Page 27 of The Royal Beast & His Rising Queen

"Even now I don't want to talk about it, Rana sa, it just slipped from my mouth, sorry, let's not talk about it", she said, and he frowned.

"What's wrong??", he asked but she remained mum... "why do you not want to talk about it??", Abhyansh asked, clearly offended and she sighed...

"That's my work and you are my husband, I want to keep these two things separately Rana sa... what I earn might not be a lot, but I do it as Isha, just Isha and I take pride in it. I don't know how will I handle it when my colleagues get to know who I'm, but at least till then, I just want things to go as they are now", she said, for Abhyansh it's very difficult to understand why she doesn't want to let her colleagues and friends know who she is in reality, and she knew he wouldn't understand even if she explains it to him... "and tomorrow, you will be there as an MD, a king and the final decision maker, but not as my husband... I didn't tell you before because I thought you are too busy to even think about acquiring a small boutique like Ragini's, but after hearing about your presence in tomorrow's presentation, I was sure that you knew what's happening", Isha said, and Abhyansh is stunned. Abhyansh thought his wife is too innocent to even figure this out, but she is catching up real soon, he thought.

He not only knew what's happening, but he was also the one who forwarded Ragini's boutique's file to the acquisition & mergersdept. His wife will kill him if she knows this. He decided to keep those details to himself.

"I knew, but the proposal was completely made by the A&M team, I didn't have anything to do with it", he said, that is true but he didn't have to sit in the presentation of a normal boutique considering his busy schedule, this is a takeover by the designing team of the textile wing of his business which is not even among one of the major cash cows in his business empire, it is a profitable business but Abhyansh never put much concentration on that wing until lately.

"Hm... thought so... Reetu said you have a huge business empire, and you wouldn't have time to concentrate on a small boutique like ours, when I expressed my doubt to her...", Isha said and he could hear the disappointment in her tone... he smirked, awe... his wife needs his attention?? She always had it...

"What?? You are disappointed... looks like Rani sa wants all the attention of her husband...", he teased her... she hid her head in his chest moving closer to him in shyness...

"Sach kahe??(Do you want me to be honest??)", she asked looking at him and he nodded... "I'm a bit disappointed, yes a part of me wants all your attention... I want you to leave all your work and concentrate just on me and what I do, I want you to spend all your time on me...", Isha said, and it really came as a huge surprise to Abhyansh. His wife isn't that kind of a person seeking attention. His chest warmed with love for her, she only seeks attention from him, and he would want to give it all to her. "But that's just a tiny part of me... the other part wants you to do whatever you are doing till now, protect people, and your empire, and thrive with success, I'll always be here waiting for you even if you are busy... more importantly, the bigger part ofme wants you to let me earn everything at work as just Isha, not as Isha Abhyansh Singh Ranawat...", she said and that didn't go well with him...

"I just don't understandIsha...why don't you want the privilege of being my wife when you can take up the responsibilities and disadvantages that come with it??", he asked pissed...

"That is what I should do, I never considered them like disadvantages Rana sa... but whether to take advantage of something my husband's hard earned is my choice, and I don't want to...", Isha said softly... her words surprised him... she might be soft but very strong and high in beliefs, thought he.

"Let's have it your way for now...", he said

"Let's go back, I'm feeling sleepy... and yeah, you can be happier from tomorrow, Vikram, Aryan, and Bhai are going back to Rajput palace...", Isha said getting up, Abhyansh smirked widely, she could see her husband's pleasure... "You are feeling glad, aren't you??", she asked, and his smirk widened...

"I'm not that kind of a host to celebrate when the guests leave, but you really don't have a choice when the guests are troublesome", he justified but that didn't satisfy her...

"What trouble my family created for you Rana sa?? You are so petty...", she scolded and for some reason he really liked her being like that, so he tried to ignore the fact that she included Vikram and that kid in her 'family'.

