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
Chapter 56Zendaya’s POVWe had a fascinating dinner and by the time we were about to leave I could tell that I had enjoyed his company.Surprisingly there had not been a dull moment which had almost made me punch him in the face. Everything had been good. His jokes were on point and I loved when talked about his time with the politicians during his senate meetings. I found that particular joke to be funny.An hour after spending time with him in the restaurant, he paid and we were laughing while leaving arm in arm. He walked me to my car as he kept up the joke about the senate meeting he had attended while drunk.“And they didn’t know?” I asked in shock as he jumped over a puddle while still holding me.“They had no idea!” he bawled out laughing as his face shone red with laughter. I could say that being with him had not been as bad as I had pictured it.If he was not my ex husband I was sure I would not tell that he used to be a terrible man. I would fall for his tricks.We walke
Chapter 57He refused to reply as he averted his gaze to the wall. He was not going to talk about it. I wondered why.“How is your revenge plan going?” he asked, trying to push me away from the main question I had asked. “I hope it’s going well.”“Yes,” I said but I was not done with the question. I still wanted to satisfy my curiosity. “What was that about? Why did you grunt that way? Is anything the matter?”I was worried about him and I wanted to find out what the problem was.He showed up late at night, reeking of alcohol and being grumpy. Something was up.“I don’t want to talk about it,” he said. “I’m fine. If you're worried about my drinking then you should know that it was a couple of drinks. Nothing major since I drove back home in one piece.”He was deflecting my questions even more. “Come on,” I said, going to a couch to sit on. “I want to know what’s up. I want to know what the problem is.”He seemed to succumb into my question as he finally decided to answer.“Since you’
Chapter 58Travis’s POVI awoke to the sound of a thud as I winced. I did not need anyone to tell me it was morning. The light bouncing against the furniture from the windows told me all I needed to know.The pounding headache reminded me of how crazy my night had been. I knew I should have cut back on the drinks but I couldn’t let Rowan outdo me.The thud came again as I got to my feet ready to know what was going on.I grabbed a card of Advil, popping two pills before taking a glass of water. When I had waited for a while and noticed the change, I started out of the room.Passing through the lit hallway I found myself in the mirror looking like a hot mess. I still had my work shirt on but it was ruffled, my trousers were not in a better shape and my swollen face had the look of regret written over it.I sighed before getting to the living room to see the kids running about with Zendaya dressed up and about to take them to school.I walked straight to her to hold her as she slithered
Chapter 59Zendaya’s POVI headed for the little company I had set up in the states as my identity was still hidden as the owner of it. I did not want anyone knowing about it and somehow Asher getting the hang of it. That would ruin my plans.Also I wanted to keep this part of my life away from the public eye.When I entered my office, I found a text from Aurora who had used an unknown number to text me. I chuckled while reading the text.‘Hey, Zen, it’s Aurora. Please let’s meet at the bar during lunch time. I’ll pay so no need to worry about footing the bills. I just want to see you.’I laughed at this text so hard I was sure I was tearing up. Who did she think she was to send me this text? She could jump into a river full of acid for all I cared. I was done having friends or family from my past life. ‘Don’t text me again.’ I texted back before blocking the number from texting me again. I suddenly got mad at how she had even found my number. This was the same nonsense mum had made
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