bonus chapter 3
"Aren't you guys ashamed ? Got late for an important board meeting and instead of apologizing, you are trying to get away by using Mahadev as a shield ?", Abhyansh asked coldly, Avyan got startled while Isha looked here and there, mentally praying for some miracle to happen but luck said Goodbye to them that day...
"You say Mahadev is our protector, our shield, so we thought...", Isha trailed, Avyan nudged his sister-in-law to shut up, as she is uttering all the stupid things in fear, no matter how much of a powerful queen she became, she still got scared of her husband's fury and vice versa, it was a rare sight but they did see Abhyansh getting scared of his wife when she is extremely furious.
"So ? You create lies and use him as your shield ? God! Rani sa, I didn't expect this from you", Abhyansh said, and after getting an earful, Isha and Avyan left his office.
"I will avenge this for sure, For the next whole week, I will make him eat bitter gourd, trust me on this", Isha said
"Will bhai sa comply ?", Avyan asked
"He has an upper hand in office, so I was silent, but at home, the pitch is mine, things are at my advantage", Isha said
"Bhabhi ma... Don't forget, bhai sa can hit a century anywhere, pitch doesn't matter", Avyan said and Isha rolled her eyes at Avyan's theory but deep inside she was scared, what would he do when he gets to know about her junk-eating?
In the evening, when they reached home, Isha and Avyan told everything to the family including what got them late in the first place. Pratap took Isha and Avyan's side while Amruta and Devyani felt they were wrong, nonetheless, all of them decided to hide their junk eating as it would get them into trouble again...
After some time, Isha went to the kitchen to prepare the dinner, Amruta and Avyan joined to help her... When her kids turned 7 months, Isha started cooking again as they don't need her presence throughout the day like before, they got used to staying with family members for a few hours, cook was something she enjoyed the most apart from designing and spending time with family and friends, also she knew her husband has been craving for it for a while now but didn't say it out loud so she resumed the cooking responsibilities for a month now.
She purposely made bitter gourd as she knew her husband hated it. She wouldn't let him starve himself, she is the queen and she has the power to make him eat, that way she wouldn't be worried about him being empty stomach, at the same time she would avenge for the lecture that afternoon. Deep inside she knew they were at fault and she planned to apologize to him later that night, but before that, she wanted him to taste his own medicine, the medicine of power.
Everyone gathered for dinner, and Abhyansh made a face seeing what his wife served in his plate but didn't dare to say a word knowing she is pissed off. She was at fault but he went overboard, they didn't know it was a board meeting, he didn't tell them, he thought of telling her at night but he couldn't return to room the previous night due to a lot of work.
"What are the other items in the menu ?", Abhyansh asked calmly.
"Sorry Rana sa, there weren't many items in the menu today, just bitter gourd", Isha said respectfully but the whole family understood the taunt behind it.
Abhyansh silently had his dinner but his wife served him more knowing once served in plate, he wouldn't waste the food, he would finish it no matter what.
He finished his meal with difficulty and walked away, picking his daughter from her bassinet on his way, asking Bhairav to bring his sons to him.
"Bhabhi ma... Are you going to tell him tonight ? About the junk food we had ?", Avyan asked gently.
"Why ? You don't want me alive ?", Isha asked sharply...
"Bhabhi ma... Why would you say that?", Avyan said
"What else do you want me to say? He wouldn't spare me if I tell him now, do one thing, go to his study and see him from far, observe him with his kids, either you will receive a clarity that if he can taunt his 8 month old sons like that, then how well would he taunt his wife and brother, if not clarity you will at least get a story to write, Title : BEAST & His Triplets, sequel to BEAUTY & The BEAST", Isha said
Avyan huffed while others stifled their laughter at how well Isha roasts her husband when she is in form which comes rarely.
"Okay... Then think about a way soon... I can't take bhai sa's anger... Do anything but save me", Avyan said making Isha open her mouth widely...
"Avi... You became so selfish these days", Isha said hiding a small smile at her cute brother-in-law
"Yes of course, earlier you were my priority, so I used to at least think of sharing your punishments, but now, my princess(Atimya) is my priority, well my buddies (Arhat & Adhyay) too... If I take the punishment, who will play with them ? They will miss their one & only talented uncle...", Avyan said
"What do you mean, my brother is an useless uncle?", Isha asked
"Well, I didn't say that, but now that you put it that way, I have no reason to deny", Avyan said
"My brother is the best mamu and you are their best chachu... No one is better than the other, stop fighting over it", Isha said defending her brother.
