Rich Brat: Sweet Revenge Of A Lazy Princess - Chapter 382

The door closed behind Shreya with a click. Once Shreya left, the whole room was utterly quiet.

Zeenath just sat there staring back at Srinivas.

Her bed was reclined to support her in a sitting position without her effort… her head was still wrapped up partially while her hands and legs sported casts. She was in a state where she couldn’t move even if she wanted to… but her eyes still fluttered away like a buŧŧerfly while meeting his.

His eyes weres something that she never dared to meet before her accident. Especially when they scorched her like now… but for some reason, she had that courage today. Being that close to being dead gave her the courage to face herself and him.

Growing up, she had it tough but she survived with sheer grit. She grew up like an abandoned lone island without letting anyone near enough to her.

But more than that, she was someone who had never experienced the warmth of the world for most parts of her life… But she had experienced its coldness first hand. For her, all the warmth she ever received came from Shreya… but it was also breezing. She was a friend… that is all.

So, for most parts, she always viewed the rest of the world with a sense of disgust. Because of this, she never wanted to be part of it. She was like a lone wolf abandoned by her own pack. She was someone who fought with the world standing alone.

So, in all honesty, she did not know how to receive Srinivas’s feelings for her.

His feelings for her were intense. She knew that from the minute she laid eyes on him. She was even afraid to explore the depth of them. So, she never had the courage to meet his eyes that always seemed to want to swallow her whole.

She still did not know if she had the courage to accept everything that came with Srinivas… but now, she was not so very terrified anymore.

Her whole life… she had survived because of only one single thing… that was her stubbornness to not give up. She hated being the victim… she hated being weak. She hated everything that represented her own mother… so, she stubbornly stood on her own two feet and refused to give up until she made it. She refused to depend on someone else for her life like her mother did… she vowed at a very young age that her life wouldn’t depend on a man’s whims.

Her hate for her mother’s lifestyle was the sole anchor she had to her life… but when she actually made it out of there, she lost that anchor… she started drifting… she filled her life with so much noise that she never heard her own lonely cries… she drove herself wild until she was exhausted because she couldn’t sleep otherwise.

That was all until Srinivas crash-landed of course. At first, it scared her… If she had been adrift on sea her whole life, he was like that solid land at the end of her sight she found. She had been on the sea her whole life and land scared her… it still does.

But if she was going to die one day, she did not want to ask “What if?” She wants to take her chance on the land. She wants to find her anchor back. She was really tired of being adrift. She wants the silence and the peace… and for some reason, she just felt Srinivas was going to be able to give it to her.

With some difficulty, Zeenath actually moved over to one side of the bed… the bed was huge by the way.

“Hey, hey… what do you think you’re doing?” Srinivas asked anxiously crossing the room in one swift move.

Zeenath did not reply. She just gestured him to side beside her. He gave her a questioning look… but she did not budge, he sat down. He couldn’t help but fidget a bit seeing her look so serious. He always gets nervous when Zeenath becomes serious.

“Hey, don’t worry about it. I know Shreya was just joking around. I know how she likes to pull your legs…” He started blabbering but then stopped when he felt her lean on him. He stiffening instinctually at first from surprise but then relaxed.

“You okay there?” He asked softly when he saw Zeenath was not saying anything.

Zeenath just nodded her head…

Silence ensued and this time Srinivas did not feel the need to break it until Zeenath herself started talking.

“You know, these past few weeks here… I have been thinking and came to a decision. No more running away… no more playing around!!” Zeenath said with a proud smile on her face.

Srinivas froze as his eyes widened. He looked down at her… Their eyes met with their faces inches away from each other. Zeenath gave him a dazzling smile… somehow, it looked free at that moment. He had never seen her smile like that ever…

Srinivas leaned over her forehead and just stayed there for god knows how long. And Zeenath did not dodge… She just nuzzled into his warmth.

“Family… commitment… Marriage… I will give it all to you. At least, I will try my best to give them all to you…” Zeenath continued without moving. Her breath tickled over his face. But her words… he really did not know what to do with them.

For others, these may be normal things… but to Zeenath… he knew exactly what kind of effort it took for her to take such a step. He closed his eyes as a myriad of emotions bombarded him.

“I will give you the same…” Srinivas said after composing himself a bit.

“I can live with that…” Zeenath replied back beaming.

Srinivas took her face in his and just stared back at her for a minute before leaning in to give her a chaste kiss over her forehead.