Page 108 of The Royal Beast & His Caged Princess

"Yes Maharaj", Isha said like a robot

"You are not my slave, that's utterly stupid, I amsorryI ever called you one, you are my wife, I am freeing you from the promise today Isha, but please don't go away, I need you in my life", Abhyansh said shocking Isha, it's like she is dreaming, she felt as if the ground beneath her is snatched away and she is flying in air... She is about to lose her balance when Abhyansh caught her arms...

"It's not like I didn't trust you before, but looking at the divorce papers, I got angry, I know you were tricked too, it was my fault that I didn't trust you", Abhyansh said and this time she is afraid for her brother, he knew, he now knew it's her brother, what did he do to him??

"My... my bhai??", Isha asked with fear... she loves her brother despite everything, she can't let him get hurt...

"I didn't hurt him, though I badly wanted to, he is fine, we both just had a talk, and he will come here tomorrow", Abhyansh said, a sudden wave of anger took her...

"Why would he come here??", She asked looking at him in the eye with anger but realizing what she did, she immediately cascaded her eyes down but Abhyansh lifted her head holding her chin...

"Please, you are not my slave anymore, I freed you from that promise, but you are still my wife, you... you can't leave me", he said, the last part a bit afraid and she got the emotion in his tone... she nodded looking at him... she didn't like her mighty husband getting all weak and vulnerable.She hated herself for still thinking about him even after all he did but she couldn’t help it, but this time, he wasn’t getting away with a single ‘sorry’.

He caressed the swollen part of the forehead, took a painkiller from his drawer, and gave it to her, she swallowed it and then he held her hand and made her sit on the couch but before he could speak, she started saying...

"So, I am not your slave anymore??", She asked him softly, Abhyansh shook his head... "So, I don't have to follow your commands??", She asked again in the same tone... he again shook his head... "okay then, I am leaving for my room, I don't want to listen to you anymore", she said and ran to the king's chamber, and her room.

A small smile formed on his lips, surprisingly he didn't get angry, his wife is showing anger toward him, and that certainlyfelt very good to his heart. But it was soon replaced by a frown, now that she is not obliged to obey him, what if she decides to stay away from him?? Even the thought troubled him a lot...

Soon it was dinner time and everyone gathered at the dining table, they stood up in his respect when they saw him coming that way, and after he settled, everyone else settled too...

Isha served him the food but didn't look at him at all... she purposely served him plain rice on his plate knowing very well how much he hated to have plain white rice at night without proper and particular items that go with it... Amruta's eyes widened in fear, she is about to caution her daughter-in-law when she saw the most unexpected sight, her elder son who is a king in throwing tantrums over food is eating it calmly...

As soon as he completed the rice and rotis on his plate, Isha again served him rice and this time Amruta coughed in fear but her son again ate it calmly... It seemed that he is having difficulty eating it but he did without any complaints, Amruta could see the anger bubbling in him but didn't understand the reason for his holding up...

Poor Amruta didn't know that now the Royal BEAST got a person who could checkmate his tantrums as well as his anger...

Abhyansh finished everything he had on his plate and walked away to his home office brooding... and Isha couldn't stop the giggle that escaped her mouth... Rajmata Devyani devi looked at her with an amused face, her experience told her the untold story, she smirked to herself and walked away... it's going to be fun to see her arrogant, cruel, and cold-hearted grandson being so obedient...

Pratap too left the table, whereas Isha sat on the seat beside the head chair and started having her food...

"Isha... what was that beta?? Abhyansh doesn't like to have white rice at night, also he eats white rice only with particular combinations, did you forget?? I was so afraid that he would shout at you", Amruta said, Isha, didn't know what to answer... so she gave an apologetic smile as if she really forgot...

She did it purposely as she wanted to trouble her husband, she is extremely angry, how could he treat her like that?? He promised not to hurt her, how could he break that?? What Isha didn't understand is she started accepting him as her husband already and that's the reason she got angry with him instead of the cold feelings she used to have whenever he had hurt her in the past. At a point, she even started hating Abhyansh for hurting her dignity but now she is angry, rightfully angry as a wife gets on her husband. But he did cause a lot of damage by breaking his promise of not hurting her and she doubted if she could forgive him ever.

"Hm... what surprised me is bhai sa ate everything silently, he didn't throw tantrums?? Did he lose his voice??", Avyan asked, and Isha shrugged, and continued having her food.

"Bhabhi sa, I forgot to ask, how did you get hurt??", he asked pointing towards her forehead...

"Oh! that... she said she slipped and hit the table", Amruta answered instead, Isha told her the same when she asked while they were cooking.

"Oh! careful Bhabhi sa, did you take pain killer??", Avyan asked, Isha smiled affectionately at his care... she remembered how her husband gave her the painkiller.

"Yes, I took the painkiller, now I am fine, the swelling will go till tomorrow", Isha said and Avyan nodded...

"By the way, Bhabhi sa, do you have any idea why bhai sa was so angry today?? The way he talked to you seemed very unusual... wait... is that injury, did bhai sa hurt you??", Avyan asked suddenly joining the dots... for some reason, this time, Isha didn't want to tell her mother-in-law or her brother-in-law about her husband's behaviour...

"No... he didn't, he was angry but we sorted it out by.. by talking", Isha said, by her way of talking, Avyan understood she is lying, but he is surprised at how his Bhabhi sa is defending his bhai Sa’s actions.

"Avyan... you always see your brother as a rakshas, stop thinking negatively about your brother, nowadays, he won't hurt Isha, right beta??", Amruta said the last part looking at Isha to which she nodded with a smile to keep Amruta's heart...

"Of course, he wouldn't", Avyan said sarcastically, Amruta understood it and slapped his head...

Later Amruta went to wrap up the work in the kitchen, Avyan and Isha are left alone at the dining table. And Avyan decided to confront his sister-in-law.

"Bhabhi sa, why is bhai sa so furious, and he had hurt you?? Why??", Avyan asked, Isha is about to deny but by looking at Avyan's determined face, she sighed.

"It's not completely his fault this time Avyan, my brother did something he shouldn't, and your brother as usual couldn't control his temper, he thought I was the one who did it and got furious with me", Isha said... she knew she could talk it out with Avyan, he is always there for her and they had that closeness and bonding.

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