"Don't support your brother just because he is your brother. You are a queen and so be fair", Avyan said
"Avyan...", Isha protested
"Acha okay okay, sorry, I was kidding", Avyan said side hugging Isha who swatted his arm playfully at his way of irritating her.
After their dinner, everyone retired to their chambers, Isha saw her husband sitting on the bed with his children surrounding him. They started sitting without any support and they started crawling as well, and everyone has to stay vigilant in their presence, though the whole palace was baby proofed, still, the triplets are so naughty that they do unexpected things, it's like giving shocks to their parents and family members is an everyday thing for them. They also try to stand holding support and that's what they are doing now...
Their daughter Atimya is facing Abhyansh, holding his palms, forearms, and sometimes his chin or cheeks, or even hair for support, while the elder triplet is holding his father's t-shirt from the side while the younger one is behind his father, taking the support of his father's back.
"Adhyat... Don't lean on me, just take the support", Abhyansh said noticing how his middle child is completely leaning on his back without trying to stand much...
"Da...Da... Da... Ba", Adhyat kept hitting his father's back in protest since Abhyansh tried to make him stand on his own, taking away his support. That's when they saw the most beautiful thing...
Their elder son Arhat held his brother's palm, as if he wanted to help his brother, he failed to do so but his little act was caught on camera by none other than his mother...
"Rana sa... Did you see that ? Oh my god... My children are the best", Isha walked in taking her elder son in her arms and peppering kisses all over his face, making him giggle. The younger one stared at his mother for his turn and as soon as he got his mother's kisses, he too started squealing in delight...
Isha picked up her daughter and kissed her cheek, but Atimya protested as her mother took her away from her father...
"Sorry... Sorry, Here is your baba, now don't be a brat", Isha told his daughter, dropping her back in Abhyansh's arms...
"She is not a brat, those two are", Abhaynsh said pointing towards his two boys...
"Rana sa... At least appreciate what your son did today... He made me so proud... He cares for his siblings... just like you, I see a mini you in my Arhat... My wish of seeing a mini Abhyansh without brooding got fulfilled, I'm thankful to god", Isha said picking up her son and making them sit in her lap...
"Say Mumma... Ma... Ma...", Isha taught them...
"Ba... Ba... Da...", they said but not ma...
"You seem to love me more, yet say da first huh...", Isha whined but she is happy that they are willing to call their father first, he deserved every bit for being the best man and father anyone could ever have in their life.
"Maybe My princess will say it, hm ?", Isha asked turning towards her daughter who was now relaxing in her father's lap after a tiring day, crawling around, squealing, screaming, crying, throwing tantrums, doing standing practice with her father etc.
"Ba... Da... Ba...", Atimya said holding his father's shirt tightly in her fist...
"Yeah right...", Isha sighed in looked at her sons...
"don't be disappointed... she will learn to say Mama soon", Abhyansh said and Isha hummed leaning back on the footrest.
"Tired ?", he asked
"hm... I have lost touch spending the whole day in office... that's why feeling so tired...", Isha said forwarding her feet in her husband's lap making sure her feet didn't touch her daughter...
Abhyansh made his daughter sit beside him and started massaging his wife's feet which didn't go well with her daughter... She pushed her mother's feet grabbing her father's hands with her little palms, squealing angrily. Isha laughed at her jealousy so did Abhyansh. She teased her more by placing her feet again in her husband's lap, and this time, her daughter pushed her feet with more force, screaming loudly...
"Bacha... You shouldn't do that, and don't scream baby, you will hurt your throat...", Abhyansh said softly rubbing her throat. Isha again laid her feet in her husband's lap, Abhyansh tried to divert his daughter so that she wouldn't see it, but Ish purposely made sounds with her anklets bringing their little girl's attention to her feet. Abhyansh can't even ask his wife to pull away her feet, as it might hurt her, though she is taking all her daughter's antics as fun now, the moment he asks Isha to pull away, just for their daughter's sake, it would hurt her, she is extremely possessive of him, it's on him how he balances his affection for his daughter and love for his wife. He was thankful to his Mahadev, when he found out that like most of the men, he didn't have to balance between his mother and wife as they get along well and it's the other way around, his wife has to balance between him and his family, but now he got trapped badly between his daughter and his wife.
