Page 109 of The Royal Beast & His Rising Queen

Mr. Khan is the president of Acquisition and Mergers for almost all the businesses under R Empire...

"Tha...That's unfair... John... let me at least present my case at the grievance board", Ashley pleaded...

"You want to challenge the king's decision ??", John asked amused, she gulped, she knew she was taking a daring step, but if she was demoted, her whole career would be destroyed, she wanted to submit her resignation before she receives her demotion orders and it takes time to change in her profile, butJohn's urgency to get it done that instant scared the hell out of her... now, she can't even resign...

"But... that's unfair... His Royal Highness was unfair to me", Ashley argued, Isha fumed, she started feeling bad for the woman, but the moment she accused her husband, all her sympathy dissolved into thin air...

"Ms. Parker, I wouldn't be saying that if I were you... I would normally choose not to answer, but today I will", John said, his attention turned to Isha for a second, his eyes instantly bowed down offering his respect, the queen was here, in front of whom Ashley just accused the king. John can see Isha's fury and feels he should answer Ashley... "you chose to accuse the king of unfair treatment in front of people without thoroughly thinking, he demoted you to the position you first started with because, that was the position where an individual is taught about the terms & conditions in the Employee Contract of the acquired & merged businesses, so now, go there and learn from the scratch, if you don't want to, you are free to resign...", John said before turning to Bharat... "make sure the process is completed on all levels till EOD", he ordered

"Mr. Khan is on a business trip to NYC", Bharat said

"Detail him the issue in a goddamn meeting Bharat, and get a scanned approval... do anything, just get it done till EOD", John said before walking away...

"Attending disciplinary committees, to make you ask for forgiveness, we made you do everything but your ego didn't let the point reach your head, Hm... ??Anyways, get ready with an explanation, Mr. Khan will have a word with you after I finish detailing the issue to him, since you report to him, theofficial dismissal of duties will be done by him personally, and you can join in your new role today itself after the procedure is completed...", Bharat said and walked away, followed by his team...

They would have officially dismissed Ashley by themselves without explaining anything to her superior, instead, they would have just taken the approval over an email and get done with the procedure themselves but it's Mr. Khan she is reporting to, Zahid Shah Khan, who has a close relationship with the king, and one among the very few people the king respects...

Gradually everyone returned to their workstations to gossip about the scene that just happened...

"I so wanted to give this bi**h the taste of her own medicine...", Reetu said walking ahead but Isha held her hand...

"That's what cowards do... try to break the already broken ones, you are not a coward Reetu... let's go and work...", Isha said softly, giving one last look at Ashley who glared at Isha as if she would kill her, but Isha didn't care, she walked away calmly... she didn't care about how or what Ashley thought of her...

Isha sat down and gulped the whole contents of her water bottle... Reetu and Ragini made their way to her desk...

"How did Rana sa get to know ?? Who told him ??", Isha wondered to herself, but Reetu and Ragini heard her, Ragni held a guilty face and Reetu narrowed her eyes at her...

"Ragini ??", Reetu called, Ragini's eyes widened, and she shook her head at Reetu asking her to shut up but Isha saw their little non-verbal exchange...

"You called him ??", Isha shrieked, Ragini quickly shut Isha's mouth and looked at their colleagues sheepishly, who looked at the trio weirdly...

"Guys... you know us... ignore... ignore...", Reetu said, they chuckled and concentrated on their work...

"I didn't... I called Ranveer, he was supposed to call your brother-in-law to get this issue resolved, but I don't know how your husband got to know about it...", Ragini whispered, Isha jerked Ragini's palm that's cupping her mouth, glaring at her...

"How could you call bhayyu... and he... it isn't a big deal... I could have gone to the boutique, now this would fuel all those rumours more", Isha got worried...

"Shut up Ishu... you are thinking too much... let them think whatever they want to, don't care about all those... you know your situation at this time, how can I let you go and work in the boutique ??", Ragini asked and Isha sighed...

"I don't want to talk about it now... get back to your work... I want to be alone", she said, Ragini and Reetu sighed...

"I understand you are mad at Ragini, but I'm glad she did that... that bi**h's face is worth watching...", Reetu said, taking Isha's water bottle to drink water, but it's empty, so she took the other water bottle that's beside it, but before she could open, Isha snatched it from Reetu...

"This isn't water...", Isha said, turning to a side...

"Then what is it ??", Reetu asked, Isha tried to hide that smile that was threatening to form on her lips...

"Chocolate shake...", Isha said

"Okay... but what's there in it to blush ?? Wait... did your Rana sa got it prepared for you specially ??", Reetu said excitedly...

Ragini kicked Reetu's leg, to control her mouth, well, she didn't shout but she didn't whisper either...

"Hm... sort of...", Isha said, she remembered how cute her husband looked when he handed her the bottle that contained the chocolate milkshake, which was prepared by none other than His Highness himself...

"What sort of ?? Wait, did he prepare it all by himself ??", Ragini asked, Isha glared at her...

"Go and do your work, Ragini...", Isha said, but her hidden blush told the whole story to her friends...

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