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
Asher’s POVI climbed to the top of the stairs to see her wringing her hands as she approached me. She was trying to initiate a conversation but I was not in the mood for it. I needed to be left alone. “I talked to the lawyers today…” I said before she could say anything. “…to get the triplets to be legally recognized as my children and I have set up trust funds for them. “I’ve also contacted their school to up the security just in case another nut job tries to try another stunt with them. He or she would need to answer for their crimes in the most crucial ways possible.”She looked touched when I had said that. I could not even look at her as I was too mad at her to look at her. She didn’t deserve that. She deserved worse according to what she had done to me.She should have tried getting rid of me from the beginning but she had decided that she would not be doing that. Instead she had lied to gain my trust and destroyed me in the end.I was so mad, I turned my open hand into a fi
Zendaya’s POVI got tired of getting harassed by Delia’s father so I did what I had told myself that I wouldn’t do until the time was right.I exposed everything I knew about him to the press.The news I got of him was so much I had no idea if he would bounce back from it but I didn’t care. He had crossed the line when he had insulted my family and I would do worse than what he had done to me.That was the reason I had asked for his information to be leaked to me so I could go through them and keep them until the time was right.I had it leaked to the press after getting back home and the press picked up the news immediately.That night, they had it printed and the media carried it throughout the social media platforms.How he owed billions in taxes and how he could go to jail for tax evasion.The news about his company went far and wide and I laid in bed while watching people comment all they knew about the company under the comment section.I knew the man would try to sell many of h
Asher’s POVShe called to me as I halted in my steps, feeling irritated already. I wanted to get out of here. I had done what I wanted to do, why was I still standing here. I could easily leave but my body wanted to stay and see what she would do.I turned around like a rigid mannequin to see her standing to her feet.Before that incident of me finding out about the real source of the leak, I would have been turned on by what she was wearing, but now I was just disgusted by her.She walked to me and tried to touch me, however I was not having it.“No,” I said, holding her hand away from me. “I’m sorry,” she said but that was still not enough. “I’ll do anything to tell you that I’m sorry. Anything.”“Anything?” I asked with raised brows. “That is a very vague thing to say.”“Try me Asher,” she was really convinced of her stance and I was prepared to test it out.“Prove it.” I said. “Prove it and show me how sorry you are.”“What do you want me to do?” she asked but I couldn’t even be