"Rani sa... Why are you doing this ? She is just 8 months old", Abhyansh said
"Exactly, We should teach her things from this early, she needs to share you with me, like I'm sharing... You are my husband at the same time her father... She can't deny me my husband, no one has that right, not even my children Rana sa", Isha said
"Of course... Who is denying your right now ? Come here...", Abhyansh said forwarding his palm...
"You don't have to convince me, I'm not upset with you, I'm just trying to make our daughter learn things...", Isha said with a smile picking up her daughter and kissing her cheeks, this time the baby girl didn't protest...
"Mumma will give you foot massage while dadda gives the same to mumma ? Okay ?", Isha asked and her daughter started talking in gibberish... She protested but Isha knew how to handle her daughter, she started giving her a gentle massage with the baby oil and soon she started enjoying it and fell asleep in a few minutes.
"Isha... I'm sorry bacha...", Abhyansh said, he knew his wife was hurt but wouldn't show it...
"It's not your fault...", Isha said
"But you are hurt...", Abhyansh replied, taking her feet in his lap and she let him massage...
"Despite your sons' crazy obsession with you, you still manage to make me feel loved, I do get insecure but it just vanishes the next minute with the way you take care of me... I think I'm failing to provide that reassurance to you", Abhyansh expressed his regret...
"It's not like that Rana sa... Maybe I'm overreacting, because of all this stress and mood swings... I get easily tired after their birth, even the doctor said, it would take some time for me to recover the earlier stamina, so there might be something wrong with me as well, so don't feel bad, whatever it may be, we'll figure it out together... Handling a single baby gets challenging for the new parents, and we are handling three... So there will be challenges, don't blame yourself completely, whatever it is, We are together", Isha said shifting to her husband's side and laying in his arms...
"Remember one thing, You are not overreacting, What you did is incredible, even doctors are surprised at your strength, they didn't expect you to have such a speedy recovery, but you did... You are the strongest and I'm proud of you, but don't push your limits, you are already doing so much, I'm worried about your health, listen to me on this, Please bacha...", Abhyansh said, kissing her hair...
"You know, I so love it when you say 'Please', it makes me feel special, I'm the only one to hear that word from you...", Isha said and he smiled nodding... "I know you go soft on your daughter, but I know you will be the best father to her, and would never let your extreme love and affection negatively affect your children, you will be the best father to them...", Isha said
"I will try to be the best and I'm sure with you beside me, I will just do fine", Abhyansh said and Isha smiled shaking her head at his modesty, which only she gets to witness.
"Everything you said is fine, except for the part where you mentioned my sons' crazy obsession with me... They are not obsessed, they are just attached to me more", Isha said
"Really ? Look over there", Abhyansh said turning her head holding her chin... She looked at her sons who are awake and are staring at her with wide smiles, and grinning... Isha laughed at them...
"When did you wake up... I thought you both are sleeping my cuties...", Isha cheered, looking at them... Their smiles widened at their mother's attention, they giggled loudly covering their faces with their palms making Isha laugh more... "Oh God! they are so cute...", Isha said... they kept staring at her and Abhyansh tried to turn their heads but they kept staring at their mother as if she was the most beautiful woman in the world, well for them and their father, she is.
"What are you looking at ? she is mine", Abhyansh said but they didn't even look at him, they continued staring at their mother, giggling to themselves... Isha laughed at her husband's face wich got green with jealousy...
"See, I told yo they are obsessed with my wife...", Abhyansh complained making his wife laugh more...
Abhyansh captured the little moment and they added this moment and the video where Atimya pushed her mother's feet claiming her father to their baby's memory collection. They would show it to them...
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It's after a week that Abhyansh got to know about Isha and Avyan eating junk and the whole family hiding it from him. He was furious and everyone was shivering in fear in anticipation...
"You were on feeding and you eat all that junk ? What is wrong with you both ? And you all ? You hid it from me supporting their careless act ? Unbelievable", Abhyansh screamed in his cold tone expressing his infamous anger, but then he heard a giggle...
