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’
Chapter 58Travis’s POVI awoke to the sound of a thud as I winced. I did not need anyone to tell me it was morning. The light bouncing against the furniture from the windows told me all I needed to know.The pounding headache reminded me of how crazy my night had been. I knew I should have cut back on the drinks but I couldn’t let Rowan outdo me.The thud came again as I got to my feet ready to know what was going on.I grabbed a card of Advil, popping two pills before taking a glass of water. When I had waited for a while and noticed the change, I started out of the room.Passing through the lit hallway I found myself in the mirror looking like a hot mess. I still had my work shirt on but it was ruffled, my trousers were not in a better shape and my swollen face had the look of regret written over it.I sighed before getting to the living room to see the kids running about with Zendaya dressed up and about to take them to school.I walked straight to her to hold her as she slithered
Chapter 59Zendaya’s POVI headed for the little company I had set up in the states as my identity was still hidden as the owner of it. I did not want anyone knowing about it and somehow Asher getting the hang of it. That would ruin my plans.Also I wanted to keep this part of my life away from the public eye.When I entered my office, I found a text from Aurora who had used an unknown number to text me. I chuckled while reading the text.‘Hey, Zen, it’s Aurora. Please let’s meet at the bar during lunch time. I’ll pay so no need to worry about footing the bills. I just want to see you.’I laughed at this text so hard I was sure I was tearing up. Who did she think she was to send me this text? She could jump into a river full of acid for all I cared. I was done having friends or family from my past life. ‘Don’t text me again.’ I texted back before blocking the number from texting me again. I suddenly got mad at how she had even found my number. This was the same nonsense mum had made
Chapter 60I could not argue with them as I turned to head back home. I did not come out to be embarrassed by these men.I dropped the call as they kept laughing at me before hearing a familiar voice growl at them.“Say that one more time,” I turned to see Asher by the door with some guards as they were ready to beat up the bouncers.“Sir, we didn’t know she was with you,” the lead bouncer said as they all turned to apologize to me.“You dumb goat,” the man grunted. “And you couldn’t check who she was with? Even after we had just spoken on the phone or didn’t you hear that as well.”“We are sorry sir.”“She is my special guest,” he said with a cold voice. “And I could have your head for the treatment you’ve given to her.”I wanted to tell him to stop as he was pulling crowds with his words. The guards bowed before me as they beckoned on me to enter with special apologies. I could feel the eyes of everyone around the party staring at me as I walked into the hall with Asher by my side
“Hey,” I smiled. “Why are you waiting out here for me instead of staying inside like you usually do?”“Hey?” he scoffed. “That’s what you’re going to say after ignoring my calls? Hey?”“Okay I can sense some hostility here. Maybe you need to chill.”“Don’t tell me to chill,” he snapped. “Where have you been? Why have you not been picking my calls?”I could see that he was really mad at me but I would not let him talk to me like I was some child.“I couldn’t pick up the call because I was at an important meeting,” I said. “There were some important people there.”“Bullshit,” he snapped. “I called your office and they said you had left the office and when I asked where you were gone they said home. Guess what? I’ve been here for so many hours and you were not here. “I picked up the children from school and did their homework and put them to bed and you still weren’t home. So don’t give me that meeting bullshit.”“Are you stalking me?”“Tell me where you were.”I did not like the tone o
I was shocked by the way he had replied to me. It was clear he was mad at me the same way I was mad at him but I had no idea he would respond to me like that in front of the children.Who did he think he was?I could flip my lid and get aggressive towards him as well but I knew I did not want to show the wrong example to the children.Maybe if they went to school and I had the chance to talk to him alone, I would understand why he was acting like that.I could not wait to talk some sense into him and ask him what he wanted.I knew I had asked him in the beginning before going after Asher if he would want me to do it. I had asked for his permission and had told him that if he did not like it he should tell me and I would drop it.I had said that only for him to act a certain way towards me now. If there was anything happening now it was all his fault and not mine for I had asked him. That was how important he was to me.If I didn’t care about his opinions or what he thought about me I