Chapitre 66: Chapter 65

Shreya came back the next day armed with food on both her hands. She walked through the corridor swinging her hands. The corridor was empty since Adam was placed in the VIP ward. When she reached his room door, both sides of the door were guarded by Zack's people. She greeted them with a bright smile and went in.

She knew almost all of Zack's people since she trains with them. But the people here, she did not recognize them. So a slight frown formed as she went in. And as soon as she stepping into the room, she was met with two duffers sleeping in Adam's bed while Adam himself was sleeping on the couch.

She kept the food aside and went near the bed. Akash was sleeping on the far side to her while Pritham was sleeping on the other. Pritham had his hands and legs hoisted over Akash. Both of them was sleeping nicely with drools coming out of their mouth.

Shreya did not bother with manners. She straightaway pulled out the pillows from under them and blankets off of them. Both their heads crashed on the bed with a thud and both of them startled awake pissed.

"What the hell!!!" Akash exclaimed while Pritham cursed. But both of them lost their voices when their eyes landed on Shreya along with their sleep.

"Oh, hey Shreya. Good morning…" Akash said bravely with a timid smile.

On the other hand, Pritham just gave her a sheepish smile sitting up.

Of course, Adam woke up due to all the commotions and looked around groggily.

"Had a nice sleep both of you??" She asked with a sinister smirk.

Both of them bobbed their heads nervously while looking at Adam for help. But before Adam could even decipher their looks, Shreya beat him to it and said.

"Well, some people are going to have a very bad morning if they are not out of bed in two minutes!!" Shreya said with a sickly sweet smile that drove Akash and Pritham to almost pee their pants.

Pritham scrambled out of the bed clumsily and almost tripped on his own legs before standing up straight. But Akash could not get up since he was still heavily tangled in his blanket. So he did not even bother to get up. He straight away rolled out of the bed in panic and fell face-first on the floor just beside the couch Adam was currently sitting on.

"Ouch!!" Akash wailed in pain and rubbed his nose at last properly getting up and finally standing up on his feet. Pritham let out a giggle while Adam gave him an amused smile.

Shreya could be terrifying when she wanted to be. And since this was one such time, nobody in the room dared to even breath loudly.

Shreya them faced Adam and said gesturing at the bed, "You, come over here and rest properly. I brought you lunch!!"

And Adam obediently got out of the couch and limped his way to the bed. Both Akash and Pritham made themselves sparse and tried to become invisible statues on the far background.

Shreya, of course, saw through their intentions. She pointed at the both and said, "And you two… help him freshen up and for godsakes wipe your drools." She seemed irritated… more than usual. And why wouldn't she be? After all, she left them to look after Adam last night. Not to steal his bed away from him and sleep through the night disregarding him completely. But she also knows all three were thick as thieves. And they were just messing around. And that when the time comes, they always had each other's backs. So she refrained from being too harsh on them.

And both Akash and Pritham did not want to make it worse. So they immediately obeyed everything she said as if it was an imperial decree.

Akash helped Adam to the restroom with Pritham hot on his trail carrying a towel and after 10 minutes, they all, at last, looked like human beings rather than roadkills.

By then Shreya had set up the food for all of them.

"You did not make them did you??" Pritham asked cautiously standing far away from them. He had not so pleasant experience with Shreya's cooking. And for a picky and overbearing eater as himself, it was a total nightmare. Others were not that particular about food. But Pritham was extremely choosy. He was not ready to even try without knowing.

"Of course not. What do you take me for?? He is already sick in the hospital. I wouldn't take such risks. This is Ramani aunty's food." Shreya said in a very defensive voice.

Pritham immediately smiled and joined the others and gobbled away.

A few minutes in, the three had almost eaten the plates along with the food and sat there sprawled with their stomach full.

Adam looked like he could use some real sleep in an actual bed. SO Shreya let him rest while hauling Akash and Pritham out with her.

But before going away, she looked at the guards out and said in a stern voice, "You know the rules… no strangers in or out. And make sure to ID the staff here. I don't want any mishaps. If anything happens you can say goodbye to your jobs and freedom too." She was a tad bit overdramatic to make sure they know how serious she was and also to scare them a bit so that they won't be lethargic about it.

Pritham couldn't help but give the rookies a sympathetic look. They were trying hard to not panic and their efforts paid off somehow. They stood straight on their feet solemnly nodded their heads and bowed to Shreya as she walked off. Once they were sure that Shreya was out of sight, they let out a loud sigh of relief.

They were rookies but they had heard their fair share of rumors about Shreya. As per their seniors, she is uptight and hard to please at first but once she warms up to you, she was pretty easy going. But they also warned them that it was not an easy task to get on her good book and that it takes time.

Shreya and the guys reached the car park. They all got in and sat there for a while. Shreya sat behind the wheels while Akash sat on the front side passenger seat with Pritham occupying the back seats. Shreya just sat there staring at nowhere without starting the car.

"Hey, he is going to be okay. Don't worry…" Akash said ruffling her hair.

"I just have a bad feeling. You guys, be careful. Watch your backs…" Shreya said and at last, started the car.