He walked towards his children's bassinets, he saw his sons too lying down calmly as if sensing his anger... They too looked sh*t scared but his daughter was giggling at him...
"Why are you giggling ?", He asked, his tone not softening, as he is extremely furious, what if someone poisoned them? Just for a mere craving his wife and brother risked everything, how stupid they can be... His security checked everything thoroughly, but still what if there is some hidden drug that couldn't be found... Even his high-end security can't mitigate 100% risk.
His stern tone made her giggle more, she squealed as if he just said a joke, moving her limbs rapidly expressing her delight, Abhyansh looked surprised at her act. A soft smile made its way onto his face looking at his daughter... He picked her up in hi arms and continued with his screaming session...
"There are tens of chefs at home, they could make you everything, yet you had to eat at that unhygienic place... How many times should I...", He started again, but as soon as he started screaming in his cold tone, his daughter jumped in his arms, giggling loudly, laughing, slapping his cheeks with her baby palms. He hugged her to his chest and continued with his lecture but as soon as he started again, her enjoyment started again, it's as if his infamous anger and cold tone were like entertainment to her. That's when everyone realized Abhyansh Singh Ranawat can scare the whole world with his infamous anger but not his daughter. His angry growls are like a joke to her.
When he stopped screaming, she encouraged him to scream as if it's a game for her, she opened his mouth with her little fingers asking him to shout, Isha giggled at her husband's shock-filled eyes at his daughter's audacity. He silently walked away with his princess in his arms to not embarrass himself more, making his family burst into huge laughter.
"You shameless woman, using your daughter as a shield", Ranveer said and Isha giggled again
"I didn't, but from now on, I will... Finally! I got a solution to stay safe from his anger...", Isha said and Ranveer hit her head...
"I brought chocolates from abroad, but now after seeing Ranawat's anger, I wouldn't give you", Ranveer said
"Bhai... Please don't do that... You just saw how your niece handled his anger, don't worry about it, give my chocolates", Isha pleaded
"Ishu... Don't plead him, I have packed the luggage, he didn't even know where I have packed them... Don't bother, your chocolate stock already reached your freezer", Ragini said and Isha smiled widely, smirking at her brother's shocked face...
"Some were mine in them...", Ranveer said
"Oh! no you can't eat chocolates, So I gave them to Ishu", Ragini said giving a hi-fi to Isha...
"Never marry your sister's best friend, She will remain her best friend first, always", Ranveer distributed free advice which no one was interested in, Poor he, only Amruta empathized with him and told him to retrieve at least some of his chocolate stock.
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"Rana sa... You sure you can manage? Ma, Dadi sa, and Papa weren't home either", Isha asked for the nth time...
"Yeah... Finish your work, I'll be home till then, and I am capable of taking care of my children without anyone's help", he said and she sighed at his overconfidence. She is sure her husband can do anything except handle their triplets, because when all three decide to throw tantrums at a time, only she can manage them, that too with difficulty.
"Okay, if they give you a hard time, just call me, or play their favorite video... they will watch it silently at least for a few minutes", Isha said and Abhyansh nodded.
She had to go to work regarding AIRA they launched more than a year ago. Her brother and Avyan too had to accompany her as they were handling the financial aspects of the wing. So, even they couldn't help Abhyansh in handling the kids.
"Rani sa... Go and handle your work, don't take much stress... I'll take care of them... It's not like I haven't handled them for a whole day before", Abhyansh said
"Well, you haven't ever done it alone... That's why I'm worried, anyways, take care, bye", she said pecking his lips and then peppering her children with kisses before leaving.
It's just an hour into Isha's disappearance and their children started throwing tantrums...
"Ma...Ma... MAMA...", Arhat started followed by Adhyat...
They said their first word just a month ago, and it was baba, but from the time they started saying mama, they only say mama, they hardly call their father... But it was different in their daughter's case, she is her father's princess, but she needed her mother too, she knew when to call for her mother and when to stay with her father.
"Mumma went to work, keep quiet, if you are hungry, I'll give you your cereal", Abhyansh asked his sons but both of them repeatedly called for their mother, and soon his daughter joined their tune which made it hard for Abhyansh.
