Page 100 of The Royal Beast & His Queen

"Yes... I did...", Abhyansh accepted... He knew it was the biggest pain he would ever give to his wife but his dark past couldn't be changed, he considered it to be the darkest phase of his life, not because of the troubles he faced at that time, but because of the things he did to cope up with those problems...

"You are lying... Tell me the truth Abhyansh", she asked in her same tone... But she couldn't believe he could do something like that, a thing he hated...

"You know I don't lie... Yes Rani sa, I did sleep with women before our marriage", he said... 'but that was long before' he wanted to add but today, he didn't deserve to give any kind of justification for it, it was wrong and he deserved his wife'shatred, he expected her to scream at him, shout at him, or stop talking to him but what she did shocked him to the core...

She slapped him hard on his face shocking him to the core...

"ISHA...", Abhyansh said coldly... No one ever slapped him, let alone woman... He too never slapped a woman ever... According to him a 'slap' was the biggest disrespect anyone could ever get and she knew he felt that way.

"Don't say a word...", she shouted and he shut up seeing the fire burning in her eyes, it's as if it's her soul that's burning and it pained him to see her like that... "You called me a sl*t when you are one...", She spoke shaking with anger...

"Isha... sit here... come...", he said holding her arms which she jerked instantly...

"Don't touch me...", she said, finally tears slipping from her eyes... "Why didn't you tell me about this ?", she asked him sternly...

"I couldn't tell you until you recover Isha...", he said

"What is wrong with you, What am I asking and what are you saying ? Are you out of your mind Abhyansh ?", she said holding his collar, tears slipping from her eyes... He raised his hands to wipe her tears but her cold tone stopped him... "Don't touch me... your touch burns me", she said moving back from him.

"Everything is interlinked Isha... You will understand once I tell you everything", he said and it fueled her already burning fire of pain and jealousy.

"Fine... From tomorrow, my only concentration will be on getting fine Mr. Ranawat and your only concentration should be on staying away from me... I don't need either your calls or your presence to disturb me...", Isha said

"Isha... Don't do this... I'm sorry I did something like that, I regret it... I hated those days...", Abhyansh held her cheeks but she jerked his palms...

"Do.Not.Touch.Me, How many times do I need to tell you ? You will stay away from me, after I get fine, I'll call you to know the past, till then, goodbye Mr. Abhyansh Singh Ranawat... You can leave now", she said showing the door... She is extremely furious, it was clearly evident by the way she addressed him. But more than her slap, her decision to stay away from him is stinging him badly... He tried to change her decision but she didn't budge... She couldn't spend a single moment with her husband in peace without knowing the truth... So, for now she didn't want to gamble her peace especially when she was pregnant.

"Take care...", he said leaning towards her to kiss her forehead but she jerked away...

"Don't be so harsh Isha... I'm not used to it bacha... it stings...", he said, his tone going sore... she could feel the pain in his tone but she didn't budge... There are numerous times his harsh tone had stung her, one time wouldn't kill him, would it ? her brain supported her actions while her heart like always went to support him... Huh... stupid organ... She would have definitely chuckled at the way he said 'it stings'. His personality isn't such that it could hurt him if anyone speaks harshly. Well, no one has the audacity to speak to him in that tone in the first place except for her.

"It stings ? Then leave from here, I don't want to see your face till you are ready to tell me the truth and don't you dare spy on me", Isha said and walked away from her father's study... She met her brother outside the study.

"Ishu...", he started but she shook her head...

"You won't pick up Rana sa's calls until I say", Isha warned her brother and he lifted his hands in surrender. Isha silently walked away from there...

Abhyansh looked around, seeing the large portraits of Isha's grandparents and parents, he understood that it was Amar Rajput's study. He sighed deeply, not even in his dreams did he imagine he would fall in love, that too, with his arch-rival's daughter. He gave one last look to the man he hated the most and walked from there. Ranveer quickly went to his chamber as his brother-in-law would kill him if he saw him now.

Abhyansh stormed to the back palace as soon as he entered the Ranawat palace. He was extremely furious, not because his wife slapped him, but more because she didn't let him soothe her pain... More because she decided to stay away from him. Ranveer thought that she was extremely furious at her husband but Abhyansh knew she was hurt more than angry.

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Isha took sessions and Dr. Parthasarathy made sure that they were not energy-draining for her, he tried to keep it light but Isha knew she had to spill the truth that she was hiding from her family for years, she prepared herself for it all this time, she wanted her husband with her when she is going for her first ultrasound, so she decided to sort everything before it.

Dr. Parthasarathy and Isha settled in Amar Rajput's study. Isha decided on the place for that day surprising the old man.

They started with the session, he had an idea of what Isha was planning and he led the session in that direction. He started talking about her parent's death and how she felt about it and she slowly started opening up about her deepest scars in Rajput palace.

Isha saw a few people bringing in her parents' lying lifelessly covered with white sheets, she saw her dadi sa Rajmata Sanghvi Devi cry for the first time, her brother Ranveer too cried looking at their bodies, but Isha didn't understand a thing, she thought they were sleeping.

Slowly all the rituals took place, but none came to express their condolences or pay last respects to her parents, Days passed, and Isha waited for her parents to come back but they didn't. It was her father's birthday and she had prepared a card for him, she decided to look for her father in his study, that's where he usually worked when he was at home, as soon as she entered, she spotted her uncle. And Kailash Rajput who was completely drunk brutally slapped his niece and also told her how he killed her parents, especially her father choking him, just like he was choking her then...

She first saw this nightmare when she was 10, a few weeks past her parents' death, during her father's birthday, but she suffered her first panic attack 5 years later,when she was 15,when Madan tried to choke her and then Vikram saved her.

Tears slipped from Isha's eyes narrating her nightmare for years, the old doctor's eyes too welled up, he had heard many sufferings in his entire career lasting for more than 6 decades, but never did he personally get attached to a person, but Isha is different.

After Isha finished her side of the story, he gave her some time to recover and then started his questioning.

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