Chapter 138

Zendaya’s POV

I waited for Asher to return home and when he did, I was shocked at how he looked. He was extremely exhausted and downcast.

I had never seen anyone look that bad before. What had he been doing in his office?

“Hey sweetie,” he croaked. “How are you?”

“I’m… fine,” I answered. I did not know how to ask him back because I could clearly see that he was broken beyond measure. All I could do was try to get his mind off his work. “I tucked in the children and practiced a few baking tricks. And don’t worry, I didn’t burn my hands.”

That seemed to do the trick as he smiled, walking to hug me.

“Are you okay? How was your day?” I finally asked, seeing the hug as an invitation to talk to him.

He told me everything about his work just as we went to our bedroom. There I offered to bathe him which he gladly accepted.

We stripped and entered the shower as I used the soft sponge on his body. At first his muscles were tense but by the time I was done, he was perfectly fine.

We got out of t