Page 164 of The Royal Beast & His Caged Princess

"Yes... yes... Rana sa, I'm fine", Isha said composing herself, she is afraid of facing her friend but turned to her gathering her courage, but she didn't find any expressions on Reetu's face... she didn't want to create a scene in front of her husband so she tried to act casually...

"Reetu, this is my husband, Rana sa, my best friend Reetu", Isha introduced trying to be as casual as possible...

"Hello", Abhyansh was the first one to greet, sensing his wife's nervousness, he tried to be as accommodating as possible...

Reetu came out of her shock hearing his icy cold and dominating tone...

"Khamma GhaniMaharaj... I'm Reetu, Ishu's.... I mean Rani Sa’s colleague", Reetu said bowing her head, Isha's face showed her hurt hearing her friend calling her 'colleague'

"I remember my wife introducing you as her friend, either you are mistaken or my wife, whose fault, is it??", Abhyansh asked with his deadly tone which screamed danger... looking at his wife hurt makes him mad... Reetu shivered hearing his tone...

"Rana sa... you are scaring her, she is just nervous...", Isha said holding Reetu's hand... "wait in the car, I'll come...", Isha said getting upset with her husband for scaring her friend... and the BEAST got it... he closed his eyes to control his temper and once done, opened his eyes and looked at his wife's friend...

"You are invited to the dinner in the main palace Ms.", Abhyansh invited her in his usual cold tone surprising Isha and shocking Reetu... everyone knows the BEAST rarely invites anyone to his palace, it’s rare even for the big dignitaries like ministers and CMs to receive an invitation to the main palace... "I'll wait in the car, come soon, you need to take some rest, you look tired Rani sa", Abhyansh said looking at Isha, to which she nodded, and he walked away...

"You are our queen?? Rani sa?? You are the queen?? Like in real?? Oh my god, I can't believe this, the great, Queen Isha Abhyansh Singh Ranawat is my friend... no no my best friend... oh no...", Reetu said coming out of her shock and Isha took a deep breath hearing her friend...

"Ufff! thank god, you are not mad... thank you so much Reetu....", Isha said hugging her friend...

"Who said I'm not mad?? I'm extremely mad, why didn't you tell me Ishu?? All this time, you knew how badly I wanted to meet the king and queen, yet you acted like you knew nothing, didn't you feel like telling the truth at least for once??", Reetu asked angrily...

"I'm sorry Reetu, I was afraid, I wanted to tell you, but the situations weren't favourable at the start, and when the things started getting better between Rana sa and I, I was scared about your reaction...", Isha said sadly and Reetu hugged her...

"This is why you didn't want me to tell anything to Ragini??", Reetu asked, and Isha nodded... "don't worry, Ragini will react more maturely than me, you don't have to worry, but for now, I'll keep it as a secret, I'll let you tell her...", Reetu added

"Thank you, Reetu...", Isha said

"Now go, Otherwise Maharaj would kill me for stressing his Rani sa...", Reetu teased, Isha slapped her arm and Reetu laughed... Isha is about to go when Reetu remembered something... "wait... that day, at the hospital, your husband was waiting outside in the car, that means...", Reetu asked with widened eyes...

"Yes, Rana sa brought me to the hospital and waited for me outside for 3 hours till you get into consciousness", Isha said, and Reetu cupped her mouth in shock...

"No... no, that didn't happen, no please", Reetu whined jumping and Isha laughed loudly... "Ishu, why would you do that?? You made the king, Abhyansh Singh Ranawat, the great wait outsidethe hospital for 3 hours, oh no! I regret getting into an accident now", Reetu said, and Isha rolled her eyes at her friend's drama not knowing she is being truthful when she said all that... Reetu never knew that their king can be so empathetic, as he was always known as a stone...

"Done with your drama?? Now can I leave??", Isha asked, and Reetu nodded with a smile... "wait! how will you go??", Isha asked

"I'll take a cab”, Reetu answered...

"No way, it's dark, we'll drop you", Isha said and Reetu's eyes widened...

"No way in the hell am I getting into the same car as the king, I would die out of anxiety, I didn't believe when people said he is too scary to even breathe the same air as him but now I know what they mean", Reetu said and Isha glared at her...

"Shut up Reetu, he is not scary", Isha said

"Yeah, definitely not, but only for you, please let me go Ishu", Reetu whined...

"Fine, I'll have someone else drop you, but you are not going alone...", Isha said in finality... before Reetu could respond, Bhairav came there...

"Rani sa, please get into the car...", Bhairav said... "don't worry about your friend, Maharaj ordered to get her dropped safely at her place, he will drop her at her place", Bhairav added showing one of Abhyansh's men... Isha nodded, bid her byes, and settled beside her husband... Bhairav closed her side door and got intothe passenger seat. The fleet of cars left except for one that is supposed to drop Reetu...

"Go and start the car, I'll come", Reetu said to the men and they bowed in yes, walking away to the car...

As soon as they left, Reetu jumped in the air and squealed like a kid recollecting how Isha introduced her to the king, she is on cloud nine knowing her best friend is their queen, she deserves to be one, yes she is extremely shocked but equally happy as well...

"All settled with your friend??", Abhyansh asked his wife after shutting the partition down...

"Hm... she is a bit upset that I didn't tell her before, but she is fine now, she is so understanding, now I'm very sure that Ragini will be fine too, as she is more understanding than Reetu... I love the both of them, they are like my family Rana sa, I don't want them to be upset with me...", Isha said...

"Why do you have so many people you love?? Why can't you love just me, like I love you alone...", he said so casually that her eyes widened at his confession... she just hid her face in his arms without responding, which made him chuckle...

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