Page 42 of The Royal Beast & His Queen

Ranveer saw his sister taking a walk in the garden and looking at her face, he understood her distress. He felt like killing Abhyansh for upsetting her.

"Hm... here...", Isha heard her brother... she turned and looked at him, two glasses of chocolate milkshake in his hands... "Take it or I'll have both", Ranveer warned, but Isha didn't react, she was looking at her brother lost in her thoughts, hundreds of questions running through her eyes... "One....two...thre...", he stretched the number 3 without completely saying it, a small smile made on Isha's face before she snatched both the tumblers from her brother's hands...

"Both are mine...", she screamed smiling widely...

"Ishu... Bacha, that's cheating...", Ranveer whined...

"Hahahaha, What will you do bhai...", Isha said sipping from both the tumblers...

"Ishu... Ishu monster... I'll not leave you...", Ranveer started chasing her, while she ran giggling around taking occasional sips from both the tumblers.

"Haha bhayyu... you can't catch me...", she said running and Ranveer chased her, purposely running a little slow to make her win, like he used to do in their childhood.

And like in their childhood, she couldn't run anymore, so she took a pause and took deep breaths...

"Okay... compromise, take this", Isha said forwarding one tumbler in her left hand... "Wait, not this, take this...", she said forwarding the right one realizing it had a lesser quantity.

"Ishu, you cheater... I don't want this... I want that", he said leaning towards the tumbler in her left hand...

"Take this or nothing", Isha said, Ranveer glared at her but snatched the milkshake in her right hand with an angry pout...

"Bhayyu... you are such a kid...", she said and he glared at her...

"You don't have the right to call me a kid, look at yourself", he said and she laughed...

"I don't mind... I got more", she said sipping her milkshake with a big grin, Ranveer's face filled with a wide smile looking at her smile...

"This is why I'm alive... To see you smile...", Ranveer said cupping her cheek and kissing her forehead...

Her eyes are filled with tears looking at the overwhelming love and affection for her in her brother's eyes...

"Bhai... can we sit here for some time ?", Isha asked hopefully...

"It's cold here bacha... we can go inside...", he suggested...

"Please bhayyu...", she pleaded and he nodded... Both of them settled on the grass sipping their milkshakes...

"Why is my little Ishu upset ?", he asked softly...

"Bhai... I'm such a disappointment na ? I can't do anything properly... Rana sa left trusting me with responsibilities andwhat did I do ? I messed up everything", she said, his tone doubtful of her actions.

"No Ishu... You didn't... you handled everything perfectly and Ranawat knows this fact and acknowledges it too... He is just mad and it's justified, but that doesn't mean you are wrong... Your situation made you take that step... Don't blame yourself", Ranveer said and Isha nodded but still there was some part of her that blamed her for disappointing her husband.

"This is why I don't like him, he always hurts you", Ranveer said

"Bhai... he didn't hurt me, just now you were defending him saying his reaction was justified and now you say...", she started but soon her brother cut her off.

"I said his anger was justified but that doesn't mean I'm okay with it Ishu... I hate your husband and that's a fact", Ranveer said seriously...

"Why bhai ?", she asked, 'Hate' is a very strong word, she knew her brother equally cared for and respected Abhyansh but he also hated him. Her brother's ambiguous feelings towards her husband always confused her.

"You know why", Ranveer said huffing, if he started telling his reasons, his sister would start defending Abhyansh and that would lead to an argument between them which he didn't want.

"I want to hear it from you bhai... trust me, I won't say a word in his defense even if I have a point, today, I'll just hear you",she said and he looked at her with surprise. That's a very strong move by his sister, knowing how hard it was for her to listen to something against her husband.

"Because he had hurt you... he hated you, he married you for revenge, he made you suffer for no fault of yours", Ranveer said

"And ?", Isha asked, she knew there was more to it.

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