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
Delia’s POVI was taking my time shopping in this country that Asher forced me to go to. How could he do this to me?I knew he wanted me out of his hair so he would have the house for himself and that bitch of a woman called Zendaya.I would deal with her in my own way.“Ma’am,” a shop attendant called to me as I looked at her from her head to her toe. Who was she to talk to me? She had no idea I was the First Lady? Who did she think she was?“Don’t know if you know who I am but I would refrain from saying anything more than is necessary before you sleep in prison tonight,” I broke to her before picking up a cloth from a shelf.Whatever she wanted to tell me was not important seeing as I could handle my problems myself without any issue.“Ma’am,” the attendant called again before raising her hands to her face. “I’m sorry ma’am but that dress is not for sale.”I looked at the dress that was in my pile.“Do you know who I am?” Now I was getting visibly mad at her. Who did she think she
Zendaya’s POV After talking with Aurora, I leaned back in my bed smiling at how beautiful everything was going between the two of us.We were at each other's wits but I still saw her as my sister because that was what she was to me.I didn’t like fighting with her, however if it came down to it I would fight against her again. But this was about peace and not war.I wanted people to be close to and not far away from. I suddenly remembered that man and how I had destroyed his secret life by letting the entire world know that he was just a good for nothing man who loved to hide his taxes away from the government.I wondered if they had taken him away or if he was still trying to run away from the government.My phone buzzed as I looked at it to see a report that the lands and properties had been purchased from Delia’s father. I was elated by this news.My day was getting better and better by the minute. If only Asher would top it by forgiving me.I was very sure that the house Delia w
Asher’s POVI stayed in my study scrolling through my phone while looking at our pictures. I missed when everything used to be so real, now it wasn’t. It was all lies and I hate having to be lied to like that.I took a drink from the bottle before looking at the picture again, this time mad at myself for even thinking of falling in love again.I was so stupid. I should have kept to myself, now I was the one being used and being tossed aside like trash.Someone knocked on the door as I frowned immediately at whoever it was. The person should go away.I was not going to talk. Maybe the person would knock, get the hint and leave.“Asher, it’s me,” Zendaya said, getting me to groan in my seat. “Can I talk to you?”“Leave!” I yelled so she would hear it behind the door. I didn’t want her coming in and seeing me like this. I was a mess. “I am not going anywhere until I’ve spoken to you,” she said stubbornly as I chuckled with a sad smile. Who did she think she was? I was the fucking presid
Zendaya’s POV“What do you want?” he asked as I smiled while sitting on the table.“Having dinner would be nice,” was my reply.“Fine,” he rolled his eyes while wearing his underwear. “I’ll have dinner but I can’t be with you in public. You’ve already caused me enough trauma. I need time away from you.”This was fair enough seeing as I had not seen him have dinner in a while. I didn’t even know if he was even eating. The drink on the floor said a lot about his habits.“I feel like I’ve been played over and over again by you,” he said and that hurt me. I really loved him, how could he say that?“That’s not true,” I said. “I haven’t played you. If you will give me another chance I will prove to you that I am not such a bad person. I promise to be different.”He looked at me with skepticism. He didn’t trust that I had good intentions.“I don’t believe you,” he said. “I’ll believe you when I see a certain change in you.”“You should trust me,” I said. “I am not like that anymore.”He shru
Asher’s POVI didn’t expect that she would be here in the kitchen doing anything by this time. Normally, she was out of the house before it hit a certain time. It was like clockwork. She didn’t even wait for a minute before she would be out of the house, however now she was around I found this to be strange. It was unlike her. Even more was the fact that the workers gathered everywhere and worked with her. I had called for them in the main house but they had not been available to me. They had been missing. This had me worried before I got out of bed to see the entire place empty. I could hear the buzz from the kitchen so I followed it and here I was to see them all huddled in here.Zendaya was at the edge of the kitchen throwing orders which was so like her. I smiled at this before catching myself and walking in to lock eyes with her.“Asher,” she smiled at me. “Good morning.”I was more confused at what was going on and I looked around to understand what they were doing. Were they
Zendaya’s POVAfter dinner, I led him to his room while he seemed to want to talk to me. He would turn to me from time to time but wouldn’t do anything. “Do you want to talk about it?” I asked but he shook his head.“I’m just glad you made me something,” he smiled. “I didn’t know you could bake or even cook. I have heard stories but…”Who could blame him? I had hidden that part of myself away from him and everyone around me. I didn’t want anyone to know I could do anything but look pretty.I was happy he liked the thing I had done for him. If it was his birthday I would do something better. But it wasn’t his birthday. It was just a random day. “You’re already late for work,” I said to him as he shrugged. “I know you warned me so don’t gloat yet,” he chuckled. “I brought this upon myself. I do want to spend more time with you.”Those were words I did not know I would hear again. I had so many plans for the day with him but he needed to go to work and I needed to stay home with the c
Delia’s fatherI was in debt now after everything I had done to pay off those stupid taxes which I had not even managed to finish. I had also managed to get the charges dropped but in the end I had lost all my properties and even the shares in my company.This hurt me so bad all I could do was cry myself everytime I had the chance to do so. What was going on? How could this have happened to me?Ever since that rumor about my tax evasion happened, I had not been seen the same way again as everyone had seen me as a disgrace and an embarrassment. My ego had run into the ground.I was mad at this. Asher could have protected me. He was my in-law for crying out loud. How could he leave me to the wolves?The highest he could do was leave me on bail. What was that going to do? I was poor, all my properties were gone and I didn’t know where to start.Even my mates didn’t respect me anymore and these stupid guards had looked down on me while I entered Asher’s home.“Fuck!” I yelled out loud jus