Right when Shreya came out of the kitchen she heard Akira voice bellowing from her room.
"Shreya" Akira called out as loudly as she could.
When Shreya reached Akira's room she found her struggling with her frock. It was stuck over her shoulders in an odd sort of way and Akira was violently struggling with it.
Shreya quickly approached her saying, "Hey hey hey… slow down. I am here." Then she pulled the frock down and zipped it properly.
Once her dress was properly done Shreya looked at Akira and asked, "Do you want me to do your hair??"
Akira nodded immediately delighted.
Shreya turned and started brushing Akira's hair and did a fancy looking French braid.
As she was doing this, Shreya softly asked Akira, "Hey princess, you want to hang out with me today?? If you want to go somewhere, I will take you. Of course your dad will also be there."
Akira's eyes instantly brightened as she excitedly asked, "Can we go to amusement park???"
"Okay" Shreya replied simply with a smile.
When both came out Charan was already out with the breakfast.
Akira excitedly hopped towards her dad and started talking about their outing, "Dada… Shreya is going to take us to amusement park today. She said she will go to ALLLL the rides with me. And… and… and she said she will buy me ice cream and burger." Her words stumbled in over excitement.
Charan looked up at Shreya, "You will end up spoiling her."
Akira instantly glared at Charan but kept quiet.
Shreya awkwardly scratched the back of her head, "I am weak when it comes to kids. I won't know how to say 'no' especially to someone as cute as Akira."
Akira beamed as soon as she heard Shreya and looked smugly at her dad.
"You don't have to gloat." Charan rolled his eyes at her daughter's antics. "Now come on let's eat."
"Oh! Yea… can we stop by at my apartment before leaving?? I need to shower and change." Shreya asked.
Charan and Akira bobbed their heads in sink.
Shreya stood near her car waiting for Charan and Akira to come out. She thought of something and quickly made a call.
"Zack, have some people around me. I want them to watch my back."
"You mean body guards??" Zack asked surprised from the other end.
"Yes… I just need them to deal with anyone who can possibly follow me. I am going to be out with Charan and Akira today. So I don't want a repeat of what happened last time."
"Okay. I will have my guys over."
"I will be at my apartment in about half an hour. Make them come there directly." Shreya said and cut the phone.
Right then Charan and Akira also reached her. They both wore jean and t-shirts. Akira obviously wore pink while Charan's t-shirt was ash colored. Everybody got into her car and reached Shreya's apartment in a blink especially with Shreya's driving, it took them only half as much time as it would have needed normally.
"Hey make yourselves at home. Just do whatever you want. I will be very quick." Shreya said and disappeared into a room.
Thankfully the apartment did not look as intimidating as he thought it would. After all Shreya was the richest person in the country. But on contrast her apartment actually looked homely. It was slightly big but not very extravagant.
The door opened to the living room. It was spacious and had a sofa set in front of the television. There were two huge French windows opposite which showed the full night view of the city. Left to him was the dining room with kitchen. And of course the kitchen had a liquor cabinet. And there were stair which he assumed should lead to bedroom since Shreya disappeared into one of the doors upstairs.
Akira excitedly explored the apartment. She then even went upstairs before Charan could stop her. Resigned he followed behind his daughter. He finally found her playing in the balcony of what he assumed to be Shreya's bedroom since he could hear the shower running.
"Akira. Don't run around. You are going to end up breaking something." Charan chided her softly. But he could never be harsh with her. So his tone betrayed his indulgence.
"Dada… look… You can see the whole city from here" Akira excitedly dragged Charan along with her showing him the view outside her apartment.
Right then the shower stopped and Shreya came out of the shower with wet hairs and fully clothed.
"Hey guys… just two more minutes, we can leave" Shreya said and started drying her hairs.
She was wearing a jean and t-shirt and like Akira's it was also pink with full sleeves. Her face looked slightly flushed from the shower.
Once drying she plaited her hair in a French braid quite similar to that of what she did with Akira. As soon as Akira saw Shreya, she was on cloud nine.
"Shreya… we match." Akira exclaimed.
"I know baby. You like it?? Now come on, up you come." Shreya hoisted Akira into her arms and started walking outside with Charan hot on her trail.
When they reached the parking, Shreya did not go to the car. Instead she looked at Akira and asked, "Okay baby now which car you want to go in. You can choose anything from this one to that one." She pointed.
Charan's jaws dropped. She had pointed at about a dozen cars lined up and each of them was top end cars. They were not over the top luxury cars thankfully so but then none of them were normal either. They were cars that make you look at them twice on road but without drawing too much attention.
"That was so clichéd rich brat move." Charan commented rolling his eyes once he was done drooling at the cars.
On the other hand Akira got down from Shreya and seriously contemplated. She looked at the cars one by one.
"Hey this… Okay I do like cars. But they were not bought just because I like them. This is security. Switching cars makes it harder to be spotted and high end cars harder to break into. Zack made me buy them. We shuffle them within the family from time to time" Shreya explained pouting aggrieved for being called a brat.
Charan instantly softened and caressed her head and said teasing her, "Okay okay… you are not a brat. Now stop pouting before I kiss you in front of Akira."
Before Shreya could comprehend what he said, on a sudden impulse Charan leaned over and smacked his lips against hers for a quick sloppy kiss and pulled away.
Shreya's mind blanked. Her eyes widened as she saw Charan walk towards Akira with a smug grin. Shreya came out of her trance when she felt a small bundle of flesh crash against her legs.
"Shreya, we will go in that one" Shreya said pointing at her Land rover.
Shreya quickly got the keys and the three left swiftly.