Page 73 of The Royal Beast & His Caged Princess

"Avyan, I will make them tomorrow, for now, have this", Isha whispered, serving Abhyansh the other items she made.

Abhyansh is surprised to see Avyan and Isha's casual talk but as usual, no one noticed his expression as none had the courage to look at his face. His brother didn't converse that freely with anyone except for their mother. After breakfast, instead of going to the office, Abhyansh walked towards his home office, Isharan behind him to stop him, as the study is not completely set, he destroyed it very badly and though the servants are working for hours, they haven't finished even half of it, she is afraid that Abhyansh would punish the servants.

"Ma...Maharaj... Actually... the study...", She fumbled... she closed her eyes to calm herself so that she could stop fumbling before her husband burst on her with irritation.

"Hm??", Abhyansh asked calmly, she opened her eyes looking at his calm self with wide eyes...

"Woh... they haven't finished cleaning your study Maharaj... I'm sorry, I'm supposed to help them, but I couldn't because of the breakfast", she said worrying him...

"It's okay, let them do at their pace, you don't have to do it, you have office, so go there", he said and walked towards his office confusing her... First thing, she is shocked by his soft tone, secondly, he still is walking towards his study, even after telling him that it's messy.

"Maharaj...", she called him again... and he understood why she is calling him...

"I'm gonna get my laptop", He said

"I'll get it", She said

"No....", he immediately said startling her... 'You would get hurt', he wanted to add but didn't, for obvious reasons... "I'll get it", saying he walked away...

She walked back, had her breakfast, and went to her room to change into her casual office wear... She wore a floral mustard color collar neck kurti pairing it with cream color cotton palazzo.

She went to the office in the king's chamber to inform Abhyansh about her leaving for work. She remembered what he said the previous day, but she is afraid to leave like that. She still got shivers whenever she thought about that night when he announced that she would be his slave and detailed all the rules to her and threatened she would face dire consequences if she failed to follow any of them.

She walked there and saw Ramlal, who bowed in front of her, and showed his hand, asking her to go inside.

"Won't you ask Maharaj??", Isha asked Ramlal

"Maharaj ordered to not to make you wait outside, he said you don't need permission to enter his office or his room, so you can go", Ramlal said shocking her...

"Wh... when did Maharaj tell you this??", Isha asked

"Today morning", Ramlal said, and Isha nodded walking inside...

"Maharaj...", Isha said, getting afraid of his reaction... What would she say, if he asks her why did she come there even after he asked her not to inform her about all her activities... He didn't want to waste his time while listening to her, maybe that's the reason he asked her not to take his permission, and here she is disobeying him. She cursed herself...

"Hm...", he responded looking at his laptop... and his frequent responses shocked her, he never bothered to respond or react to her before... What has gotten into him lately, she wondered...

"Maharaj... I... I'm leaving for the office", She fumbled, he could sense the fear in her tone... He raised his head and looked at her, and his eyes stayed on her for a long, this always happened with him, he just can't look away from his wife, 'how can she look so innocent and beautiful in just a simple kurti' is what's that running in his head... She looked down unable to bear his intense gaze which brought him back to his senses...

"Come here", he called her and she walked towards him and stood opposite to his chair in front of the table. "Come near", he said pointing his hands to himself... She widened her eyes but walked towards him soon recovering, following his orders... He held her soft palms in his bandage-clad huge and rough palms...

"I told you right?? You don't have to inform me about your activities, you can do whatever you want to... You have complete freedom, just inform me if you are getting late than your usual time, okay??", Abhyansh said softly shocking her, whenever she hears him speaking so softly in his rough tone, it shocks her... That word 'freedom' brought tears to her eyes...

"I...I have full freedom??", Isha asked with tears slipping from her eyes...

"You do...", He said wiping her tears...

"Thank you", Isha said, her tone filled with gratitude. ‘You deserve all of it' he wanted to add but didn't... He just nodded at her, but didn't leave her hands, and she is afraid to ask him to leave her hand, she loved when he talked that softly with her, sheloved when he wiped her tears so affectionately, and is afraid he would get angry if she asks him to leave her palms...

"Maharaj... Mr. Ranveer Rajput is here to meet you", Ramlal announced bowing his head...

Isha tried to free her palms from Abhyansh's seeing Ramlal but he didn't leave her...

"Allow him in", Abhyansh ordered, Ramlal bowed in a 'yes' and left from there...

Abhyansh left her hands and she moved afar from him...

"Maharaj... Can I leave??", Isha asked as she is getting late for the office, so she had to leave though she want to stay and know why her brother is there...

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