Chapter 105Travis’s POVI angrily paced around the room while muttering to myself.My hands were shaking as they needed to be around her neck squeezing the life out of her. I needed her dead.She was not supposed to be alive but whoever had been in that jeep had been ruthless enough to ram into my car almost killing me.I lunged the table as I was ready to face him and I was sure I would destroy that person.No one dealt with me like that and got away that easy.I would show them how fierce I could be.Did she think a little car accident could stop me? Or being thrown in jail? I didn’t need any introduction to tell her I could not be stopped.She had no idea what I was capable of. I looked around with disgust, I hated the place I was in. I hated all of the men I had to work with. I wanted my freedom back instead I was stuck here with these losers.If I wasn’t a wanted man I could be out there in the most luxurious hotels and the most expensive restaurants having the best time of my
Travis’s POVI ate the meal which had been provided for me by Jay while nodding my head. He had really outdone himself this time with this meal.“This is good,” I smiled. “Now we’re talking. Why didn’t you get me this a long time ago? You made me waste my time screaming at you.”The man stood before me with a bland look on his face.“What are you waiting for? Do you need me to give you money for this? Because I won’t. You’ve fed me enough rubbish that I can’t see myself giving you anything more than a dollar for my tastebuds.”“Oh no, you should eat up. Don’t you worry about me,” he smiled. I looked around the room to find out we were alone. Somehow the room was bigger than before. I found some of the bags gone with most clothes taken out as well. There were no shoes and the wardrobe was empty.I narrowed my eyes after noticing this. “What’s going on?” I asked. “Where is everybody and where are your things?”“Oh,” he chuckled, pointing behind him. “The guys have been uncomfortable s
I didn’t like where this conversation was going with the man.Why would he want to talk to me when we barely knew each other?I found this strange and I didn’t like it.“What do you want from me?” I asked folding my arms as I looked him in the eye. We were both the same height and I was sure I could take him on in a fight. There was no need to worry about his answer.“I want you out of Asher’s life for good,” he smiled. “Excuse me?”“You heard me. I don’t like you hanging around a man who is already married. You’ve had your turn to be with him, now leave him to be with his family.”I found this offensive but it was about to get worse.“What do you want? Name your price. I can give you anything you want, I have that power so I can give you that. I can give you the life you desire and enough money to do whatever you want. “I can even allow Asher to acknowledge those bastards of yours. God knows where you picked the rats from.”Now I had had enough.“Don’t you ever call my children tho
Asher’s POVI had just finished a cabinet meeting and was stepping out of the boardroom when I met my butler waiting with a glass of wine.“Your wine, sir,” he said, handing it to me as I raised a brow wondering what it was for. He explained further. “You said I should serve it to you when you leave the meeting room.”“Oh,” I smiled. I remembered as I took it to drink before handing the empty cup to him. “That drink doesn’t taste as good as it used to. What company made that?”“The new wine company waiting for your approval.”“I don’t think they’ll be getting it. It tastes like the juice I usually had as a kid and they took all of the fun out of it by making it sugar-free. Ugh, it tastes like shit.”I looked around to see if anyone had heard me before walking towards the carI had the meeting in the office not because I wanted to. I wanted to easily finish whatever meeting I had with the board and rush back home to play with the kids. I was trying to bond with them and as such, I didn
Zendaya’s POVI got home victorious as I had taken care of Delia’s father and I was happy that I had not lost my touch in getting information as well as destroying my enemies. It had been satisfying watching him being dragged out without any restraint and I was glad this had happened.It was late when I got home to see the children running to welcome me back.“Where is your father?” I asked them as they shrugged.Without waiting for any more talk from them, I started for the room to change into my casual outfit. When I was done, I headed to the dining hall to see they had settled in and were waiting for their dinner to be served.“I’ll rustle up something for you guys,” I said as they shook their heads stubbornly. “You guys aren’t hungry?”“We need dad to come back home first before we eat anything,” Landon said which had me shrugging.“Miss Zendaya,” I heard someone call me from behind as I turned to see it was a guard of Asher’s.“Yes,” I said.“A word.”I nodded walking to be with
Asher’s POVI was shocked after hearing this that I could not say anything again. I could only stare at the man before me as he paced inside his cell with his hands held firmly behind his back like he was some sort of important figure.No, this was what he does. He was a dirty liar. “You know you almost had me for a second there,” I smiled while trying to regain my composure. “Did you think that for a second there I would believe you? You didn’t really think that would work, did you?”But the man before me smiled, shocking me even more. He had planned everything out and he was not done with me.“I’m sure you’ve clearly heard about what happened to the Montclair family,” Travis said in a stationary position while facing the wall.I could see the scars on his face which told me he had been involved in an accident recently.“I had bought that company after the scandal for a meager amount and it had been in Zendaya’s name. I’ve got all the files to prove it and I can show them to you if
