Chapter 50Zendaya’s POVTwo nights later I was standing in the back of a restaurant where I had agreed to meet up with Asher. I looked at my watch in anger as he had promised he would not be later but instead I was about to be stood up by this man.I had arrived a few minutes early which was a terrible mistake especially when dealing with an enemy. He was an enemy to me and I was supposed to stick to the script.Why I was behaving like a teenage girl was beyond me.A black car drove across the street, stopping behind a dumpster as a man in a black leather jacket got out of the car and ran through the busy streets.He was in discreet clothings but they were stylish ones.He ran like he did not want anyone to know it was him, with his hands covering his face.He ran to me with a smile as he removed the black glasses he had on before opening the door of the place for me to get into.I entered to find out it was not a restaurant but a food hotel.He led the way, taking me to a room as w
Chapter 51“Stop the car Asher!” I yelled in anger. “Stop this damn car or I will throw myself out anyway.”Asher was visibly alarmed when I had said this as he attempted to calm me down, placing a hand on my lap.“You don’t have to say things like that zen, it’s scary,” he chuckled nervously. “You should calm down and let us go to where I want us to go. Trust me when I say you’ll love it.”“What part of stop the car are you not getting? Do I look like a joke to you? Stop the car, Asher, or I am jumping out!”In a frightened manner, he held me back from moving as he was scared I would actually do it. I struggled against his grip, fighting and kicking against him while he held back, caging me down against the seat to stop me from moving around.“I shouldn’t have trusted that you have changed!” I yelled in anger, struggling against his grip with all my strength but he held me down. “I should have seen you for what you truly are. An animal. You are nothing but a monster. “I pray you get
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’