Page 159 of The Royal Beast & His Caged Princess

"What's wrong??", he asked looking at her... she gulped, sweat beads forming on her forehead...

"Wrong?? Nothing... nothing is wrong...", she fumbled, and he sighed making her more afraid...

"Isha... what did you do??", he asked, and she looked at him with her wide eyes... how did he know?? Did he already know about the promise she gave her friend, but how is that possible??

"I... I am sorry Rana sa...", she said with her teary eyes...

He stood up and marched to her seeing her tears, but she moved back in fear... he pulled her into his arms rubbing her hair and back slowly...

"Calm down Rani sa... why are you so afraid?? What happened?? You can tell me anything...", he said in his soft tone which gave some confidence to her...

"Rana sa... don't get mad at me, and don't punish me please", she said, and he sighed

"I won't... now tell me what you did??", he said, he hoped his wife didn't go against the rules he set, otherwise, it would be difficult to stick to his word of not getting mad...

"You know about my friend, Reetu getting into an accident, right??", she asked softly and he nodded encouraging her to continue... "she... she is actually crazy... um... no... she is not... she... I am so sorry", Isha hugged him and sobbed, unable to get it out of her mouth and Abhyansh hated her tears more than anything...

"Isha...sh... love... don't cry... please...", he pleaded softly, she looked at his eyes which held worry and care for her, nothing else... he gently wiped her tears and kissed her cheeks making her avert her gaze in shyness... he chuckled at how her face changed from sobbing in fear to blushing in shyness...

She looked at him with her eyes full of amusement and surprise... she can never get used to her husband's chuckle, let alone a small smile...

He pulled her close to him, placing his lips on hers, kissing her wildly, her hazel eyes filled with amusement always excited him...

She slowly responded fisting his hair, she brushed his lower lip with her lips caressing them softly and that tender act turned on the BEAST... he pinned her to the huge mahogany desk and kissed her wilder than before... a series of moans escaped her throat that kept him going until he sensed her breathlessness...

Isha took heavy breaths as soon as her husband left her lips, she hugged him tightly to hide her face, after their passionate kiss, she felt the most comfortable in his arms... after getting normal, she moved away from his arms, held his palm, and took him to the couch nearby, he liked her leading the way without asking for permission...

They settled on the couch and she leaned her head on his chest and he held her in his arms securely...

"Reetu badly wanted to meet the king and queen, she even got the passes to attend the coronation ceremony, but just a night before she got into an accident, still she was adamant to attend the ceremony, so I had no choice but to promise her", she said closing her eyes and fisting her husband's shirt tightly... Abhyansh by now understood what she must have promised and sighed heavily... yes, it's a matter of concern but she didn't have to be so afraid, if not for the danger lurking around, he would have proudly revealed her face to the world...

Though the situation is a bit better now, he made new enemies by killing Rizzo, so he had to tackle them as well...

"Okay... did you reveal your identity to her??", he asked in his usual tone surprising her...

"No, I wanted to ask you first, I am sorry, I promised her without asking you", she apologized

"There is nothing for you to be sorry about, when do you want to bring your friend here??", he asked casually...

"You are not mad??", she asked

"No, why would I?? Yes there are small issues but nothing that can't be handled, stop worrying, hm??", he said kissing her forehead and she let a huge sigh...

"I was so scared thinking you would be mad, I thought you would punish me", she said and a slight hurt passed through his eyes but quickly disappeared before she could see...

"I told you I would never hurt you, why can't you trust me", he asked and she looked at him in confusion...

"But when did I say you would hurt me?? I thought you would ban me from going to the office for a while... that's all", she said looking at him...

"It's your right to tell everyone who you are, why would I even get angry at that?? I am not revealing your face because I don't want to risk your safety, but you can always reveal it to your friends and colleagues, I can handle the aftermath", he said holding her soft palm in his, rubbing it...

"No, that would change everything at my workplace and I don't want it... Reetu still has a week more to recover, after she startscoming to work, I'll ask her to stay back late one day and if you are okay and have some free time, then please come to pick me up and she can meet you there...", she pleaded...

"But why can't she come here??", Abhyansh asked with a frown...

"What?? Here?? No way... I don't want my friends to come here or see the palace where I live...", she said

"Are you by any chance, embarrassed by the way you live??", he asked, his eyes depicting his fury...

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