Page 63 of The Royal Beast & His Caged Princess

Abhyansh didn't know what to say when she asked about his visit to her room at this time, he shut her brother, by claiming her his wife, and indirectly telling him that what he does with his wife is none of his(Ranveer) business, but what would he tell his wife who still think herself as his slave, well he made her think so...

So, he came up with this massage... Well, he never let anyone touch his head till now, he never got a head massage...

"I'll bring the oil, please sit Maharaj...", Isha said and walked to the dressing table... He felt something inside his heart, it started beating wildly, none touched his body, or his hair till now... Especially a woman, that doesn't mean he never slept with a woman, he did but he never even saw their faces clearly, he just did his business and walked away... It's always outside India, some women there though knew who he was, didn't shy away or got scared, though they never dared to look into his eyes, it wasn't more than a casual f**k to keep himself sane...he had a very dark past and he hoped to preserve it only to his knowledge... He wasn't very proud of that phase or to be precise just those days of his life which he was now done and dusted with years ago, and he didn't want to remember that now.

But his wife is so different, her every feature, her every smile is memorized in his head and heart. She is the woman who looked into his eyes and trapped him unknowingly. Her angelic face is captured in his mind, and he remembers her every expression, her every word, her voice, her fear, her everything and when such a woman is about to touch his hair, he got nervous which his egoistic self didn't let him accept...

The situation is somewhat similar to Isha, how would she touch his hair, and give a massage to him?? The thought itself is scaring her, her heart is beating rapidly... She took the oil and walked to him...

Suddenly she saw her husband standing up, where he was sitting on the bed before...

"Maybe I will take a pill", He said and walked away making her sigh in relief... But then, worry filled her thinking about his pain... What if his headache is worse and maybe that's the reason, he came at this time to her for a massage?? Her heart screamed at her to go and give him a head massage but her body which is shivering even at the thought of it stopped her...

Abhyansh closed his eyes, to remove the image of her touching him, giving a head massage to him, that thought itself tempted him to go back, he wanted to feel her slender fingers in his hair, suddenly, his nervousness is replaced with excitement, but he controlled himself and laid on the bed, but sleep is far away fromhim... He closed his eyes for an hour, took some rest, and then again got up to start a new day...

Isha woke up after having a couple of hours of sleep, and started with her morning chores, as usual, she is about to send breakfast to her husband's study like every day, when she saw him walking towards the dining hall... Suddenly she remembered the feelings she felt the previous night or should she say the early morning, she did think how it would have felt to touch his silky yet bushy hair and give him a massage, the thought itself made her nervous but also wanted to do that... She couldn't depict the feelings as her heart is very innocent, unlike the BEAST who knew what was happening...

Despite vowing to stay away from her, he couldn't stop the urge to see her, so he decided to have breakfast and dinner like before, in the dining hall, with her serving him, he realized the previous night, just how much he missed her serving him and he didn't want to miss anymore...

He sat on his place, and the family stood up and greeted him before the breakfast started... He had his food and walked to his office and Isha ran behind him to ask about his headache... She is worried for him... Amruta looked at her daughter-in-law wide-eyed who is running towards her son, what’s happening?? But she shook it off thinking it to be something related to asking any permission...

"How is your headache, Maharaj??", She asked slowly, the couple are away from the dining hall, so they couldn't hear them... She didn't expect an answer, just a nod or shake of the head but he surprised her...

"Hm... better", He said looking at her face intently before walking away... her care always surprises him, she cares for him even after what he did to her?? How is that even possible?? But he had to agree, his day got better, seeing her face in the morning, who is he kidding?? It was never good in the first place, his day was always filled with his evil plans to defeat the enemy, he was never excited for his day to start, it was just a robotic activity for him, but now he waited for it to start as he might get to see her face... If he did, his whole day went well, and if not, it went bad, before he vowed to avoid breakfast and dinner, also the late-night visits but now he vowed to do all that, getting to see her face gradually became a necessary element of his day...

Isha quickly had her breakfast and Avyan dropped her to the main road, every day, the drive with her brother-in-law became interesting as Avyan started talking a bit more and she enjoyed every bit of it... He is just like her brother to her...

"You get the cabs easily in the evening, right?? Or do you want me to pick you up in the evening as well??", Avyan asked, he still wouldn't address her anything, he didn't know what to call her...

"No, cabs are available easily in the evening Avyan and yes, you can call me Isha", Isha said again with a smile...

"But you are my bhabhi sa... I wanted to call you the same but bhai sa... I don't want to call you by your name...", Avyan put his dilemma in front of her...

"Avyaan, I know you give the same respect a sister-in-law deserves, that's enough for me, what's there in the name?? It's okay, you can call me Isha...", Isha insisted, and Avyaan nodded...

"Okay, Isha... It still sounds very weird to me, what if bhai sa gets to know??", Avyan asked

"Your brother asked you not to call me bhabhi sa, he never said anything about my name, also, my name is Isha, everyone is supposed to call me the same right?? So, relax", Isha said with a smile and Avyan smiled at his kind and very cool sister-in-law, he just hoped his brother give his marriage a chance considering how beautiful of a human being his sister-in-law is, the very next second, he chided himself for even hoping that his brother gives this marriage a chance even after knowing how much of a BEAST he is, for him, feeling human emotions is next to impossible... He just felt bad for his sister-in-law who is stuck with his brother for life.

No one in the family has an idea of Abhyansh's changing behaviour except for Ranveer, Isha thought he was just being kind after she took a bullet caring for him. But only Ranveer knew something is changing but Abhyansh's confusing behaviour kept worrying him...

"By the way, I forgot to tell you, today's breakfast was yum, well everything you make is delicious but today, it tasted better...", Avyan said with a smile while driving...

"Really?? Thank you Avyan, I saw this recipe in a YouTube channel 2 weeks ago, and I wanted to try it, but was afraid that what if it turned out bad, today, I took the risk, and thank god, it tasted good, otherwise, your brother would have thrown the plate on my face...", Isha said the last part with a scary face... Avyan understood that she meant it, as his sister-in-law is too innocent to mock or taunt someone...

"Don't worry, whatever you make will be delicious...", Avyan said pulling the brakes as they reached the destination...

"Now you are making me complacent", she said with a smile and he laughed shaking his head... "Anyways, bye, have a good day Avyaan", she said with her kind smile and he reciprocated it, he thanked god every day, for blessing them with Isha, he could see the happiness in his mother's face after Isha came, before, she always used to stay sad worrying for her elder son, Avyaan couldn't stay with his mother the whole day and he worried for her health but she completely changed after Isha came... and Avyaan is thankful to Isha for that...

"Have a good day to you too bhabhi sa", he muttered to himself looking at her retreating self... He just wished God to give her all the happiness she deserved. In just a short time he began caring for her, after his mother she became the one who he cared for, there are only three people he loved the most in this world, his mother, his brother and now his sister-in-law... His brother didn't need his care whereas he wasn't willing to care for his father or grandmother, he didn't hate them, he just didn't feel anything for them, but he knew his mother and now sister-in-law needed his care and love. He would provide them with that... His mother would wonder if he said he loved his Beast of a brother but only he knew what his brother did for him... He would never forget that day... Never ever...

Thinking all this, he drove off to his workplace to handle his very difficult brother who would throw work at him like he is a robot and not human...

Isha entered her workplace and noticed everyone gossiping instead of working, she wondered what happened to all of them... As soon as Reetu saw her, she rushed to Isha...

"Isha... You know what happened yesterday??", Reetu exclaimed with so much anxiety and excitement that Isha wondered if her friend won the lottery...

"What ??", Isha asked...

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