Page 1 of The Royal Beast & His Queen

PREQUEL (Ending Scene)

All employees of R Empire received an email from the HR department to gather in the gigantic conference hall on the 15th floor, the whole floor is dedicated to the conference hall accommodating all the staff and more. It was mentioned in the mail that the Queen would inaugurate the new CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) initiatives on account of the king's birthday. This Email came as a shocker to Ragini and Reetu, they didn't know this was gonna happen this soon and even Isha didn't say anything, but then they realized maybe this was a last-minute decision seeing how the Email just came hours before the inauguration started. Nonetheless, they are excited to see the crowd's reaction and both of them hoped this put some people in their place, who talked about Isha behind her back.

Ragini mentioned this to Ranveer when he called and he is surprised by it. He immediately drove to R Empire's headquarters if at all his sister needed him.

Abhyansh and Isha reached the office, all the employees were gathered in the hall as instructed in the mail. The event started by inviting the chief guests that being the senior board members and the directors of the behemoth.

"Now I request Yuvraj Avyan Singh Ranawat to occupy the dais", the host said, Avyan walked to the dais and took his seat. Just then, someone came and told the host that Ranveer was here as well, so she welcomed him as well... "Now I request Yuvraj Ranveer Rajput, CEO & Chairman of Rajput Enterprises, also the elder brother to our beloved queen to occupy the dais", the host announced, Ranveer walked to the stage, and after shaking hands with the other chief guests, took his seat beside Avyan, where his name board was put in a hurry just before the announcement.

"Now,Ladies and gentlemen, esteemed guests, and distinguished participants, we are truly honored and delighted to have with us today, the Maharaj of Ajmer, people's king, honorable Chairman of R Empire, His Royal Highness Abhyansh Singh Ranawat, and the Maharani of Ajmer, known as Rani sa, Her Royal HighnessISHAAbhyansh Singh Ranawat. I request Maharaj and Rani sa to please occupy the dais", the host said, trying hard not to fumble... They knew it was a corporate event, so didn't stress all the titles of the king & queen much, just mentioned the Maharaj & Maharani.

"Arre wah(Oh! Wow!)... Even the queen's name is Isha?? Our Isha didn't mention about this coincidence", Aashna said

"Wait until you see the actual coincidence", Reetu said, and Aashna frowned

"By the way, Is Isha on leave, why isn't she here yet ??", Shivam asked

"She is there...", Ragini said pointing to the aisle where the King and queen walked elegantly... Many who knew Isha and saw her in office opened their mouths widely in shock. Those who aren't aware of her or never saw her, admired her beauty, confidence, and how good and compatible the king & queen looked...

That time, that day, they didn’t witness a normal designer, their colleague Isha, it was theQUEENISHA ABHYANSH SINGH RANAWAT…Her confident aura, the radiance and brilliance are clearly visible on her face. That day, friends or not, no one could look eye to eye at her, all their eyes lowered in respect automatically.

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"What.The.Actual.F**k", Shivam, and Aashna said at the same time, Ragini shook her head, reprimanding them to maintain the decorum while Reetu giggled at their expressions.

The situation is the same for all Isha's colleagues.

"She is a freaking queen of this Empire, yet worked like a normal designer, damn... she didn't even show her power when Ashley Parker misbehaved with her, not once but multiple times,I could have never done that if I was in her place", Aashna said

"True, I am proud to have known her personally and befriended her... She is still our friend right ?", Shivam asked

"If you know Isha, you have the answer", Ragini said

"Of course, she is", Shivam said and Ragini nodded with a smile...

Abhyansh took the stairs to the stage and offered his palm to his wife, who took it with a smile and ascended the stairs. The crowd went on 'Awe' at the BEAST's gesture for the queen. All the dignitaries stood up greeting the king & queen, and wishing him Happy birthday. The men shook hands with the king and greeted the queen with a 'Namaste' joining both their hands which Isha reciprocated by joining her hands, and with a smile much to her husband's dismay. While the women chief guests joined their hands and wished Abhyansh to which he noddedpolitely. No matter his rude personality or his BEAST image, he never failed to respect a woman, conditions apply.

Soon, the host announced that Isha would launch all the new CSR initiatives which included a few more multi-specialty hospitals in all the under-developed regions that do not have a hospital within 10-20-kilometer radius, followed by Schools, Women's health care etc. But one thing that drew everyone's attention is the awareness camp for female children and women about what is s*x, good touch, bad touch, etc. This is specially suggested by Isha when Abhyansh asked her to look after this. She didn't want any other girl to go through what she did or even worse, she just got lucky that her senses kicked at the right moment when Madan was touching her inappropriately, otherwise with her knowledge, she wouldn't have known, and even the thought that many women are living in worse conditions than her, vulnerable to hungry vultures all around them scared her, she also made her husband tighten the security and appoint his trusted men to protect women at all times which Abhyansh implemented immediately though there are already many practices present there to prevent s*xual abuse.

After the event is over, the host requests everyone to leave for the special lunch which is arranged by the king & queen for all the employees. After the crowd started dispersing to the dining halls, Ranveer came to Abhyansh and wished him which he accepted with a curt nod as his wife was right beside him, otherwise he would have beaten him to a pulp for spamming his phone.

"Ishu... My bacha... you handled it very gracefully, I'm proud of you...", Ranveer said hugging his sister, to which she reciprocated with a smile...

"Thank you bhayyu, for coming here... I know you came for me... but who told you about this ? It was a last-minute decision", Isha asked

"Ragini/Must be Ragini", Abhyansh and Avyan said at the same time, Ranveer's eyes widened at this... Avyan's mouth slipped while Abhyansh did it purposely to push Ranveer into trouble...

"Ragini ??", Isha asked with confusion, looking at her brother's worried face, she frowned... What's going on with him, she wondered...

"I called her to ask if you could get early logout from the office today, as I was planning to take you for dinner today, you know it's been many days since I met you Ishu so...", he trailed and she nodded not completely believing his story, if he wanted, he could have called her directly and asked, Ragini is sure her boss but she never restricted her if she wanted to leave early so why would her brother do that ?? and he wanted to have dinner with her today ? on her husband's birthday ? weird...

"Okay, let's go and have lunch", she said

"We just had", Abhyansh and Avyan said at the same time again...

"Woah... The Devil brothers are in Sinc today huh...", Ranveer said

"Rajput...", Abhyansh warned...

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