"They are not your family, only your brother is... anyways let's go", he sulked and she smiled at his sulking face walking behind him... she sometimes enjoys his jealousy and his petty behaviourwhich only she gets to witness, well sometimes her brother too... and now when she comes to think of it, only she and her brother have very rare privileges when it came to talking with Abhyansh. He converses the most with her, and next with her brother. Except for the both of them, he hardly has any conversations with people. She wondered how would he be doing business and negotiations without knowing that he just dictates.

The next day, as usual, after breakfast, Isha got changed and left to her work, Ragini asked her to come to the office in the morning since the presentation is in the afternoon, so they could go together from there...

Ranveer wished her luck before leaving from there... Avyaan and Amruta too wished her luck, Avyan gave his Bhabhi sa a chocolate saying this would give her power. And his sweet gesture really calmed her nerves. Isha gave mock presentation one last time before leaving to the Royal headquarters in Ragini's car along with Reetu and one more colleague Aashna... the rest of the main designer team is behind them in another car.

They reached the building and Ragini gave the keys to the parking. Isha stood in front of the building with her mouth wide... this huge glass door building and many such building more across the world belong to her husband??

"Isha... let's go", Ragini urged as they wanted to check the systems and connect their laptops to prevent any mishaps in the last moment.

"This building is so huge", she explained still trying to figure out how many floors are there...

"Yeah, it is, have you never passed along this way??", Aashna asked and Isha shook her head... "are you not based here?? Everyone in the state knew that this is the tallest building, though we won't have access inside, people pass by this way just to look at this sky scrapper from far... this place is very famous across the world since it's one of the largest empire's headquarters, it's well known in our country for being the king's work capital", Aashna blurted all the details she knew regarding the building surprising Isha... looks like everyone else knew about her husband's work better than her, and this made her sad... Reetu who observed a change in Isha's long face, held her by her shoulders and dragged herin softly followed by others.

They showed the digital passes they received through emails once Ragini sent her team's details for verification. Everyone has to scan the code and also go through manual checks before entering even the premises of the Royal HQ.

Bharat, Abhyansh's secretary's immediate subordinate is moderating everything right from the time Isha entered the HQ. Abhyansh wanted to be discrete but still make his wife comfortable. He knew the process to visit his office premises for visitors is quite a hassle. He wanted to make it as smooth as possible for his wife without her knowledge.

"Hello, I'm Ashley Parker... I'm heading A&M(Acquisition & Mergers) for R Empire's textile wing, glad to meet you", Ashley, a woman in her mid-thirties greeted Ragini and everyone else... Isha kept looking at the woman, she is the definition of a perfect woman, her dress has no creases, her hair is perfectly ironed, not even a hair strand is out of place, and her make-up is prim, proper, and perfect. Ashley's team followed and greetedeveryone. Every woman is perfect, her husband is surrounded by such perfect women all day?? Suddenly she felt so insecure...

Are most of the women working here dressed up so perfectly?? She doesn't know because she is away from the world for too many years?? Many questions were raised in her head. Ragini introduced everyone including Isha to Ashley and her team. Ragini and Reetu have attended many conferences and met women with perfect appearances, so they weren't intimidated by all this. After meeting all of them, they decided nothing can be more perfect than being yourself.

Ashley forwarded her hand to Isha when Ragini introduced her, but Isha is in her own thoughts. She frowned at the way Isha kept her hanging, and it irked Ashley and brought out the b**chy side in her. She immediately judged her based on her appearance and her lack of response.

"Ishu...", Ragini called, slightly shaking her, which brought Isha of her reverie.

"Sorry...", Isha apologized shaking Ashley's hand...

"Ragini, I think you were already informed, that only important people from the firm should be present here", Ashley said, Ragini understood the taunt, and she got angry, Isha held Ragini's hand before her friend could say something in anger and spoil this chance which could fulfil all her dreams...

"She is Isha... one of the best designers we have, Ashley, and she is also today's presenter, don't worry, I have only brought very important people of mine", Ragini said in her sickly-sweet tone. She can be a bigger b**ch when it came to her friends and family,and she could have shown it to Ashley if Isha hasn't held her palm.

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