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
Zendaya’s POVI woke up to the feeling of someone’s hand on my head. Opening my eyes, I found one of the triplets, Landon, before me who looked worried.“Are you okay mummy?” he asked as I yawned awake, looking around to see I was on the floor. Damn it. I had slept out here while trying to talk to Asher.“Yeah, I am,” I smiled at the child. I gave him a big kiss as the other children rushed to me asking for their own kisses which I gave to them.I stood up to notice the blanket over me. “Did you guys do this?” I smiled at them pointing to the blanket as they shook their heads. “Don’t lie to me.”“I saw it on you when I got here,” Landon said with the others wondering what I was talking about.I pulled the blanket close to my nose to sniff it as I got Asher’s scent on it. I realized that only Asher could have done this.This ignited some kind of hope within me that I had not lost him yet and I wouldn’t be losing him anytime soon.The inspector's words yesternight about forgiveness and
Zendaya’s POVAfter she had asked me that question, I found that I could not hold back my emotions.I broke down in front of her while she watched me in shock for she had not expected that from me.I told her everything I had gone through with Asher and Travis. I told her about the company and how I had ruined her life by taking that away from her. She didn’t need to know that but I had told her everything.When I was done, I leaned away from the table, cleaning my tears while staring at the glass window beside me.I could see the street from here and the little droplets of rain which formed on the roofs of the low hanging shops.It was aesthetic. “I’m not going to tell anyone,” Aurora promised to me even when I didn’t care if she did or didn’t. “But if you’re telling me this because you need something from me, I’ll be happy to hear what you want from me.”I didn’t say anything as I didn’t know if I wanted her to advise me or anything. I still didn’t trust myself to take whatever she