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
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