Page 34 of The Royal Beast & His Rising Queen

"Ishu... won't you introduce your friends to me??", Ranveer asked

"Do that going outside my cabin", Abhyansh said showing the door...

"Ranawat... don't be like that... I'm your brother-in-law... I gave you my sister, show some respect at least sometimes...", Ranveer said

"Be grateful to your sister that you are still alive, don't expect anything more from me...", Abhyansh said in his cold tone working on his Mac...

"Ranawat...", Ranveer started...

"OUT Rajput", Abhyansh said in his cold tone, and that made Isha glare at her husband... feeling his wife's glare, he looked up, and seeing the anger in her eyes, he sighed...

"You can stay as long as you want", Abhyansh said in his bitter tone making Isha smile at her husband's cute gestures... how he does even the things he hates the most, for her...

"I'm going in... drink the lemonade when it comes... take care, don't go down yet, I'll come with you, okay??", Abhyansh said and Isha nodded with a smile, he left to his study...

"See, he is sweet, why do you irritate him so much...", Isha asked her brother...

"That's my favourite thing to do...", Ranveer said with a smile and that smile made Ragini's heart flutter... the Ranveer Rajput she met at the boutique is a lot different from this one, today, he seemed someone close to her... a man of same stature, approachable, just a normal person, not some prince, though that day too, he didn't behave like a prince, still she treated him like one but today he is just her best friend's brother...

"Okay, let me introduce them, this is Ragini, and this is Reetu... and he is my brother, Ranveer", Isha introduced turning to her friends...

"Hello Yuvraj...", Reetu greeted him excitedly...

"Hello... nice to meet you...", he said and turned to Ragini...

"Hi Mr. Rajput, we meet again", Ragini said with a smile surprising Ranveer, she didn't call him 'Yuvraj', and by her tone, she isn't treating him like a prince like she did the other day and for some strange reason, he liked it.

"Hi Ragini... yeah we meet again, and I'm glad we are meeting through my sister, not as a customer and owner...", Ranveer said shaking her hands...

Reetu looked suspiciously at the both of them whereas Isha is clueless like always...

"More like a commoner and a prince", Ragini said and Ranveer shook his head slightly...

"I'm not a prince, at least character-wise, I'm not, I'm more inclined towards commoner", Ranveer said reluctantly leaving her hand as not to make his sister suspicious... he is clearly attracted to Ragini but can't let anyone know about it until he figures out if it's just an infatuation or something could actually brew between them...

"Yeah... nice to see that... ", Ragini said...

All four chatted for a while before Ranveer, Ragini, and Reetu went down, whereas Isha went in to see her husband...

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CHAPTER – 4

Isha entered Abhyansh's study in his cabin after getting a 'come in' from his side...

"You don't have to knock, Rani sa", Abhyansh said looking into his files...

"Hm... Bhai and my friends left, can you please take me down??", she asked hesitantly, not wanting to disturb his work...

"Yes... but from now on, don't take the elevator without me by your side", Abhyansh said sternly, and she just nodded... she is still angry with him for hurting himself the previous day but doesn't show it much... "Isha...are you still upset??", he asked

"Hm... you keep hurting me even before I forget or forgive your previous incidents", Isha started, she wanted to say mistakes, but she doesn't have the courage to, but he is clever enough to understand it... "why Rana sa?? Am I too easy or do you take me for granted??", she suddenly asked, and her tone told she was way too hurt... he closed his files and walked to her... she didn't cry but those unshed tears in her eyes pained him...

"Isha...I apologized to you... I am sorry... I was way too angry, and my anger was destructive... that's how I am... if I didn't hurt myself, I was afraid I might hurt you", Abhyansh said cupping her face

"Do you mean you would have hurt me physically if you didn't stop yourself by harming yourself??", she asked looking at him...

"No... of course not, I can't hurt you physically again... I won't torture you as I did in the past... even thinking about it makes me mad... I was afraid I would shout at you or hurt you with my words, that's why I thought of seeing you after I cool down a bit", he said

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