He asked Revati, their daima to prepare their cereal, and she did in Bhairav's presence. Abhyansh never trusted anyone with his kids except for his family and Bhairav. He quickly played the 'Aha Tamatar bade mazedar' in the theatre and his kids watched their favorite video for a while, and by the end of it, Revati entered with their cereal followed by Bhairav who gave the confirmation, after which Abhyansh decided to feed his kids one by one, but seems like all were hungry at a time...
So, Abhyansh had to feed his toughest child when in hunger, that is his eldest one, Arhat, while Revati fed the middle one, and Bhairav fed Atimya, as he had no experience in feeding cereal to babies, so, Abhyansh gave him the task of feeding the easy-going and well-behaved one out of the three triplets when it came to eating. Even that was hell difficult for Bhairav but he managed to do it, thanks to Atimya's being the most manageable among the siblings.
After completing the feeding, Abhyansh dispersed Revati but asked Bhairav to stay back... He cleaned the triplets one by one while Bhairav looked after the other two.
After dressing them up, he settled on the bed resuming their favorite video but now they were uncontrollable, even television couldn't stop their tantrums, so Abhyansh found a way, he decided to recreate the video in real, he asked Bhairav to get similar fur toys as shown in the video and the tomatoes as well.
Bhairav stifled his laughter but walked away to bring them and soon he was back with the items, Abhyansh dispersed Bhairav and asked everyone not to step inside the chamber. He just digitally locked it as he couldn't go and manually lock the chamber, leaving his triplets, but that proved costly to him later.
Abhyansh started acting just like the cartoons, holding the tomatoes in his hands, at first his children felt very weird and uninteresting but with practice Abhyansh got better and the triplets looked at their father interestingly, turning their heads between the television and Abhyansh. Soon, his middle child fell into deep slumber but his first and last born are still so energetice, so Abhyansh continued with his act, he dropped his act in the middle once and tried to do something else, but they started crying loudly, so he had no option other doing what he is now best at.
Isha walked in with Ranveer and seeing the sight, her eyes widened...
"Awe... How cute", she whispered and started shooting the video but Ranveer bursted out laughing rolling on the floor, the sight was unimaginable, the beast doing all this seemed as if his eyes were bluffing him. His disbelief added to his laughter. Abhyansh got out of his 'Aha Tamata' land hearing his brother-in-law's sadistic laughter, Abhyansh threw the tomatoes on Ranveer and they hit him but still Ranveer couldn't stop laughing, that was content for life.
"Ishu... Send me the video... Hahaha", Ranveer still laughed...
"NO", Abhyansh shouted...
"Of course, I wouldn't give him, Rana sa... Relax...", Isha said but her husband glared at her...
"If the chamber is locked, then you should have entered alone, why did you let your brother tag along", Abhyansh complained...
"Well, she didn't expect you to be performing the best act here", Ranveer interjected, Abhyansh threw all the fur toys at him making him get out of their chamber... After her brother left, Isha chuckled at the whole scenario.
"Looks like your children did trouble you a bit...", she asked
"A bit ? Does it look like a bit to you ?", Abhyansh asked and Isha laughed hard at his expression. "I thought I'm doing good as a parent but there's still a lot to learn, let's do this frequently, leave the kids on me at least thrice in a week, I need to learn to handle them", Abhyansh said and his response shocked her, she smiled widely at his thought process.
"You are the best, Rana sa... Don't worry, you handled them very well, today they are extra cranky as they didn't get to complete their sleep, I woke them earlier to give them a bath, that's why, otherwise they are easy to handle", she said and he nodded.
"Your brother got entertainment enough for life, now it's my turn", Abhyansh said smirking and the next few days were like a nightmare for Ranveer who promised to avenge this.
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Isha was telling Ranveer about how she and Avyan tried to trick Abhyansh into lying about visiting the Mahadev temple, but they didn't know how they found it.
"We are still clueless on how he found out about this...", Isha said
"he might have hacked the CCTV footage AGAIN", Ranveer acted as if he blurted accidentally, but he did it purposely as a part of his revenge plan...
"What ?", Isha asked and Ranveer told her everything adding spices according to his taste, and let's just say, the next few days were a bit difficult for Abhyansh and Ranveer enjoyed his misery until his beast of a brother-in-law came up with another revenge plan for him.
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