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
Chapter 88Asher’s POVWhile I served her the food I had prepared for her my phone rang as I picked it up to see it was from the Chief security officer.I earnestly picked it up ready for the news he had for me.“What do you have for me?” I asked while walking to the balcony to answer the call in secret.“We haven’t been able to track Travis down,” he said as I sighed. “But we were able to find out that Travis made calls to a long time friend called Rowan. This Rowan left the country the same time that Travis went with the children.”“Are you telling me they are not in the country right now?! How do we get them back?!”“Sir, we are spread too thin right now. Apart from coming out in public to stop the rumors from spreading and getting law enforcement to help in searching for the children there isn’t much we can do from this end.”At least he had worked really fast in searching for the Travis of a guy and giving me the information needed.“Alright,” I sighed. “Thank you so much for thi
Chapter 89Landon’s POVWe were all crying and huddled together like chicken in a corner of the store room.It had a foul smell and I could tell that it was from us because we had peed on ourselves in fear. Fear that something was about to happen to us and no one would come to our rescue.I didn’t know why Travis was doing this to us. We had not done anything to him. He was the only friend we had and I had even considered him to be a father to us.For him to toss us inside this place and keep us locked away from the outside world meant there was something he was planning to do to us.We were still children. Our bones had not yet matured. What could we do against a big strong giant like him? He would beat us to death if we dared oppose him.He had not come to check on us after he had shouted at us and stormed off in anger. It was already a nightmare as we missed our mother and we wanted to go home.We had no phone to call her and she didn’t know where we were. I wanted to go home.I lo
Chapter 90Delia’s POVWhen I heard about the news, I did not know how to act or what to say. This was a shock to me and it was a big one. This had been something I had not known was possible.How could he do this to me? He should have discussed this with me instead of going live to tell the entire country about his mysterious children which he had kept hidden from me.My phone rang as I picked it up to see it was Iris.“Yeah,” I said dryly, my eyes stuck on the news while it was being revealed.“Your husband had three other children? What is this? Did you know about this? How could you not tell me? I was your best friend.”But she would not understand that I was hearing about it too.It turned out they had been abducted by some rich dude and the entire police department and even the army were searching for them. It was a matter of national interest.I cut the call without replying to her as I went ahead to call Asher who didn’t pick up my calls. “Oh he has a lot of explaining to do,
Chapter 91Asher’s POVOn top of the controversy from the scandals which had already been released, I had made an official statement claiming the ownership of my children. I had also said that I was rekindling my relationship with the mother of my children and the news of what I had said splashed on the front page of every major newspaper in the country.With the news of my children still on the front pages, by morning my men were receiving calls from left, right and center talking about their knowledge on the whereabouts of the missing children.However I was frustrated by this because these were all scams. They were all scam calls and none of the people knew where the children were.I went around talking to the security and the spies I had around the country but they were still showing up empty handed.These were supposed to be the best of the best and they were not able to find one man and three children. Then it meant that this Travis guy was good and he had planned this for a lo
Chapter 92Zendaya’s POV“I’m sorry for not telling you sooner about it,” I said to the man while cleaning the tears from my eyes. “I didn’t know it would resort to this.”He took me in his arms and kissed my head.“It’s going to be fine,” he reassured me once again. “We’ll find them. Don’t worry.”This was all my fault. I should have known how crazy Travis would be and how far he was willing to go for this thing. Travis had gone out of the plans we had set for ourselves. Yes I know I was in the wrong here for falling for Asher, but I didn’t plan for this. The initial plan had been to make him see how wrong he was and punish him for it, but now I could see there was no need to do it because he was such a sweet young man. He cared about his children and I could not destroy his life anymore. It turned out he was different from his past self and after confessing his love for me I could no longer do it. I no longer wanted revenge, I instead wanted him to see his children and help them
Chapter 93But I was so mad at how everything had turned out. I was going to make her regret ever leaving me for him. She had no idea who she was dealing with.“I loved her,” I sniffed the phone, punching the vending machine with everything I had in me. “I loved her and this is how she treats me. I gave her everything. I gave her my life, my soul, my time, my money, my future and my past. “I was there when she needed someone to be for her. She was alone, Rowan, I was there by her side. I watched her children grow and I helped her business grow. I did everything I could for her. “I bought a company for her when she wanted her family out of there. I ran her family out of business. I ran her friends out of business. I did all of this for her and when it came to destroying the life of her ex husband she folded and suddenly I’m the villain. “What kind of stupid world do we live in where I am the villain and she is the hero or the victim. I am the victim! She did this to me. She made me
Landon’s POVWe had been waiting for hours for the man to get back but he had not done that. We were starving.My strength was failing me as all I could do was try to keep my eyes open. The left side of my face had swollen after that slap he had given me and it hurt so much that swallowing was even a chore,I struggled to my feet when our stomachs growled more times than normal.I had just woken up after falling asleep hungry to see that he was not yet back. We had little energy to do anything. We could not even talk anymore. We started to hear sounds outside as it scared us half to death. We looked at the door since the room didn’t have any windows. I went to the door to open it and surprisingly it opened. I walked out of it to see that there was a gate blocking me off from the main rooms. “The door is open,” I mumbled to the two of them who gestured for me to come back inside, which I did.“He might be waiting there to hit you again,” Layla said. “You have to be careful.”“My han
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