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
Chapter 81Asher’s POVI was dealing with business as usual that night when I thought once again about the dinner I had had with the kids. It had been a day or two now, I couldn’t remember and yet it still remained in my mind.I was still traumatized by the way it had ended. I silently prayed that I would not have to go through this again. I wanted so badly to see them the next time and they would warm up to me.I headed out of the office to get into the presidential car as the driver drove me home.I arrived to find paparazzi all over the front of the house.“What is going on?” I asked the driver and the security guards as they shrugged.They parked in front of the house as I got out to see what was happening.Why would they show up at my house this late? Whatever it was, could they not wait till morning?I got back in my car and told the driver to drive over them as I was too tired.“I’m sorry sir, but I think this is where you go out and tell them to go home,” he said.“I’m the pre
Chapter 82Zendaya’s POVI could not believe my ears. What had he done it for? Why? What did he have to gain? “What?” I gasped after he had said it. I suddenly felt dizzy and my anger hit the better of me. “What did you just say?”“I asked if you liked the little present I got you,” he repeated with a dirty smirk.“This… is what you call a little present? What is the meaning of this?”“This is my token of love for you,” he went on to say as I got mad even more.“How did you do it?” I asked, wanting to know how he had done it.“Oh, if I told you my secrets then it wouldn’t be a surprise now would it?”“Don’t start with me Travis,” I growled. “How did you do it?”“Fine,” he sighed. “Since you want to know so badly, I’ll tell you. I got to your room and found your laptop just sitting on your bed. It was barely closed and that was when I saw everything on your screen. I copied everything and used everything. I sent it out to my buddy and voila! Here we are.”I did not know what to feel o
Chapter 83I gaped at the door as I slowly recovered from the shattering news. I was still very angry at what had happened but I could only chuckle at how stupid I had been over the years. This was something that could have been avoided if I had only listened to my mother.They had both been right. Rowan and my mother. It was like they could see the future. I had to call them and call them soothsayers because they had just told me what I needed to know. Next time I was sure I would listen to their pieces of advice.How could I have been so blind? I felt like a fool because I felt used for my money and my connections.She had used me like I was a tool. She had used me to get back at the people she was trying to get back at and also used me to fall back into her old relationship. I was nothing to her, I was just a tool.I grabbed a whisky bottle from the shelf behind me as I downed its contents into my mouth, feeling it sting my throat.How could she lie to me and promise me so much on
Chapter 84The man stood there smiling and this irritated me. What did he want? “Can I speak in private with you, Mr president?” He asked as I frowned even harder. I watched the man cast a disdainful look at everyone in the room, from my lawyers to my PR team down to my manager. I hated the guts of this man. Sometimes I wondered why I even had to marry from his family but it was all in the past now. I had to focus on the future and the future needed help.He seemed like someone who knew something and I wanted to know what that was. I would listen to what he had to say and maybe work with him. I hoped it would produce good results because nothing was working.“Everyone out,” I ordered as everyone left until it was just the two of us left alone.“How are you doing?” he asked, pissing me off even more.“Is that a trick question? How am I doing? Are you blind?” I could not hold back my anger. How dare he ask me such stupid question. “How do you think I’m doing? Oh I’m doing great. I’m s
Chapter 85Asher’s POV“Hey,” I heard her say to me as I smiled in space. “I saw the news. Are you okay?”I wanted to cry to her and tell her that I was not okay. I wanted to be weak and vulnerable and show her that I was but a god but a man in flesh and bones but I could not do that. I was not supposed to appear weak before her no matter what. I was supposed to act like the president and be able to handle hard times like these on my own. I had to show that I was capable of doing this.I felt relief from her voice for the first time since the scandal had broken out. It was like I didn’t care if anyone was against me, I was happy that I had her and I could do anything so long as she was by my side. The world could burn for all I cared.“How are you holding up?” She asked with a soft whisper.“You shouldn’t worry about me,” I laughed. “I’m doing great. I’ve had worse than this.”I was lying and I had a haunch she knew that I was.“So listen,” I said with a shaky voice. “I’ve got someth
Chapter 86Zendaya’s POVI was roughly shaken up by someone as I yawned to sit up. What was going on? I had been having a wonderful dream before this rough interruption.I had been dreaming of Asher and the children. We were all living happily and having a good morning but that had been a dream when I was pushed awake.I looked at the maid who had shaken me up in anger. I looked around to see I had fallen asleep on the couch while waiting for Travis and the children.I looked at the window to see it was morning already. “What is…” I yawned again. “Where are the kids? Are they back yet?”“I don’t know ma’am,” she replied.“What do you mean you don’t know?”“I just got into the house now ma’am. I found you here and I decided to call you so you would go to your room to sleep well while I set everything straight.”I immediately got to my feet knowing I should run to the rooms and check for their safety.I ran to the children’s room to find it empty.“Oh no,” I sighed running to Travis’s
Chapter 87Asher’s POVI paced around the apartment waiting for Zendaya. After she had called me I had run out of the house and entered my car driving myself out of the house.I had tried to lose the paparazzi by dressing and disguising myself like an ordinary citizen.No matter what I still needed to be careful or I would have a lot of people tailing me.I lost some people on the highway before rounding the block twice and using a gated community to get to my own spot.I had the gateman lock the gate as I drove into the apartment to wait for her.She had said it was important and I wondered what was so important for her to call me out of my own problems. I was worried about a lot of things, especially my reputation. She would have to understand this if I decided to turn her down.The door opened up as she entered with tears in her eyes. She bawled out crying in an ugly way which told me that something serious was going on.“Hey, what is wrong?” I asked her as she sniffed hard. She
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