Chapter 237 - Ungrateful brat.

Shreya actually came back into the private room and sat back on the chairs. She leaned back on her chair and tapped the hand rest with the tip of her fingers.

Srinivas went and sat in front of her after a while seeing as she was not planning to go anywhere anytime soon. But it went on like this for almost an hour.

At last, Srinivas broke the silence and asked, "Care to share what you are thinking about so deeply?"

To his surprise or not so surprisingly, Shreya actually did not answer. She did not even move a muscle. Her eyes did not even twitch. It was almost like she did not even hear him in the first place. But knowing Shreya, it probably was true. She was probably so drowned in her thoughts that she did not even hear him in the first place.

Srinivas waited some more and then went out of the room and came back with two cups of coffee. For convenience, he actually brought it in a closed plastic cups and shoved on right in front of Shreya's eyes.

At last, Shreya had some reaction and frowned her brows. She silently took the cup and sipped on it but did not talk even then.

"Ungrateful brat!" Srinivas mumbled slightly swatting her forehead with his fingers and sipped on his own coffee leaning against the table right beside where Shreya was sitting.

"You can always leave you know…?" Shreya opened her mouth at last but her voice was irritated and annoyed without any warmth.

Srinivas chuckled and mumbled once again, "Like I said, ungrateful brat!" But he did not move from his place. He just blew and sipped on his coffee lazily.

"What's on your mind, Shreya?" He asked at last once he was done with his coffee.

"A lot actually…" Shreya did reply this time around.

"What's bothering you the most?" He asked once again discarding the cup on the recycle bin.

Shreya took a big last swing at her coffee before answering. "Everything." She said and rubbed over her eyes roughly.

"Do you mind sharing? Obviously, you are not getting anywhere with just thinking by yourself… and you have been sitting there like a statue for two hours already."

Shreya let out a sigh and started talking.

"I have taken the first step forward. All their legal part of the business will be shattered in no time. They wouldn't be able to fight it… but the syndicate. I do not know how to bring it down. No matter how much I think about it, if the syndicate is still functioning, it is almost impossible to bring the three people down. With the syndicate, they will not only have sufficient manpower to fight against anything we plan but they will also have the support of almost all of the powerful figures in the country. After all, in that line of work… even though anonymity is the key, they will still have some leverage against each and every person they worked with in the past or any person who employed them… and their leverage is probably more powerful than the fact that they had all paid money into an anonymous account some years back…" Shreya analyzed and briefly explained the things that are stuck in her head at that moment.

"What do you need to shatter the syndicate then?" Srinivas asked the next question without really commenting on anything she just said.

"Well, if we were to completely disintegrate the whole of the syndicate, then we will have to drain their money, have their client list and members list- and all of this should happen simultaneously so that they do not take advantage of the time and disappear…" Shreya summed up everything very efficiently. "And of course, the cherry on the top is we will need the government co-operation."

Shreya let out an exasperated sigh even before Srinivas could say or do anything and got up from her place.

"What's going on?' Srinivas asked instead seeing that she was actually walking out of the room without really bothering to let him reply or talk.

"I will drive myself insane staying here. I am just going to let things happen for once after this… just ask the guys to keep their eyes peeled and in the lookout. I do not want any accidents happening, I will handle everything else as it comes." Shreya said crossing the corridor already.

"Where are we going then?" Srinivas asked hot on her trails.

"Out to eat… I am starving. Thinking burns serious calories. Everything you made in the morning is completely sucked out of the system" Shreya said walking out the elevator.

Srinivas's lips twitched at her overdramatic self but then a frown formed between his brows as he saw her walking towards in the direction of the exit…

"But Shreya, this is a hotel you know. You can eat here…" Srinivas said confused. After all, it is not like Shreya should be careful of how much she eats here since it costs a lot… She owned the damn place.

Shreya looked at him baffled for a second before uttering, "Eat? Here? NO thanks!" A slight shiver ran through her.

All Srinivas could do was gape at her speechlessly. This is her freaking restaurant!

But Shreya did not really bother with him and headed towards the parking lot.

"Why can't you eat here?" Srinivas asked curiously. I mean there are people coming from all parts of the country eating there… staying there… but the owner makes such a face at the mention of it- he did not know if it was not odd then what is.

"I just don't like the whole environment or food. I mean- you need to act proper and mannered and the lights and chadeliers… I lose my appetite… And the food itself looks too pretty to touch and even when you dash past it and eat it- it doesn't give you a full stomach a local pizza is going to give… So, we are getting a pizza…" Shreya brimmed with excitement but it soon became downcast when Srinivas stopped her on her track and reminded her.

"After the stunt, you pulled yesterday evening, you really can't walk into domino's you know… people are going to recognize you…"

Shreya's head hung down as soon as his voice ended. She hated this part… it had been heaven when she had been hiding so far… even though reporters are afraid of her and wouldn't really dare to pester her but she can't do much about the general public recognizing her and approaching her.

"Goodbye, pizza… goodbye, freedom…" Shreya mumbled and went back into the Imperial. She would just have a drink then… she decided.

Srinivas let out a chuckle at her antics. She looked like a kid who lost his favorite toy car. As if her whole world had crumbled into pieces.

"If its pizza you want… I will get you one okay? You just be there in your room, I will bring it to you!" He offered in an attempt to bring her out of her sorrows and it worked like magic.

Shreya instantly cheered up. She pecked him on his cheeks and said, "Thank you" and hopped back into the Imperial.

"She is going to drive me insane one of these days…" Srinivas mumbled to himself and went to his car. But you can see that subtle indulgence in his voice.