Page 31 of The Royal Beast & His Queen

"Rani sa...", Anshi's father started but Isha interrupted him...

"It's not Avyan's place to talk all these things... I was telling him the same just now... I'm sorry, we just came with empty hands to ask for your daughter... Please don't mind me... Rana sa is in Europe, otherwise, we would have come together...", Isha said with a smile... Looking at the half confused half clear faces of Anshi and Anshi's parents, she decided to clarify... "I'm here to formally ask your daughter's hand for my brother-in-law, Yuvraj Avyan Singh Ranawat...", Isha asked leaving Anshi and her parents stunned...

They hadn't ever imagined the queen of Ajmer, Rani Isha Abhyansh Singh Ranawat coming to their doorstep to ask for their daughter's hand in marriage to her brother-in-law...

CHAPTER – 5

"If you want, you can go and discuss it among your family, we will wait here", Isha told Anshi's father who nodded gratefully at the queen and walked to the room nearby and after discussing for half an hour, only Anshi's parents came out.

"We are grateful that you are here to ask our daughter's hand for Yuvraj... We are very happy for our daughter... Who wouldn't be, when she is getting into such a nice family", Anshi's father said folding his hands and greeting Isha gratefully.

"No, we are fortunate to have Anshi in our family, thank you for accepting our proposal, we'll soon come to your place to discuss things once Rana sa returns from his official trip", Isha said and Anshi's parents nodded.

After exchanging pleasantries Isha and Avyan left from there...

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After declaring her decision, Isha walked away leaving her whole family in shock, surprisingly, Pratap was the first one to comeout of the shock and his response surprised his wife and mother even more...

"Amruta... Prepare for your son's wedding... Do everything you wanted to, plan all those rituals that you couldn't in your elder son's marriage", Pratap said and his tone wasn't sarcastic, he was serious...

Saying this he walked away leaving Rajmata alone with her daughter-in-law.

"I didn't expect this from Isha", Amruta muttered sadly to herself...

"There is always more than that meets the eye Amruta, start seeing it at least now, being ignorant has never helped you, on the contrary, it always brought you problems", Devyani Devi said and walked away...

Amruta knew her daughter-in-law might be having some compulsion, but the least she could do was at least tell them who the bride was, but she didn't even inform them about that ? Why ?

Amruta shook her head and started looking for her younger son or her elder daughter-in-law who could answer her questions...

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Meanwhile, Isha sat in her husband's study with her palm on her forehead, not knowing what to do.

"Now you know why I didn't tell you about Anshi ?", Ranveer taunted his sister again and she huffed... Even the wars might come to an end in the world but her brother's taunts would never end she thought. From the time she came to the study where her brother was waiting for her, all she got to hear were his taunts. "You could have listened to me, but no ? Queen Victoria has to become a 'Jagga Jasoos'(detective) and spy on her(Anshi)", Ranveer added

"Bhai... Stop it now, I'm already hell-scared of all this, especially of Rana sa's reaction, and your words are not at all helping", Isha said irritated with her brother's taunts

"Yeah... they are not helping, I'm purposely speaking those words that don't help you because I know 'Rani sa' would hate to take my help, she always rejects when I offer to help", Ranveer said indicating how she ignored him when he asked about Anuj's arrival the previous day...

"Bhai... Stop taunting me and help me with some idea", Isha said standing walking to and fro...

"How can I help you now ? It's beyond my capabilities... The decision was completely yours... Now bear with it", Ranveer said and Isha closed her eyes in frustration... Her brother is not at all helping her, not even consoling her with optimistic words like 'Everything is alright' or 'things will get better' and she knew he is taking revenge on how she ignored him all these days but she too is Isha Abhyansh Singh Ranawat, her husband taught her how to turn a tide without drowning yourself.

"Okay then, I'll figure out something, you can leave", Isha said strongly, her brother glared at her... He was just teasing her so that she again becomes his sweet Ishu and forgives him... As much as he loved her strong attitude to others, he didn't prefer that in front of him, he always liked his innocent, soft, and sweet sister and she knew he is just playing with words so that she softens up... "Done with your games or want to play more ? If so, my husband's study can't be your playground, please", Isha said showing her palm towards the way out...

Ranveer got up, Isha sighed in disappointment as her brother never left her alone in a problem before but now he is... She is angry with him, that's why she can't be his sweet Ishu, why can't he understand that ?, she thought. She turned her back facing him as she couldn't see her brother leaving, but the next second a squeal left her mouth as she felt her brother's palms on her neck acting like choking her...

"I will kill you Ishu... I'm not liking this angry Isha... I want my sister back, bring her back", Ranveer's tone softened in the end... He took his baby sister in his protective arms kissing her hair lovingly... "Bacha... Bhayyu is very sorry...", Ranveer said and Isha's eyes were filled...

"Am I wrong in getting hurt? You did treat me as an outsider... You ignored me for weeks, I was worried for you... If you want to hide it or don't want to answer my questions, you could have simply said it bhai... Even that would have been better instead of ignoring me", Isha said

"Bacha... I didn't ignore you because I was afraid of your confrontation... That was one of the reasons I agree but there is more to it. I didn't act busy, I was actually busy. I got little free time and every minute of it, I spent thinking how to tell you the truth about my relationship, I kept discussing it even on my dinner date with Ragini", Ranveer said, he remembered how he took Ragini for dinner as he felt bad for getting busy in his work, and not talking to his sister also affected him a lot, he needs to share his fears with someone and he knew Ragini would understand him, guide him and encourage him to the right path.

"Bhayyu... you are such an idiot, who discusses his sister on a dinner date with his girlfriend... My poor best friend, had to bear with you... if its some other girl, she would have left you by now", Isha said, last sentence in a teasing tone... Ranveer got it...

"Keep some distance from your husband, he is a bad influence on you... You started enjoying your bhayyu's misery instead of sympathizing with him", Ranveer told her...

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