Rich Brat: Sweet Revenge Of A Lazy Princess - Chapter 393

“Shreya… I just want you to know that you are the best thing that ever happened to me in my life after Samantha died… I am really grateful to God or fate or destiny or whatever it may be called that made my boss be held up that day and made me fill in his place. And because of that, I got to meet you and have you in my life… because, without that, I feel like I would have ended up being absolutely miserable for the rest of my life… you have no idea how much happiness you brought into my life.” Charan said looking at Shreya.

Shreya’s face visibly lit up like a Christmas tree right in front of his eyes. She gave him a joyous but almost shy smile. She seemed extremely pleased with herself. But before she could open her mouth to say anything, Charan continued.

“And thank you… I am immensely grateful to you for barging into my life uninvited!!” He leaning in to give her a chaste wet kiss over her cheeks. His day-old stubble slightly abrades her soft cheeks. He did not pull away immediately. He simply rested his cheeks against hers and nuzzled in. His hands were holding her as if she was the most precious thing there is… and she was in many ways.

Shreya could feel the barrage of emotions in his voice when he said the last part. She suddenly felt complicated. After all, she was someone who felt deeply for people around her. And whatever she does, she always does it out of selfishness because she wanted to keep the people she likes close to her.

She was an intensely possessive person. She could not swallow anything coming between them. Especially given the nature of the relationship between herself and Charan, obviously, she always had to take that extra step of additional care… But she did all that for herself and not for anyone else’s sake as far as she was concerned… so, Charan saying such words with so much emotion… she was really clueless about how to react.

“You and Akira are my family, Charan. And for me, family is worth everything. Simple as that… there is nothing for you to be grateful to me for… You guys being happy brings me so much more joy… more than you can imagine.” Shreya explained helplessly.

Family is worth everything…

Charan couldn’t help stop when he heard her. This phrase stuck Charan in a place he did not know he had… When he heard Shreya, he felt guilty and ashamed suddenly.

At the moment, the truth felt like a slap on the face. With his paranoia to protect Akira and himself from any sort of perceivable risk, Charan always had an invisible glass of wall between them and Shreya… he never staked his all with Shreya… That is why she was able to love him so much more than he ever could.

At the first notice of trouble, his mind always goes to protect Akira… but then at that moment, it felt like an excuse… He seemed to have taken two steps forward but one step backward with Shreya always… maybe he was more afraid of himself getting hurt than his daughter getting hurt. He never invested a full 100% with Shreya till now… he always held on a teeny tiny place in his heart as insurance, just in case. A place he could go to in case things didn’t work out between them.

But Shreya had always staked everything with them… she never bothered about self-preservation. She felt whatever comes from their relationship was worth the pain and the risks. That is why she was able to love him and Akira so much more than he could ever muster with her.

The point was that in case of heartbreak, Shreya can afford to fall down Charan did not have that liberty… but will Shreya give that chance between them?

But the key factor that was driving him seemed to be the difference in their status.

At that moment, he understood, deep down he always felt overwhelmed not just with her feelings, but also with her power. Even when he pretended it did not bother him, he had always been afraid of the troubles that power could bring to his family. And he knew he wouldn’t be able to handle that! None of his family can… but that was the point… Shreya was family too. He did not know how he forgot that… He shouldn’t have been holding back from her but instead protected her…

With the guilt and shame… a lump formed at the base of his throat. He felt as if he had failed her royally. In spite of everything, he seemed to have treated her very cruelly this whole time…

His hands around her unconsciously became tighter.

“I’m sorry. I will do better in the future… I promise!!” He mumbled as he determined to change his mindset about the whole thing. He would treat her better… and he would give it his all, this time.

What’s the worse that could happen, right?

Anyways, there was Shreya… if there was something he couldn’t handle, she was going to pitch in without him ever asking for it and he is yet to see a problem that Shreya couldn’t handle. Unless of course, if it involved the kitchen! Then, she was hopeless. Thankfully, he could cover her in that department to make sure she doesn’t starve.

“What are you talking about?” Shreya asked confused. He did not know what he was saying sorry for all of a sudden.

“Nothing… I was just doing some self-reflecting.” Charan mumbled hugging her close.

Shreya obviously did not get it but she did not pry.

“You are happy, right?” Charan asked looking at her after a long time.

Shreya beamed as she nodded her head without thinking about it even for a second.

Charan smiled back as he said, “Well, if you are happy, then everything is fine.” He can slowly make up for things.

But before Shreya could ask why he was asking weird questions, her phone beeped, again.

“Another alarm?” Charan asked.

Shreya shooked her head as she reached for her phone and her whole body stiffened when she read Zack’s text.