EPILOGUE
Isha and Avyan settled in Avyan's car to leave for CD when Bhairav knocked on the passenger seat window.
Isha slid it down and that was her mistake. In the next few minutes, Bhairav and Ranveer got into the car too.
"Let's go, Yuvraj", Bhairav told Avyan...
Isha cursed her husband for sending these two men to keep an eye on her so that she didn't get to talk to Avyan in the car as well.
"Bhairav...
You can come in a separate car with bhai, right ?", Isha asked him politely.
"Forgive me but No Rani sa, Maharaj asked me to stay with you always till you reach your chamber", Bhairav said
"Yeah, you should consider sleeping inside our chamber", Isha muttered in irritation at Bhairav and his boss's over-protectiveness.
"Hm...
Maybe you all should come in a separate vehicle, don't worry, I'll reach on time", Avyan said, earning a glare from Isha. Well, can't blame the poor man, driving with Bhairav in the back seat and judging him, wasn't the most comfortable thing to do.
"Start the car", Isha told Avyan who did it without any argument as he knew his bhabhi ma's patience these days is almost non-existent.
And the whole drive was a nightmare as Bhairav didn't let Avyan cross 30 KMPH.
"We will reach tomorrow if we continue with this speed", Ranveer said, Isha and Avyan nodded but Bhairav shook his head.
"This is the maximum speed allowed by Maharaj", Bhairav said
"I am hungry, let him drive a little faster, Bhairav", Isha requested but instead she got a sandwich in the next 5 minutes, she realized Bhairav was carrying all the possible meals she could crave or ask for.
"Wow...
Picnic in car, I am so excited", Ranveer said sarcastically
"Me too", Avyan added sulking.
Isha was fed up after a certain time and ordered Avyan to drive faster, Bhairav, having no option, took the wheel asking Isha to sit in the back seat and after protecting her with seat belts and after taking every possible safety measure, he started driving faster.
She so wanted to strangle her husband for passing all these instructions to Bhairav.
Thankfully they reached CD before the afternoon and Isha started inspecting the operations along with Avyan and Bhairav while Ranveer followed them asking various questions, and exploring every inch as he didn't get the time to do much when he visited the CD before.
They had the lunch brought by Bhairav who didn't let Avyan and Ranveer touch it until Isha was completely fed.
After lunch, they all walked to the conference room to discuss appraisals and career trajectories for the CD employees.
"I'm hungry", Ranveer said
"Me too", Avyan added
"We just had lunch", Isha said as a matter of fact
"We? What's left after you ate like a pig? If you could eat silver, you wouldn't have left even those empty vessels for us", Ranveer let out his frustration while Avyan held him back trying to control his anger...
"Bhairav...
How many times did I tell you? You should feed hungry dogs first, but you just wouldn't listen to me", Isha told to Bhairav, indirectly calling her brother a 'dog'.
"That's why he fed you first", Ranveer answered
"How dare you? Wait until we reach home...
I'll complain to Rana sa and Ragini", Isha threatened her brother...
"Yeah...
We will see... I'm afraid of neither your husband nor my wife", Ranveer proudly claimed...
"Bhairav...
Have you recorded this statement ?", Isha asked Bhairav...
"Yes, Rani sa...
I have been recording from the beginning, we can trim accordingly", Bhairav said shocking Ranveer.
"Is that why you didn't say anything when Ranveer was saying all that to Bhabhi Ma?", Avyan asked and Bhairav nodded, Ranveer's face paled even more.
Avyan pitied him.
"Haw...
I'm your brother Ishu... You don't love me... I hate you", Ranveer fought
"I hate you too...", Isha said angrily...
"Ranveer, Bhabhi ma...
Tomorrow is Raksha Bandhan, stop fighting at least now", Avyan said
"It's tomorrow, right? Why should we stop fighting today? It was he who started the fight, to begin with, there is enough food for you two, I didn't eat much still he kept teasing me", Isha complained...
"You are right bhabhi ma, Ranveer shouldn't have said that", Avyan said siding with his sister-in-law shocking Ranveer.
"What? God! You know, you and your brother should shut all these businesses and open an acting school...", Ranveer said and the bickering continued.
But as soon as they reached the conference room, they all slipped into their professional roles.
