Chapter 70
Asher’s POV
We had just finished a meeting and I didn’t even hear a word of what they had said. All the bills passed and all the workers asking for my opinions on things and all I could do was grunt in their direction.
They could all tell that I had my mind set on something else. My subordinates all knew that something was wrong somewhere.Property of Nô)(velDr(a)ma.Org.
I was thinking of my children and how I would bond with them. They were really important to me.
How I had missed their opening childhood pained me more than I would love to admit, and even when I deserved it I promised myself that I would be a better person from now on.
I would not leave them to be by themselves anymore. They needed a father and that was why I was going to be in their lives from now on.
I had missed enough already, I would not miss anymore.
“Sir,” a board member called as I shuddered to reality to see the meeting had ended yet I was still at my table.
“What is it?” I closed my eyes, leaning my head back.
“Are you okay? You weren’t yourself during the meeting. Is everything alright?”
“I’m okay,” I shot him a smile. “It’s been a long week and I just need to get home. That’s all.”
But that was not the truth at all. In fact I had had even more stressful weeks and even days and this one was not part of it.
My day had been one of the lightest since all I did was listen to boring Chapters being read out. I wasn’t having any trouble with the week but with my children.
I walked out of the hall, calling Zendaya on the phone.
“Hey.” She said over the phone.
“Can we meet this evening for dinner?”
“Sure,” she said. “There is a restaurant close to the park.”
“It’s too public,” I said, shutting down her suggestion. “I’ll send you an address and you’ll meet me there.”
“Alright.”
She agreed and I cut the call, sending her the address to my apartment. This was the apartment I stayed in the downlow, away from the public whenever I needed some time away from the public.
She called me back when she got the text.
“This is not a restaurant,” she said.
“It’s not. It’s my apartment. It’ll be private there. No one else. Just you and I.”
I could not hear anything over the phone and I knew she was hesitant about it.
“It’s going to be fine,” I said. “Trust me on that one. It’s safe.”
“Alright,” she said after hearing me talk about it being safe.
I cut the call and called my lawyer who was in charge of my will.
“Mr president,” the man said over the phone. “It is such an honor to…”
“I don’t have time for that right now. Show up at the office so we’ll talk now.”
The man agreed and I headed back inside the office to wait for him. Within minutes he appeared as we shook hands.
“I want to change the contents of my will,” I said, getting the man off guard.
“But sir, why?”
“Because apparently I have children and I want them included in it.”
“Oh congratulations sir,” the man smiled. “I had no idea Mrs. President was pregnant.”
“That is because she isn’t,” I said. His eyes were confused but I was going to spare him the details and get right into what I needed. “Look, all I need is their names in the will, that is all.”
The man still looked confused as he did not get what I was trying to say. I was having trouble trying to tell him that my ex wife had left me while she had been pregnant but I didn’t want to do that. At least not without her permission.
I didn’t know their names but I would take them from her during our date and place them in charge of most of my properties.
“Now remember, there is a confidentiality clause in the contract between us so no news of the children should get out. Am I clear?”
The man nodded before we got down to work.
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Zendaya’s POV
After the call I had with Asher, I went back to the information I had on the man. I was conflicted about my newfound feelings which I could not admit to.
I shutdown the laptop and hid it under the blanket as I could hear my children calling for me.
I walked out of the room to see what they needed.
Hours later, I changed into a seductive gown as I was ready to meet him at the location he had given to me.
I was very certain that after today’s date I would send out the information I had on the man and ruin his reputation once and for all.
I would finally be free and I would have finally gotten my revenge on everyone around me. I would be able to handle my family and whatever problems I had with Travis would be solved.
I left the house and drove straight to the apartment. To my surprise, it was an apartment building in a gated community.
I called him when I arrived to let him know I was there and he sent a guard to let me in.
I parked the car and followed the guard into the apartment to take in the aroma of food.
“Come in!” he yelled from somewhere in the house before coming out to meet me. I was immediately taken aback by his physique.
He didn’t have a shirt on but instead an apron which covered his naked top but his bottom half had on a transparent trouser, however I could see his briefs from where I was standing.
He was cooking but I started to wonder if he was the meal.
He smirked at me while admiring my body as I did his.