Page 96 of The Royal Beast & His Rising Queen

“Bhai… let’s watch Disney movies, any Disney princess movie is fine”, Isha said and Ranveer groaned

“Ishu… Pokémon repeated episodes are much better than that…”, he argued

“Okay then, we can watch Dragon tales”, she suggested

“No, Dragon ball Z”, he said and she shook her head

“Fine… Tom & Jerry it is then”, both of them said at a same time and they both smiled with a nod, whenever they are in a fix, Tom & Jerry comes to their rescue every time.

Both of them are watching it, and when he felt his sister is much better, he slowly called her…

“Ishu…”, he asked

“Yes bhai…”, she responded, her eyes still fixed on the screen

“I need to talk to you about something”, he said, his tone turning serious…

“What is it bhai ??”, she said looking at her brother’s distress…

“Will tell you, Vikram would be here in some time, will tell you then”, he said and she frowned… Vikram and Aryan went to London weeks ago, in fact just a day after she came to Rajput palace, she didn’t understand why they had to leave so suddenly…

“He needs to take some signatures of mine and we need to discuss a few things, so I asked him to come”, he explained looking at her perplexed face, she nodded…

“Okay then, I’ll cook his favourite dishes for dinner”, she said and got up, Ranveer nodded

“Cook here, no need to go to the main kitchen”, Ranveer said and Isha nodded… though his mother avoided Isha’s presence, he didn’t want his sister to encounter her and face the cruel past again…

He would soon ask his mother to move away from there so that it wouldn’t bother his sister anymore…

Vikram came and all the three had their dinner in silence as Vikram’s grim expressions sent some bad signals to Isha… so, she stayed silent, while Vikram and Ranveer stayed calm for the same reason.

All three sat in Isha’s room after their early dinner…

“Okay, what is it ?? You both are scaring me”, she asked

“Ishu… bacha, listen to me completely, and then react”, Ranveer said and Isha nodded asking him to proceed.

“Ishu, I don’t want you to stay with Ranawat, it’s okay if you don’t want to divorce him, I understand your inhibitions, just stay with me here, he is a smart man, he would understand everything by himself… I know you love him and wants to stay with him, stay in this marriage, but love is not enough bacha, this is how it’s going to be, he keeps hurting you and I don’t want this kind of life for you… you deserve much better bacha… please think about it… at least agree to my move out plan”, he said

“Is there anything else you wanted to say ??”, Isha asked calmly and Ranveer shook his head

“My answer is ‘No’, I’m just listening because you asked me not to interrupt you, otherwise I would have given you my answer right after your first sentence, I’m sorry, you had to waste your energy”, she said angering Ranveer…

“He would kill you one day”, he shouted

“Then I will die”, Isha shouted back getting up…

“Ishu…”, Ranveer sighed holding his head… “bacha… why don’t you understand my worries, what would happen to me, if something were to happen to you ?? How many times did you get hurt because of him ?? Tell me, how can I trust him with you”, Ranveer tried to explain himself…

She understood her brother’s worries for her, but now she is fed up, her brother constantly persuaded her to divorce her husband and now it became unbearable to her…

“How did you trust him with me then ??”, she asked him eerily calm… Vikram’s heart beat fastened hearing her tone and her question…

“When did I trust him with you ?? I never did, I always had my doubts ??”, Ranveer asked

“Then how did you let me marry him ?? Or was it your ego ?? Why didn’t you try to stop my marriage despite knowing about him though now I’m glad you didn’t”, she said and Ranveer looked away in guilt.

“Ishu… I’m sorry, please don’t punish me for lifetime, for my mistake… I was mad, angry that you chose your freedom over my words, I was mad…”, Ranveer explained…

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