Page 8 of The Royal Beast & His Queen

"Fine, I won't ask about it, now come here...", he said and she smiled sheepishly at him before settling on the bed beside him... Every day, It's his duty to make her wear her nightwear, whether or not they make love, she even forgot when was the last time she wore it by herself.

Days passed, and Isha told her brother that she needed to talk to him about something very important and asked him to meet her, but he was postponing his visit every day citing one or the other reason and Isha felt her brother was purposely avoiding her which is true. After the party incident, Ranveer knew Isha was suspicious of him and he thought she wanted to talk to him about the very same. Earlier he badly wanted to tell his sister about him and Ragini but Ragini didn't accept him yet then, but now when she did, he is afraid of his sister's reaction.

One day, Isha was using the washroom when she heard two women belonging to the HR department talking, not knowing she was in one of the stalls.

"I heard Mr. Rajput, the queen's brother is dating Ms. Shah of the textile wing, Is it true ?", one lady asked

"I think so, as she is the best friend of the queen, she might have played a wing woman you know? Otherwise, Ragini isn't suitable for the Prince... she is not that pretty too... I don't know what did Mr. Rajput see in her ?", the other lady replied

"I got to know that Mr. Rajput even drops her to the office sometimes...", the first lady said

"Hm... bade log...(big people), anyways, what can we say about them...", the other one said...

Isha came out of the stall and both of their eyes widened... she ignored their looks, washed her hands and left from there, she heard them wishing her 'Rani sa... or something of that sort but she walked away in anger so she didn't hear properly... How dare they talk about her best friend and brother like that ? She so wanted to give them back but remembered Rajmata's words.

"Never argue with a stupid, or someone of lower stature not in money or status but in intelligence and moral values, they would drag you to their level"

"Impulsive reaction is the first step of defeat, your strength is defined in how well you control your emotions and react from the head, not from the heart",

But now, their words caused more suspicion, she ignored the things that happened on her husband's birthday but what she heard now didn't leave her head. Isha casually walked to their colleagues, after making some casual conversations, she took Aashna to a side and very vaguely asked her if Ragini was coming by her car every day or not. Just like she thought, Aashnawas unaware to the fact that Isha was trying to get information from her and told how Ragini is using a cab or sometimes Prince Ranveer drops her as per her (Isha's) request, well, that is what Ragini told their employees who asked her about Ranveer dropping her. Ragini thought none saw it but they did and asked her, then she said that since her car broke down, Isha asked her brother who was coming this way on some work to drop her off.

Isha is shocked to learn that her best friend used her name to hide it, but why? Isha isn't stupid, she understood the things she heard in the washroom were not rumors, but she didn't understand why they had to hide this from her. Now everything made sense, she recollected how she found the both of them in the basement once and how her brother requested her and Avyan to not disclose it to Abhyansh. Her husband's and her brother-in-law's hints about Ragini now made sense.

And just then, Shivam who came there told her it was just a couple of times that Ranveer dropped Ragini, the first time being, when they held the meeting to close the winter collection. Isha realized that was the same day when she took the responsibilities as the queen, and now she understood why her brother missed the event and why he was so guilty. She didn't know how to react to it yet, somewhere she liked the idea of her best friend becoming her bhabhi but for now, she is extremely upset, hurt, and sad at how both her best friend and her brother chose to hide it, played games with her, taking advantage of her innocence. She felt as if she was betrayed, and she was most hurt because her 'bhayyu' chose to hide this from her.

She decided not to call her brother anymore, nor talk to Avyan or her husband about this matter or her brother. When they chose to hide this from her, why should she let them know that now she knows? She didn't think there was even any need to confront any of them.

Till now, they saw her crying, her complaining, her getting angry, but now they will see her getting silent, she determined.

She thought of behaving the same with Ragini and see how long they would play this game. Days passed and the weekend approached again, and the friends decided to visit the palace.

Ragini and Avyan couldn't find the change in Isha's behavior but Ranveer and Abhyansh did. Abhyansh understood the reason behind it, he waited for his wife to confront him on why he hid this but when she didn't, he understood she was extremely upset and she would get fine only when her brother pacified her and he waited for the stupid Rajput to realize that now his sister knew his little love story.Ranveer realized something is wrong with his sister as she didn't call him anymore but he was afraid of calling her, as he didn't have time to deal with whatever is upsetting his sister, as he was busy in attempting to know the truth from Nandini.

Abhyansh so badly wanted to kill Ranveer for getting his wife upset but he couldn't, his wife wasn't opening up and so, she wouldn't appreciate him trying to talk to her about it either, so he left it there. Also, she isn't mad at her husband, she knew he tried his level best to hint her about it but her blind belief in her brother and her predefined notions about him that he wouldn't have any relationships, made it impossible to catch those hints.

"Tomorrow, you'll be staying at home right ?", she asked, her head on her husband's bare chest while he rubbed her bare back, both of them slowly returning to their normal breaths after their intense makeout session.

"You mean today ?", he asked and she looked at the clock which showed 2:30 AM

"I'll look like a panda with dark circles and bags under my eyes if you keep doing this Ansh", she said "I barely get 4 hours of sleep", she complained

"You weren't complaining a while before", he argued which earned a glare from him...

"Fine then, from tomorrow I'll make you sleep on the floor if you touch me after 12", she said and he nuzzled into her neck slowly peppering kisses...

"Sorry... Sorry my bacha... I was just teasing you... Okay, from tomorrow, we'll start early and finish early", he said and she blushed at how shamelessly he was making a timetable for that as well...

"Now that I think of your instability, how did you control for more than one and half years hm ?", she asked

"Don't remind me of those black days... I don't want to return to those days, I'll make love to you even at 90", he said

"Rana sa... stop it, you are too much", she said angrily slapping his chest but he found her cute smile behind that anger. "Now answer me, you'll be staying at home or have to go out ?", she asked.

"I have to go in the morning, but will return till lunchtime, is that fine ?", he asked, and she nodded with a smile.

She fell asleep and after taking an hour of power nap, he woke up and started his routine.

Around 11 AM, her friends visited the palace, she invited only her genuine friends, and one of their colleagues brought her child with her, the baby girl was just 8 months old, Isha loved the baby so much that she had the baby in her arms all the time, even while supervising everything.

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