Isha sat in the meeting followed by Avyan and Ranveer and she was then introduced to the HR personnel for their den staff by Bhairav.
Isha requests Bhairav to ask someone to get some snacks for Ranveer and Avyan to eat and after Bhairav arranged for it, she asks him to take a seat, but he says he prefers standing, as he isn't used to sitting at the same table with the royal family but Isha insisted he sat.
"If you don't, I'll stand", Isha said sternly...
Bhairav quickly took a seat.
Avyan and Ranveer smiled at how much the man loved Isha and cared for her well-being.
As soon as the snacks arrived, Isha signaled her brother to jump on them mocking him, Ranveer glared at her but maintained the decorum of the conference room.
"So...
You will look after their appraisals and benefits? on what basis do you provide the pay rise to them ?", Isha asked and the man looked here and there, whether to say it in front of their queen or not, as according to what he heard the queen is kind and Abhyansh is extremely protective of her. So he thought Isha to be soft so he didn't want to mention about the performance metrics for the men in the den.
"Should I guess? Maybe on the number of lives they took or people they injured huh ?" Isha said shocking the HR team and their head.
"And how do you measure the creativity? By how many new ways of torture they have introduced into the system?", Isha asked and HR nodded looking down, imagining Isha would scold them or get disgusted by it. Even Avyan and Ranveer expected her to do the same but she surpassed everyone's expectations.
"Fair enough...
Include more such parameters into the system, analyze their skills in a diverse perspective", she said and Ranveer looked at her agape and then pinged his beast of a brother-in-law for making his sister like that. "Ashley and Natasha here will help you formulate a proper performance index for them, and help them increase more creativity...", Isha said looking at Ashley and Natasha, who nodded in response. "Great... That's all for today, you can leave, except for Ms. Parker", Isha said and everyone left one by one except for the family and Ashley.
"So, Ashley, along with all this, I want you to organize a weekly contest to submit their creative ways to get the truth out of some people, and help them get innovative with their punishments and send their ideas forward", Isha said, Ashley kept staring at Isha, wondering if she was the same timid woman she once met...
"Yeah sure, Your Royal Highness, Will create an outline and get it approved by evening, Will that be okay ?", Ashley asked, coming out of her thoughts.
"Works", Isha said and Ashley greeted Avyan, Ranveer and Bhairav before leaving the conference room.
"Bhairav...
The weekly winners of this competition will get to apply these techniques themselves on Rana sa's dearest guest. After all, he should get special treatment", Isha said talking about Kailash Rajput and Bhairav nodded with a smile.
"True, Rani sa", Bhairav said and went to communicate the same to Ashley, to include the rewards for the Weekly competition as well...
"Ishu...
I can't digest you suggested something like that", Ranveer expressed his displeasure after everyone dispersed except the family.
"I'm still the same, bhai...
But a few people bring the worst side out of me and they deserve it too", she said mentioning Kailash Rajput, Ranveer understood his sister didn't even want to take his name.
"He is getting his punishment, I'll make sure he suffers 1000 times more than he made all of us suffer", Ranveer said holding his sister's palm who nodded with welled-up eyes.
They looked after other operations in the CD the rest of the day, Abhyansh texted Isha and she replied saying she was fine, but despite that, he called thrice to check if she was fine, and she knew he might be getting impatient and anxious with every passing second she wasn't home so, she patiently answered him she was doing fine which surprised him, he was well-prepared for her outburst, but she showered him with much more love citing how much he loves and cares for her, shocking the BEAST.
He just shook his head at his wife's mood swings before hanging up.
In the evening, Ashley got ready with a detailed presentation on how they were trying to gauge the performance of the employees and developing growth trajectories in their careers, followed by a Weekly competition to increase innovation in employees.
"One more way of rewarding you could use is 'Loyalty Ranking'.
The employees here work for their salary less, but for loyalty more, they are extremely loyal to Maharaj and want to prove it every second, so create a loyalty ranking", Isha suggested
"Loyalty Ranking ?", Ashley questioned
"This is indeed a good idea, reward them by promoting them to the higher ranks with their increasing achievements, and each level going upwards, has more access to the king's close allies, with this kind of promotion, their zeal and motivation would be doubled", Avyan added
"But before we implement this, we have to discuss the accesses that should be restricted even for top levels", Ranveer interjected and Avyan nodded.
