Page 51 of The Royal Beast & His Rising Queen

"Ragini?? She is confused herself... she asked Ashley but...", Isha stopped, trying to frame a sentence that wouldn't make Ashley look bad, she didn't want her husband to destroy Ashley, and if he knew what she said and the way she behaved with her, he would cut her into pieces... "she is busy to respond, so for now, we are unsure...", Isha said and her pause made him understand what she is doing... what did Ashley say?? Why is his wife hiding to protect her?? Beast decided to find out later...

"You can wear anything you are comfortable with...", Abhyansh said crisply...

"Rana sa... I want to know the dress code in the company, and you are just talking about me...", she said and he nodded kissing her forehead...

"At R Empire, bands 1 & 2 need to wear formal, rest all, it's decided based on their wings", he answered in short...

"What are those?? I didn't get you", Isha asked, he cursed his habit of using a few words...

"Bands are the levels in a company, it varies from organization to organization, there is a hierarchy, band 1 is basically the CEOs, CMOs, CFOs of different wings under R Empire, band 2 also has a similar set of people, um... for example, Ashley Parker, she belongs to band 2, these people attend the meetings with me in their related fields, so they are always in formal, rest all employees dress according to their functions, like our IT wing, they can wear anything they want to, well there are limitations to it as well, and they know that, and coming to the textile wing, since you are the designers, you need to work in different postures and flexibility is important, so you can wear anything that provides you that, Ragini is responsible to take care of it", he said, he made sure his employees dress up decently to the workplace, though Abhyansh runs a multinational, and he had branches all over the globe, his employees despite their location of the workplace need to maintain a certain dignity, that's what he believed in, he gave them the freedom to dress up according to their comfort but that comes with certain limitations and if people thought he is dictating then so be it, he hardly cared. According to him, a workplace is where you should maintain basic dignity.

"Oh! okay, what about Ragini, herself??", Isha asked

"She needs to wear formals, as she comes under band 2, when she gets on the R Empire payroll", he said and Isha giggled

"Ragini isn't comfortable in formal", Isha said and Abhyansh took her palms in his...

"Rani sa...formals are not just suits or blazers, even a saree comes under formal, you know??", he asked and she looked surprised, he is right, she has no idea... "formal is something which is suitable for formal occasions, anything that is simpleyet dignified, without glitters or that extravagant stuff, it could be called as formal, and there are many band 1 and 2 staff who wear sarees or Indian suits to work, even a cotton kurti could be considered formal at us...", he said

"Oh! I saw every woman there wearing blazers and skirts, so I thought...", she said, and seeing her hesitation, he understood she is intimidated by those women...

"We promote Indian culture at R Empire, but since we have various nationals in our employee directory, we gave that flexibility", he said

"So, my previous work clothes are fine??", Isha asked

"Yeah... they are good, anything is fine until you are comfortable", he said and she nodded

"Tell me about the textile wing of yours in detail Rana sa", she asked, good that she is showing interest in it... he started detailing everything to her, but briefly, as too much information could cause her headache... though Textiles isn't one of the top 10 highest revenue-generating businesses of R Empire, still it's a huge one and is the second-largest textile in Asia... "hawww... Rana sa... it's almost dinner time...", Isha gasped getting out of his arms and trying to rush out but he holds her palms...

"Calm down, it's fine, we have 15 minutes for it still", Abhyansh said

"Not we, only you, we are common people Maharaj, and we should get everything ready before his highness's arrival, and I'm late... let me go", she said and he smiled at her cute taunts...

"This Maharaj can become a common man for you, want me to??", he asked and she smiled widely cupping his cheeks and kissing his forehead overwhelming him... he could feel her love and care on her kiss, none kissed him on the forehead, his mother did a few times during his childhood, that's all, he has missed on that care from then but now he got someone to show that...

"No, your words are enough... Rana sa, do you realize, this is the most you have spoken from the time we are married", she said and he smiled

"This is the most I have spoken in my entire life", he said and she hugged him tightly...

"I love youAnsh...", she suddenly said and before he could react, she ran off, he smiled widely replaying those precious words of his precious wife in his head...

Amruta glared at Isha seeing her late, Isha apologized to her arranging the final things on the dining table...

"Isha, if I die of a heart attack, you are responsible", Amruta said after taking a sigh, seeing the arrangements done on time... and Isha giggled seeing her dramatic mother-in-law

"Ma... not my fault, it's your son... he kept talking that we lost track of time", Isha said casually...

"What?? You mean to say my son, like my elder son, Abhyansh kept talking??", Amruta asked Isha with shock...

"Yes, the very own king, Abhyansh Singh Ranawat kept talking and got me late, so if you want to hold someone responsible, it'shim", Isha said with a smile, pouring water into her husband's glass...

Pratap and Rajmata Devyani Devi came there and hearing Isha's words, surprised them... Pratap felt happy that his son got someone who could make him human, but his happiness is short-lived, that someone is Amar Rajput's daughter... he didn't have any personal hatred toward Isha, in fact, he knew Isha is a very kind girl, a pure-hearted soul, but her having Amar Rajput's blood made it impossible for Pratap to accept Isha though his son did...

Amruta cleared her throat to let her daughter-in-law know about the other people's presence... seeing her father-in-law and grandmother-in-law, Isha slightly bowed and greeted them... though Abhyansh asked her not to bow in front of anyone as everyone has lesser positions than her, she didn't stop. She didn't understand what her husband is trying to say, this is not the same as in her home, where although her father was the king, he always bowed to his mother, and her mother, though was the queen, bowed in front of her mother-in-law.

Rajmata Devyani Devi nodded at Isha's greeting while Pratap as usual didn't respond but unfortunately, this is witnessed by Ranveer and Avyan who came for the dinner... Ranveer observed Isha's pained face for a second before she put a smile on her face... it didn't go well with him...

"Your Highness, could I please have a talk with you after dinner", Ranveer said looking at Pratap surprising everyone... Isha looked at her brother keenly to find anything but his face was calm like always... what's her brother up to?? Why does he want to talk to her father-in-law?? Pratap just nodded at Ranveer in response...

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