Zendaya’s POVThere was no need to hide the truth any longer. It was time to come clean with what I believed in and tell him how I felt.Taking in deep breaths, I decided to talk about it.“I hated you for what you used to do to me in the past,” I sobbed, cleaning my eyes as he watched me in disbelief. “And because of that I’ve made a lot of mistakes in the past. I never wanted to hurt you this way.“I’m being honest, I never wanted for any of this to happen.”“Were you the one who gathered the intel that was leaked?”“I didn’t leak it…”“That wasn’t the question, Zendaya. My question was, were you the one who gathered the intel that was leaked?”Knowing I had no choice, I looked to the ground defeated and said it, “Yes.”I felt like things were falling apart as I had not seen everything turning this way at all. This had to be a terrible night for me. I could not deny this truth. Even if I were to lie against it, Travis, I was sure had something against me he could bring up and I was
Asher’s POVI returned home on my own, getting out of the car as I started for the house. I was numb inside and I could not feel anything.I felt so stupid for believing Zendaya simply because she had made me fall in love with her. How could I have been so stupid to have fallen for her petty tricks?She didn’t even love me. She had used me to get what she wanted and now I could see how foolish I was. Getting into the house, I saw the children playing around the living room and when they saw me, they rushed to hug me.I could not hold them with my heart feeling hurt but I did my best to give them a fake smile. They could manage that while I got myself back in the zone.They noticed that I was not happy and they tried asking me questions which I pushed aside.“Whatever it is, I’m sure it’s going to be fine,” Landon said to me as I smiled at him while ruffling his hair.“Have you all had dinner?” I asked as the nanny behind them answered with an affirmative answer.I nodded before taki
Asher’s POVAfter listening to what they had said. I smacked my forehead as I laughed out loud at what they were hiding. I couldn’t believe they had put me and their mother through this. I had almost lost my mind.I immediately went back home, to change into my suit.While dressing up, I laughed again at what the children had told me at the hospital. They were very smart and cunning. Zendaya was going to have a kick out of this. I couldn’t wait to let her in on what had made her suspicious.When I was done. I headed for her wardrobe to go through the clothes that were packed there.I took out an evening gown which she had not worn for anything yet. This would be better for the outing.A knock on the door and I opened it to see the butler smiling at me with a tray in his hand.“I got it sir,” he said, bringing the tray to my eye level so I could see a diamond bracelet on it.“Thank you so much,” I said to the man. He had been my butler from day one and I carried him everywhere and on e
Asher’s POVIt has been more than a year since I last won the election and my children had celebrated their seventh birthday. It was a great time for everyone and I wanted to have a different experience with them.Our days at home had been the same thing. From home to school for the children and for me and Zendaya, it was mostly from home to work and back again.We needed some time to relax and enjoy ourselves. That was when I planned a vacation for all of us. We would go to a beach resort and spend a few days there.Zendaya approved of the news but complained to me that the children were behaving suspiciously. I didn’t see any problem with this but after continuous complaints I decided to go into their room to see what was going on.I entered their rooms to see them acting innocently and wondered if she was okay for accusing the children falsely.“Are you calling me a liar?!” she yelled that night but I shook my head.“No, I wouldn’t dream of it, but I do think you should review you
Asher’s POVSix months later I was called to a parent teacher conference as we listened to all the teachers had to say about the children. I was happy to have dropped the children in this place. Their teaching standards were high and they taught the children things they were to know in real world scenarios.We had gone with the children and after the meeting, we got out to see the triplets bragging to other children about how they were the children of the president.I frowned at this and was ready to teach them a lesson in the car, however, Zendaya had other plans.She grabbed the children to a corner and tossed them to the wall in anger.I followed her quietly with my hands in my pockets. I didn’t want to drag any attention to ourselves.“What is wrong with you three?” she growled as they kept their eyes on the ground knowing they had fucked up. “Are you all out of your mind? Bragging to children about your parents achievements is not your achievement.“You were lucky to be born in
