Walia stared back at her shocked.

“He… he did that?” He asked looking at her injured hands with more detailed vision.

“Yup… the accident was not a terrorist attack… he did it. It is just a matter of time before I can prove it…” Shreya said confidently.

“Oh!!” He did not know what else to say to that.

Silence prevailed for a while before Mr. Walia’s brows frowned as he asked, “Why are you telling me this? You did not need to!”

“I know… but you were someone my dad had looked up to. But more than that, once Yash’s financial support stops, he will come back begging to me… He dared to do this because he thought he wouldn’t have any use for me after this… he thought he can trample me just because he had gained some backers for him. And I want to prove him wrong and I want to see him beg! I want him to see he messed with the wrong person…” Shreya answered. She did not make effort to hide her malice when it came to Yash. She did not seem bothered to look good for others. Her eyes flared with contempt when she talked about Yash. She could have easily just given the former reason and reap the favor to Mr. Walia but she did not… She cannot be bothered about favors because she was doing this mainly for her own satisfaction of seeing Yash panic and piss his pants.

Mr. Walia just stared at Shreya gapping.

“You do not have to reply to me… you can wait for two days and see the progress and decide. Things are going to get too messy too soon. You do not have to pull the money from the whole party, just stop supporting him…” Shreya continued seeing as Mr. Walia did not have an answer for her.

“You are very different from your father!!” Mr. Walia couldn’t help but say. They might not have been close, but they did know of each other and he knew the kind of person Adithya was.

“Of course, I am me. I am not my dad. Being like him made people think they can kill him and get away with it… being his daughter, I cannot make the same kind of mistakes… I cannot just let a person who tried to hurt me go just so I can look like an angel. I would rather be a bitch if that means I can keep myself and people around me safe…” Shreya answered and shrugged her shoulders nonchalantly.

For some reason, Mr. Walia just found her reason endearing…

So, they had a good talk and a happy dinner before calling it a night.