Chapter 48Zendaya’s POVThe thought of having to say that I would be romantically involved with ashes had me retching as I did not want that to be possible.He irritated me and even when he had caught me off guard with his confession earlier today I was still irritated by everything. I wanted to be done with this and be on my way to the other part of my plan. That was what I wanted. Having to deal with that man and listen to him beg for me to stay with him irritated me.I looked at Travis who laughed and slapped his thigh as he watched me wallow in disgust at my plan. If only there was a way he could help me, I would really appreciate it. The problem was that he could not do anything to Asher.I was the one who would have to destroy him since I knew some of his weaknesses from the past.It did not even need to matter if the weakness then was still around now, I was still going to use them against him.“I’m so sorry about that,” Travis said to me. “I wish I could help you but this is
Chapter 49“I’d like to see you again,” he said as I rolled my eyes at this. I was only hanging out with him to have my revenge, after that I would leave him broken and worse than when I had gotten into his life.“Sure,” I smiled before taking my hand away, hurrying to the door. “Text me.”I entered my car and drove away heading home.I made sure to look in my rear view mirror to make sure I wasn’t being tailed by anyone. He was the president and this made things harder for me. If he wanted he could easily have spies find my location but I did not want that to happen.I got to the house, entering my apartment to see the children already back from school playing with their toys.“Hey mum,” Landon said to me. “Welcome. Where have you been?”“Sorry baby,” I said, kissing the three of them. “I was out with a friend.”I couldn’t tell them that I was with their father. That would raise so many questions that I was not ready to answer yet. The excuse I gave was a better one.When I had showe
Chapter 50Zendaya’s POVTwo nights later I was standing in the back of a restaurant where I had agreed to meet up with Asher. I looked at my watch in anger as he had promised he would not be later but instead I was about to be stood up by this man.I had arrived a few minutes early which was a terrible mistake especially when dealing with an enemy. He was an enemy to me and I was supposed to stick to the script.Why I was behaving like a teenage girl was beyond me.A black car drove across the street, stopping behind a dumpster as a man in a black leather jacket got out of the car and ran through the busy streets.He was in discreet clothings but they were stylish ones.He ran like he did not want anyone to know it was him, with his hands covering his face.He ran to me with a smile as he removed the black glasses he had on before opening the door of the place for me to get into.I entered to find out it was not a restaurant but a food hotel.He led the way, taking me to a room as w
Chapter 51“Stop the car Asher!” I yelled in anger. “Stop this damn car or I will throw myself out anyway.”Asher was visibly alarmed when I had said this as he attempted to calm me down, placing a hand on my lap.“You don’t have to say things like that zen, it’s scary,” he chuckled nervously. “You should calm down and let us go to where I want us to go. Trust me when I say you’ll love it.”“What part of stop the car are you not getting? Do I look like a joke to you? Stop the car, Asher, or I am jumping out!”In a frightened manner, he held me back from moving as he was scared I would actually do it. I struggled against his grip, fighting and kicking against him while he held back, caging me down against the seat to stop me from moving around.“I shouldn’t have trusted that you have changed!” I yelled in anger, struggling against his grip with all my strength but he held me down. “I should have seen you for what you truly are. An animal. You are nothing but a monster. “I pray you get
Chapter 52Asher’s POVI noticed that she did not believe anything I was saying to her and I could not blame her. I had even apologized yet she saw it as a joke.She has been shocked at first seeing as I had not apologized to her before but now she was too mad to even look at me. She had her eyes stuck to the space between us.I only wished she would know that my intentions were pure. I was different now. I had no idea how terrible I used to be but right now I could tell that I was trying to be a different person for her.I was only just realizing how much I missed her and coming to the fact that the very woman I had divorced and even mistreated was the person I most wanted to have today.Everything I had done to her in the past had me ashamed of myself. “Please, let me get you home. At least let me make up for messing up today,” I said, hoping she would listen to me and go with my request.“No,” she shook her head, still adamant to be left alone. “No you will not play me again like
Chapter 53After getting the triplets to bed, I started for my room.I got in to see my phone buzzing. Picking it up, I found dozens of texts from Asher. I responded in kind to him. I would do anything to keep him in the loop since I wanted him close for the plan to work.If I kept pushing him away I could end up losing him which I did not want to do. I had to make sure he understood that I still cared for him even when I did not, that way he would be in my grasp. I had to make my leash on him shorter and shorter to not let him go away.‘Please go out with me again. Let’s have dinner tomorrow night.’On a normal day I would have rejected it and blocked his number but I had other plans. Instead I accepted.‘Sure.’I was going to out my all into seducing him and making him fall deeper in love with me. He had no idea who he was dealing with.I would take him to the top of the mountain of love and push him off. He was going to fall to the bottom in the most terrible way.Dropping my phon
Chapter 54Zendaya’s POVI entered a salon to have my hair done as I had a date with Asher. I had to look my best if I was going to make him regret his decision for leaving me.When I entered, I stopped in shock as a familiar face stared back at me.It was Aurora, my younger sister. From the looks of things, she had also come here to have her hair done.I could not leave as I had already seen her and this was an awkward situation. I decided that since I was already in here I would continue with what I wanted to do.I sat down for my appointment beside her, scrolling through my phone as I was not in the mood to talk to her.“You look good,” she said but I ignored her. She was not worth wasting my breath on. “Oh come on. You aren’t going to ignore me forever. Sooner or later you’ll need to talk to me.”Someone came to me to ask for directions as I smiled and pointed to the assistant by the door.When she was gone I kicked back in my seat to relax as I ignored Auroras pathetic attempts t
Chapter 55Asher’s POVWhen I had left them in the living room, I entered the bedroom to change and get ready for my dinner date with Zendaya.I was excited about this and I could not wait to leave the house.I wore my casual clothes with my most expensive perfume which I only used during my dates before I noticed I had made a mistake.Since I only wore the perfumes for dates, she would know something was up and might even tail me. I had to avoid that by all means. I took up another perfume to counter it by spraying it around me more than the earlier one I had sprayed, causing the scents to clash and produce a new scent. I stood in front of the mirror taking different positions to see myself in different angles.I wanted to know how I was in different poses just in case I had to face the paparazzi.When I was done, I started out of the room and headed for the living room.While going down the stares I was being ogled by Delia and her friend, Iris. “Where are you going?” Delia asked