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
Chapter 78Zendaya’s POVI felt conflicted as I calmed the children down. I could not believe they had acted like that in front of the man. That was not something I was expecting from them.“I am very disappointed in you three,” I said in anger as they all pouted while looking at me stubbornly. “I cannot believe you all did that to your own father. Go to the car and wait for me, I’ll deal with you three later.”They stubbornly trudged to the door as I went around the house looking for Asher.I felt really terrible for what had happened. I had to find him and apologize for the mistake.I looked everywhere for him until I found him in his room, sitting in bed with his head in his hands. I pitied him as I watched him think about his life.I entered and gently tapped his shoulders as he looked up to me with his eyes red from crying.“Hey,” I smiled at him sitting beside him.“Where are the kids?” He asked, still worried about them.“By the car I’m sure. They look eager to go home.”“I won
Chapter 79Asher’s POVAs soon as Zendaya started home I knew it was time for me to do mine. There was no need to wait for anything. The date with the kids had been a disaster. They clearly hated me more than I knew.There was no remedy for that. This was the first time anyone was hating me like this, much less my own kids.It made me wonder if they were actually my children.I walked to the dining hall to clear up the dishes seeing they had not even touched their food but had played with it.It was going to be a waste but it had to be thrown out.Taking in deep breaths, I walked to the kitchen with the dirty dishes as I packed the food into a bag and kept it aside to feed my dogs with.I loaded the dishes in the dishwasher and started out of the house with the bag.I saw the gateman whom I called and handed the food to.“Feed the dogs,” I said. “And in a few minutes you should check the dishwasher in the house. I loaded it so make sure the plates are clean before you unload them.”Th
Chapter 80Travis’s POVI was fuming as I watched the whisky from the bottle I had smashed against the door drip down the door. How could she treat me like this after all I had done for her. This was not fair. I had done everything I could to make her happy. Why would she suddenly change her mind and get to me in such a manner?I knew this would end this way. With the way she had been visiting him and having dates, now she was having feelings for him. That was the only explanation for why she would suddenly change her mind and not want to carry out her revenge plan against the man.They had already kissed and slept with each other. He had met his kids. They were possibly planning to take the children from right under my nose but I would not let it go.I picked up my phone and called Rowan. He picked it up and I told him what I had in mind.“We will move forward with the plan without her.”“Are you sure about this?” he asked. “This was her plan in the first place and she is the woman