Chapter 109
Zendaya’s POV
I got home victorious as I had taken care of Delia’s father and I was happy that I had not lost my touch in getting information as well as destroying my enemies.
It had been satisfying watching him being dragged out without any restraint and I was glad this had happened.
It was late when I got home to see the children running to welcome me back.
“Where is your father?” I asked them as they shrugged.
Without waiting for any more talk from them, I started for the room to change into my casual outfit. When I was done, I headed to the dining hall to see they had settled in and were waiting for their dinner to be served.
“I’ll rustle up something for you guys,” I said as they shook their heads stubbornly. “You guys aren’t hungry?”
“We need dad to come back home first before we eat anything,” Landon said which had me shrugging.
“Miss Zendaya,” I heard someone call me from behind as I turned to see it was a guard of Asher’s.
“Yes,” I said.
“A word.”
I nodded walking to be with him as he took me to another section of the house where a police officer was waiting for me.
My heart immediately flipped as I expected the worst to have happened. Did they know? Was this all a setup? What was going on?
“Officer,” I nodded with a fake smile as he nodded before proceeding with the conversation.
“Miss Zendaya, I have word about Travis,” he said immediately. My heart flipped again at the moment he said that name.
“What about him?”
“He’s been caught and he’s demanded to see Asher.”
Those were words I had not expected to hear at all. No, this was not good at all. Travis had a plan up his sleeve. He was going to rat me out.
He would do it even if it would not save his skin. So long as he would drag me down with him, he would be happy to see me sink.
It was a double edged sword but knowing Travis, the man would be ready to go down with the ship.
“No,” I gasped.
“Are you okay, miss Zendaya? You’re sweating really badly.”
I excused myself, getting into the bedroom as I got out my phone and proceeded to call Asher.
I waited for a while before it was picked.
“Asher, don’t listen to…” I yelled as I heard a different voice on the phone.
“This is not the president. He’s indisposed at the moment.”
The call went dead as I was immediately filled with dread. I knew what would happen and if I didn’t attempt to stop this from happening it would be over for me.
That wonderful life I had envisioned having crumbled before my eyes as I decided that I would take matters into my own hands.
I ran down the stairs to the officer as I was ready to leave and handle this matter personally.
“What station is he in?” I asked the officer as he gave me the location.
I grabbed my coat by the hanger and immediately rushed for the car to drive to the prison.
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Asher’s POVFrom NôvelDrama.Org.
Looking at this man smile at me with his ugly grin made me want to puke. What had made Zendaya fall in love with such menace in the first place?
“Zendaya has always hated you before now,” Travis smirked at me while I leaned back in my seat with crossed legs. “But suddenly she got enticed by the wealth you had and she immediately fell in love with you again. But she isn’t truly in love with you. She’s only there for the money.”
This had me furious.
“What in God’s name are you talking about?” I asked in anger. “You are not going to win no matter how much you try to spill out the garbage you’ve got in your head. I am the real father of the triplets and Zendaya clearly loves me and not you.
“You can blunder all you want and try to break us apart but it will never work. You’re just a pathetic loser who still does not know his left from his right.”
Travis laughed and stood to his feet to pave around his cell.
“If she really loved you, why did she gather all that dirt on you and leak it?”
This question hit me hard as I had not seen it coming.
“What?” I muttered not believing what I had heard.
“The press must have had a field day with that leak. I’m not even going to call out how many of your political opponents saw that and were shocked that you were not the saint the media painted you out to be. To be fair, I didn’t even know you were capable of such disaster but, it is what it is I guess.”
I suddenly wondered how this was possible as my blood ran cold and my brain went into a confused state. I was panicking internally but I had no idea why.
“I agree that I leaked the footage, but you should guess who gathered the intel.”
I looked at him knowing the answer.
“She had intended at first to drive you to ruin but suddenly she got sidetracked and started to go astray from the original plan she concocted. That plan was to destroy you for what you did to her in the past.
“You do not know what she is capable of. She is a dangerous woman and you have just entered into a simulation of her own making.
“This whole thing was her plan and I would not be shocked if she had seen this day coming from a mile away where you and I would be sitting across from each other but I would be in a cell and you would be with her, taking care of her children while she ran around freely.”
No, this was unlike zendaya. This had to be a lie.