Chapter 70Asher’s POVWe had just finished a meeting and I didn’t even hear a word of what they had said. All the bills passed and all the workers asking for my opinions on things and all I could do was grunt in their direction.They could all tell that I had my mind set on something else. My subordinates all knew that something was wrong somewhere.I was thinking of my children and how I would bond with them. They were really important to me. How I had missed their opening childhood pained me more than I would love to admit, and even when I deserved it I promised myself that I would be a better person from now on.I would not leave them to be by themselves anymore. They needed a father and that was why I was going to be in their lives from now on.I had missed enough already, I would not miss anymore.“Sir,” a board member called as I shuddered to reality to see the meeting had ended yet I was still at my table. “What is it?” I closed my eyes, leaning my head back.“Are you okay?
Chapter 71Asher’s POVI smirked while taking in her stunned expression. She had not expected to see me like this and that was the surprise I wanted her to see. That I was a changed man.I usually didn’t cook for people except myself and I knew she would be shocked at my surprise.I came closer to her with a smile.“What are you smiling at?” I asked with a flirty tone.“N-nothing,” she shook her head. “You never cook for anyone but yourself.”“Are you surprised?”She tried to look around and unbothered as she simply changed the subject while looking around.“What is this place and where did you find it? It’s like being in the middle of nowhere.”I laughed at this. She was very smart at diffusing situations.“It is my secret apartment. You shouldn’t worry, no one would find us here, especially those pesky press.”I watched her shoulders which were stiffened before, fall a bit.“I didn’t know you had a place like this,” she walked to a statue of a Roman emperor to look at it.“Yeah, I k
Chapter 72Asher’s POVI escorted her out of the house as I demanded to know what the problem was. She was acting strange even after I had done everything to make the environment conducive for her.“Wait,” I pleaded. “Just tell me what I did wrong.”She didn’t say anything as she walked to the living room.I walked ahead of her grabbing her arm as I pulled her to the wall, pinning her against it. At first she struggled against me but soon enough she became calm as I slowly let her go. “Tell me what the problem is, zen?” I asked, searching her eyes for answers. “Please, I need to know. For god's sake I am trying here. I have apologized, I have made calls, I am doing everything I can to be back in your life and to tell you that I’m not the same man you used to know. “That I’m different. I don’t know what else to do to make you see that I’m not lying to you. Even after seeing the kids I still want you to know that I want you in it. I don’t just want the kids, I want you to be with me.
Chapter 73Before I had driven away from the compound, I trembled as I tried to stay calm. This was the first time I was doing something like this. Why was I trembling? I should be rejoicing.When I had taken down my family and had Travis buy out their company I had no remorse for them. I had taken over with a smile on my face. I had shown them who I was and I had been so happy to do it.When I had made my ex boyfriend and his stupid wife torn and broken I had done it without remorse.They had not hurt me the way Asher had hurt me and instead here I was having remorse for what I had done to him.Was it because I had feelings for him? I sighed, punching the steering wheel in anger.I was slowly coming to terms with the fact that I was in love with Asher. This was not good, I thought to myself. This was a let down and a terrible mistake. I should have seen this from the onset. How could I have been so blind?The man had made me feel like no one else had and not even Travis had made me f
Chapter 74Asher’s POVI awoke to see that she had gone and this didn’t please me one bit. I had thought she would stay with me even if it was for a while until I had woken up.I picked up my phone to call her numerous times until she picked it up.“Hey, you didn’t wait for me to wake up,” I sighed. “I’m missing you right now. Why did you leave?”“I don’t want to talk about it,” she whispered.“Zen?”“Can you stop?!” she yelled at me, getting me by surprise? I had not expected that from her. “I’m sorry,” she apologized. “Work called and I had to be there.”“It’s fine. Last night was beautiful and I had no idea you were sweeter than before. I loved every minute with you. We’ll meet up soon?”“Yeah, sure,” she said.“I’d want to have a day with you and the children.”“Asher… I don’t think that’s a good idea right now.”“Then when is the good time for it?”“How about tomorrow when we’ve actually planned something out? We can’t do anything now.”“Yeah, I understand.”I got to my feet as s
Chapter 75The children were not happy after I had said they would be meeting their father. They seemed disgusted by the sound of that title being given to him and they were not happy with me.“Why do we have to meet him?” Landon asked. “We hate him.”“I agree with Landon, mummy,” Luca said. “I don’t like him.”“Oh no,” I sighed. “He’s not that terrible of a man like before. He’s changed now. He even said he wants to see you guys and get you guys the new toys from Disney world.”I was finding reasons for them to see him but they did not seem to care.“You are his children,” I said as a last resort, imploring for them to see him. “He has a right to know you guys.”I wondered why they were not listening to me. They had not been like this during the last time we had spoken about this. It was almost like someone was influencing them not to see Asher. They adamantly refused seeing the man and they even walked out on me when I tried making them see the reason for them to meet their father.
Chapter 76Zendaya’s POVI was shopping at the boutique, looking for the perfect dress to wear for all the dates I was going on. I had worn all the new clothes I had on and I needed the latest ones this time around.I wanted to look my best and present the way impression because this was the first time I would be meeting Asher officially to introduce the children to him.I hoped it would be successful because the children had been acting really strange over time. I wondered what had gotten into them and I was ready to take harsh actions if they ever tried to embarrass me in front of him ever again.As I picked the clothes I would wear, I heard someone yell at another part of the store and I froze. The voice was unmistakably hers. It was a tone I remembered and I almost felt rage.I turned to see the woman yelling at an assistant. I had not expected to run into her here. I had not expected to run into her at all.It turned out her card had been declined and she was shouting at the assi
Chapter 77Asher’s POVI patiently waited for Zendaya to show up with the children. This was the big moment and I couldn’t wait to see them. I had arranged the private apartment to my taste and everything was perfect.I had bought an entire toy store and flooded a room with the toys. I had gotten food, drinks, confectionaries and flooded the kitchen and the fridge with them. I was ready to show the children that I was here to stay and I would not be leaving anytime soon.I knew I had gone overboard with my actions but I wanted to impress them.I had gotten everything children liked and I was ready. There were to be no slip ups. This was a crucial time for me.The doorbell rang and I rushed to open it and let them in.I saw Zendaya smiling at me as I opened the door wider for her to get in. I saw her outfit and admired it for a second with desire. She always had a way of making me smile with her fashion sense.I gave her a flirty smile before turning to the children who were staring d
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