Page 116 of The Royal Beast & His Rising Queen

"Done with my Lunch",he texted

"Good, now you won't scare people in the meeting with your grumpiness",her message read, he would have smiled if he wasn't already in the meeting room and everyone sighed as there wasn't a cold aura in the air like before. They thanked their stars and also the person or reason that made his irritation dissipate.

The rest of the meeting went fine and Abhyansh is satisfied with the status of all the subsidiaries under R Empire. He got back to his work after the meeting, and after some time, John made his way inside...

"Your Highness, Mr. Khan wanted to have a word with you before signing Ashley's demotion papers, should I arrange a call ??", John asked, praying in his head to save him this one time. Abhyansh hated if things didn't go as he wanted them to. He expected Ashley's demotion to be completed in the next few hours but Mr. Khan is very adamant, despite Bharat and even John detailing the issue, he insisted on talking to Abhyansh.

Abhyansh looked at John making him lower his eyes, hiding his shiver...

"I swear sir, Bharat and I detailed everything to him from our side, but he insisted on speaking with you", John said, Abhyansh took a deep breath before nodding at John... he knew Mr. Khan can be annoyingly stubborn sometimes... that old man would have been dead if he (Abhyansh)didn't respect him, thought he.

John scheduled the call.

"Apologies Maharaj... but I need to hear your 'yes' personally... do you want me to sign Ms. Ashley Parker's demotion ?? I agree she is a bit unprofessional but she knows her job, maybe she can be given another chance ?", Mr. Khan tried carefully...

"Sign those papers Khan...", Abhyansh said, already pissed at the old man's words, he would have given Ashley a chance if she deserved one, but she didn't, this isn't up for discussion...

"Yes, Your Highness, done", Mr. Khan said into the phone signing the papers that were lying in front of him and ringing the bell continuously for his secretary to come in... "send them to the head office this instant", Mr. Khan said handing them to his secretary who ran to him hearing his bell... he nodded and ran away taking the papers understanding the urgency.

"Bharat will receive the scanned documents in the next few minutes Maharaj", Mr. Khan said into the phone before Abhyansh could send a bullet in his head...

Abhyansh hummed...

"How is his Highness doing ??", Mr. Khan asked when he felt Abhyansh calm down a bit...

"Completely alive", the beast replied making the old man smile...

"That's good to hear, how is Mr. Abhyansh Singh Ranawat doing then ??", Mr. Khan asked

"Good", Abhyansh said, he wanted to add 'happy' too but he couldn't, after hearing his wife's pain, he no longer felt happy, but yes, he is happy and content in his life after she came into his life or to be precise after he fell in love with her...

"And happy too... I can hear it in your tone. Like I said that day, Abhyansh Singh Ranawat would find happiness for sure but for that, you need to keep the BEAST away from him", Mr. Khan said and Abhyansh agreed completely, he became Abhyansh Singh Ranawat in front of his wife, not the BEAST he is to the outer world, and that's why he could be able to stay in control despite the situation, otherwise he would have become a Beast in front of her every time he received unpleasant newsregarding work... sure, the old man gave him wise suggestions that changed the course of his life...

"Yes, Mr. Khan... and that's why you are alive despite your attempts to annoy me every time with these nonsense meetings", Abhyansh said making the old man chuckle...

"Maharaj... how would I get to talk to you if not for work, you hardly give me appointments these days", Mr. Khan said

"You are getting old, you should start distributing your responsibilities", Abhyansh said coldly

"Is that concern Maharaj ??", the old man's quirky answer got on his nerves...

"No, order", Abhyansh said hanging up, making the old man sulk, he loved his work too much, and now since Abhyansh said it was an order, he had no choice rather to pass on his responsibilities one by one... why did he have to go and poke the king, he cursed himself...

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"You are not a weak man Abhyansh...gather yourself and get back to work", Mr. Khan said

"How Khan saab... I fought and won over all my enemies, I became a BEAST and punished them for all the cruelties they did to me and my family... but now, everything seems useless... my own mother broke my trust, she didn't just give that man another life, she killed Abhyansh Singh Ranawat", Abhyansh said, his words though cold, Mr. Khan could feel the 17-year-old's inner turmoil...

"You might feel like she betrayed you, she might have killed Abhyansh Singh Ranawat... but the BEAST is still alive... he had to stay alive to take care of everything that's with him and on him...", Mr. Khan said and Abhyansh looked at him, which made him slightly bow down his eyes, despite the close relationship he shared with him, he couldn't stare him in the eye...

"You are right... but if I am the BEAST, I am supposed to avenge like a BEAST, shouldn't I ??", He asked

"No, you shouldn't, because the woman who you are thinking of avenging, is your mother, and no matter what, Abhyansh isn't dead, he is alive inside you and he absolutely cares for his mother...", Mr. Khan started

"Khan...", Abhyansh's warning tone made the old man gather his words...

"I don't mean you should forgive her, just let that aside and take care of other things... I am sure Abhyansh Singh Ranawat would find peace, comes alive, and get happy at one point, but for that you need to keep him away from the BEAST, don't let the animal in you destroy him", Mr. Khan said walking away...

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