Zendaya’s POVWho knew that in three months a lot of things could happen? I had been living a life of regrets for a long time. When I finally let go of those regrets I was happier and I found that my life was better than the past.I was richer and smarter. I was respected and had more people asking for my help. I was seen as the one who would change the future and I did my best to change that future. I refused to hold back in the way of giving out meetings and holding councils on how to help the country grow into something greater. My relationship with my husband grew stronger than before and I could not believe that at some point in my life I was considering murdering him. He was sweet to me. Even as a president, he gave me so much and respect that I knew what love really was.He didn’t give excuses for why he was not with me or the children. He did his possible best to be with us and for months we knew what having a father and a husband was like.During the three months, Blair ha
Camila montclairs POVI had sold the company to a new CEO. A faceless person that I had no idea was. I had not even known if the person would be kind or wicked but from what I heard, he could be ruthless at times.I had sold the company but my shares remained. Due to this I was still a worker in the company. Even though I was a high ranking worker in the company I still feared what the person would do to me.I did not want to put out a front that I was scared so when Aurora had sent the message that the CEO wanted to see us, I had gulped but remained calm in my own way.Being in the company boardroom I was shaking nervously as I didn’t know what to expect. I started to hope that the new CEO would be kind to me and my family who were still working in the company.“Who is the owner?” I asked Aurora who shrugged. Even she did not know.I took in deep breaths to calm my raging heart. The door opened with the new CEO getting in as we all turned to see Zendaya walking in with her assistant
Asher’s POVI looked at what I had written for the press but then dropped the piece of paper aside. There was no need to use it. With a sigh I leaned in for the microphone.“I’d like to thank my wife for being my backbone in all of this,” I said while looking at the woman who beamed proudly at me. “She alone handled most of our strategy. And I’d like to thank my team who made all of this come true. “Because without them, I would have fumbled. My wife might have been one of the brains but she did not carry out the operations, my team did. “I’d also like to thank the politicians and the rally organizers and the media for propagating my story and for the citizens who helped me get up to this point, I promise to never let you down.”The media cheered just as a man ran up the stage to whisper into my ears that the inauguration was starting up immediately in the government halls.I nodded before running into the room to change into a more comfortable outfit with Zendaya.“I thought you w
Zendaya’s POVWe went on a peaceful walk and talk the next morning and talked about how the next election was going to be. I could feel this election and I knew the competition was going to be stiff this year.The air of winning was just as stale as that of losing.Everyone voted for Asher the last time because he had so many supporters and he was a young blood in politics, but this time, there were so many young bloods following in his example as they wanted to beat him at his own game.It was hilarious but I found it motivational that he was becoming the one pacing way for so many people to shrug shoulders with him.The problem I had been having in his team was his campaign manager who thought he knew better than me. I didn’t want to school him but he was not willing to listen to anyone.He had made Asher win the last election because Asher didn’t have any competition. Now Asher has competition, all his plans had done was reduce Asher’s chances at beating the opponents. I stepped
Asher’s POVAfter a few weeks of having one of the best honeymoon of our lives, we returned and reunited with the triplets who were already waiting at home for us and they were happy to see us.They had so much fun in their grandparents house that I could not do anything but smile at how happy they were.I excused myself from time to time to deal with my campaign team who were calling to notify me on the plans we would put in place for the election.Ever since Zendaya brought up those plans to help me win the election, I had seen her as an important part of my life. She wanted me to win and she didn’t want anything to happen to my plans. I was extremely excited for how everything would turn out to be. I had given the plans to my team and they had been wowed by the plans. They had seen it working already and when we ran a simulation we found out that it was higher than other opponents trials by far.“So we’re going with it,” I had said to them during the video call as they accepted.N
Zendaya’s POV“No, no,” he said to me. “This isn’t a cry for help. I can do this. I’m just not ready for anything pushing me further than I can carry.”“This is still all my fault. If I had not done what I did, you would have been free. But instead, I got to you with all that evidence and now they are using it against you.”“They would have found it sooner or later anyway, don’t bother yourself about it.”But I knew that was him trying to make me feel better. Instead I was feeling worse.I was determined to make it up to him. I would come to him with my evidence against his opponents and they would have no choice but to back down. I knew how to do it.They had nothing on me and my connections. I was ready to destroy them if it ever came to it.This was my fault. His popularity was reducing due to the evidence I had brought up against him. He could lie all he wanted but I knew what I had sought out and compiled against him.At the time I had wanted to get rid of him. I had told my conn