"Okay then, Bhai and Avyan will give you the details about restricted accesses till tomorrow ?", Isha said looking at Ranveer and Avyan, to ask if it was possible to submit till the next day, Avyan nodded before Ranveer could object so Isha continued.
"Great, it's decided, they will give you the details by tomorrow, and you can start developing this program", Isha directed Ashley who nodded and after taking final instructions from Avyan regarding other things, she left the conference room.
"Huh...
I'm very tired... Let's go home", Isha said and got up followed by Bhairav.
Ranveer and Avyan too got up lazily, stretching their bodies before walking out.
They reached home.
"How was your day ?", Abhyansh asked as soon as he saw his wife entering their chamber...
She quickly settled on the couch nearby, leaning on her back as her legs and back started aching badly due to all the sitting and traveling. Abhyansh quickly tended to her, sanitized her, and cleaned her hands and feet with wet wipes before helping her change into comfortable clothes. He helped her lay on the bed before carefully observing her feet which are now swollen.
"You must be happy now huh...
Tiring yourself for the whole day, this is why I refused you", he chided, gently massaging her feet, she didn't protest like every time as she genuinely needed the massage more than anything and anyways, her husband wouldn't listen even if she protested, so she just enjoyed his rough hands providing comfort to her almost dead feet.
"True, I'm really happy today, I feel like I have done something productive after ages", she said with a wide smile, and just by seeing her smile, his anger dissipated.
"But, you should take care of yourself too...
Look at your feet...", Abhyansh softly said this time...
"What happened to them ? They are at their best place, getting a wonderful massage from you...
I feel like I'm in heaven... um...", she moaned at the end when he pressed her sole...
"Don't make those sounds...
You are not in a condition to even bear my gentle love", he said, his tone going harsh and her eyes dilated hearing the desire in his tone...
"After the feet, please massage my back as well, it's aching", she said and he narrowed his eyes at her, she was purposely teasing him, but a part of her genuinely needed a back massage as well due to the ache and he complied.
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She pulled off her shirt and lay on her front, he groaned before starting with his massage holding his restrains tightly from slipping.
Her sighs of relief and moans are only adding to his ache. When he was done, he kept the oil away and laid beside his wife pulling her on him...
"Wear a shirt, baby ...", he told her...
" Ansh...
Love me", she said pulling his face near to hers, placing his lips on hers...
"Not now, you are very tired", he said worry marring his forehead, she frowned biting his lips, as he didn't kiss her back...
He gently held her hair and deepened the kiss understanding what she wanted...
"I'm not tired anymore...
and I'll turn 5 months pregnant, in 3 days", she reminded him making him groan in desire.
"I know...", he said kissing her passionately...
"You can have me as you want Ansh...
I'm fine so are your children", she said hovering at him...
"Did the doctor say that ?", he asked holding himself
"Hm...", she nodded and that's it, he turned her gently lying her on her back before hovering over her...
He left her lips only to drop wet kisses all over her exposed upper part, he gently took off her b*a and started his exploration which made it all the more pleasurable for her due to high hormones.
He made love to her passionately, like never from the time they got to know about the pregnancy...
The satisfied smile on his face after that made Isha blush in bliss.
"Is my Rani sa satisfied ?", he asked, leaning towards her lips, taking them into a gentle kiss...
"Hm...
very much", she replied into the kiss, pulling him closer... "What about you ?", she asked him...
"You still have to ask, hm...", he answered making her smile go wide...
"I didn't hurt you right ?", he asked after cleaning her and making her wear one of his shirts.
"No...
You didn't... I'm just a little sore, which is okay...", Isha said and he nodded still worried for her... "I'm fine Ansh...", she said pulling him closer and he understood her intentions...
"No bacha...
You are already tired...", Abhyansh said
"I said I'm fine, I want you", Isha said and Abhyansh glared at her...
"No you won't be if we go again, so just sleep...", he said kissing her forehead, she huffed angrily and turned to the opposite side.
He just pulled her into his arms, dropping gentle kisses on her face and she eventually smiled at his affection. "Now sleep, I'm right here... I love you", he whispered kissing her forehead and lips.
"I love you more", she said soon falling asleep.
He ruffled her hair, and made her wear pain relief socks, the doctor referred for her swollen feet.