Chapter 226 - I miss you guys…

When Srinivas reached the conference room, it was filled with people in suits with Shreya sitting at the head of the table.

She was sitting leaning back on the chair with her legs crossed. She looked as arrogant as ever.

Everyone around seemed scared out of their wits already. For one, the notice for the meeting was so short and on the other hand, the notice also said, those who don't show are going to be sacked without reason.

And on top of it, there was only Shreya when they came into the conference room. She was sitting with her legs hoisted over the table. Her head leaning back completely and her eyes closed. Only when the conference room was fully filled that Shreya pulled down her legs.

Even when they couldn't see her eyes, somehow they could already see the dark vibe coming from her. She looked like she was restraining herself from burning the world to hell by a thin thread.

Shreya, at last, broke the silence and started talking.

"You guys should know my position in this company by now and the power I hold. You should also know about the photo uploaded this morning and the announcement that came along with it…"

She paused and looked around to make sure everyone knows how serious she was.

"So, far I let things slide not because I am easy going but because I am too lazy to care. But that doesn't mean I am going to do nothing even when my own employees are mocking on my back… Go to your own departments and make sure every last person under you understands…"

"Nobody has the right to comment on me or my private life or any person around me. I see even one of my pictures leak from this building or circulated… I don't care if you had just sent it to your very best friend… they will be sacked. And I will make sure they won't be able to get a job anywhere ever again within this country… And you guys will be held responsible too."

"I don't care if you have to individually go to each employee under you and check their phones personally and delete them- no photo of mine is to leave this building… If someone had already shared them outside, make sure they know the consequences they will be facing if the photo gets out."

"Dismissed…"

As soon as Shreya said that, there was dead silence for one extended minute as everyone dazedly tried to comprehend everything Shreya just said. But when Shreya gave them a look asking what they were still doing there, every single person scrambled from their places clumsily and ran towards the doors in haste.

Srinivas got out of the way until everyone was out of the room before going in. Shreya was once again sitting with her legs hoisted over the tables.

"Your phone…" Srinivas said sliding the phone towards her.

Shreya gave it a look but did not reach for them. She just sat there…

"That little girl should be something if she can make you behave like this…" He commented leaning on the conference table beside her.

Shreya's face unconsciously softened when he mentioned Akira. Her lips twitched as she said, "She is the single most important person in my life, Srinivas… I really wouldn't know what I might end up doing if anything ever happened to her."

Srinivas could already imagine the gruesome hell Shreya might awaken if anything ever happened to that little girl.

With just one picture, she had already flipped the whole building over… so, one doesn't need much of an imagination to guess how much worse it was going to be if anything really did happen.

"You will probably end up break all hell lose and burn everything in your way!" He commented looking at her.

Shreya's lips twitched but she cannot refute his words because he is probably right about that.

"When are you meeting Mithun?" Srinivas asked next.

"As soon as his order of termination is ready…" Shreya replied. After a while, she actually sat up on her chair and looked at Srinivas and asked, "Call up Andrew for me…"

Srinivas took up his phone and dialed the number without really asking anything. He was good like that… he doesn't have many questions. Even if he did have questions, Srinivas always asked them after doing his bidding first.

He silently handed Shreya the phone as soon as it connected.

"Andrew, this is Shreya…" She said. After a short pause, she continued and asked, "Where are they?" Her voice was especially low when she asked that as if she was second-guessing herself as she was asking.

Andrew's reply couldn't be heard from this end.

But after hearing the reply, Shreya's eyes softened. After another long pause, she asked Andrew to make a video and send her.

Another 5 minutes passed, and the conference room was filled with the sound of Akira playing on the swing while her bright smile sparkled the whole room with bliss while Charan stood guard behind her. Shreya stared at the big screen in the conference with such reverence that it almost looked as if she was trying to find a way to jump into the screen.

It was a very short video… barely lasted 2 minutes. Shreya watched it over and over again.

"I miss you guys…" She mumbled softly before stopping the video and getting up from her place. By then she had watched it for at least a dozen times.

"Ask Zack to send some more people over to help Andrew…" Shreya said as she walked out he corridor with Srinivas hot on his trails.

"You seriously think anyone here is going to ever breathe about this to outside after a scare you just gave them?" Srinivas asked with an amused smile. For someone who was used to seeing Shreya for someone who tried so hard to put everyone around her in ease, seeing her making grown man piss in their pants- let's just say it was quite a sight!

"People need a good scare every now and then but that doesn't mean someone else cannot be more scary. This will get out one day or another… And I do not want to be caught off guard when that happens…"

"Okay, I will inform him…"

"I might even transfer you over depending upon how things pan out here…" Shreya continued as they entered the elevator.

"Where are we going now?" Srinivas asked seeing as Shreya did not press the button to the lobby.

"To screw my cousin!" Shreya said with a slightly sinister smile. She took her phone out to check on the things Pritham had sent her over.

He did not just send the soft copies of the evidence she had given with the termination letter. But he also added the things he found out about how the photos came to be.

Mithun must have had accomplices within this building. After all, he had no expertise in covering his tracks, and even though he did a clumsy job at it, he did try to cover his tracks. If only Akira was not in the picture and if only it was so integral to keep her identity anonymous for her safety, Shreya wouldn't have even batted an eye towards this issue. Let alone actually investigate it.

Maybe that is why Mithun actually looked down on her ability and did something so stupid.

Srinivas just followed her around without asking anything more.

Shreya moved around several halls attracting attention from employees. Many who had been lazily strolling back to their cabins after lunch sped their steps in a rush.

Some really courageous ones even greeted her from a distance. It maybe herself or the presence of Srinivas… for some reason, nobody actually dared to approach her.

Shreya, at last, stopped at the doors of the office with the title 'Manager'. She just pushed the doors and marched in as rudely as ever. Three sets of eyes met with hers. Their faces were frozen in an awkward shape since they had stopped their laughter abruptly.

Shreya leisurely leaned on the door frames and smirked as she said in a lazy voice.

"Well, what do we have here? Accomplices?" She asked with her brows arched mockingly. She then stuffed her hands into her jean pockets and walked to the table and leaned on it facing the couch they were all sitting then.

None of them actually gained their senses yet. They were still reeling on the fact that Shreya actually showed up when they were conspiring against her. Their mind felt as if they were short-circuited.

"Let me guess… one of you helped him upload the photo on his behalf while the other probably helped him cover his tracks. But sadly enough, I still tracked it back to him." Shreya leisurely crossed her legs while playing with the paperweight on the table behind.

"Mithun… this is my building. Did you seriously think you could get away with this just because you had someone erase the CCTV feed of you take the photo? You're more idiotic than I gave you credit for…"

That is when all the three came back to their senses.

"Shreya, what are you doing here?" Mithun asked first.

While the other two stood up at their places… all the blood drained from their faces making them look sick.