Chapter 115
Asher’s POV
I climbed to the top of the stairs to see her wringing her hands as she approached me. She was trying to initiate a conversation but I was not in the mood for it. I needed to be left alone.
“I talked to the lawyers today…” I said before she could say anything. “…to get the triplets to be legally recognized as my children and I have set up trust funds for them.
“I’ve also contacted their school to up the security just in case another nut job tries to try another stunt with them. He or she would need to answer for their crimes in the most crucial ways possible.”
She looked touched when I had said that.
I could not even look at her as I was too mad at her to look at her. She didn’t deserve that. She deserved worse according to what she had done to me.
She should have tried getting rid of me from the beginning but she had decided that she would not be doing that. Instead she had lied to gain my trust and destroyed me in the end.
I was so mad, I turned my open hand into a fist. I wanted to hit the wall and let out my frustration but I could not.
I was to remain cold and coordinated. I was the president. I was not to lose my cool for any reason at all.
“Thank you,” she smiled as I looked at her. “Can we talk about… us?”
That was the last thing I wanted to talk about right now. The nerve to ask about that when she had done the unforgivable was very funny.
“I’ve got work to do,” I blurted out immediately. Without waiting for another word from her, I started for my study.
I entered and locked the door, sitting in my seat for a while with my head in my hands.
What was I still doing with her? I could easily tell her to leave and I would have the house to myself.
I couldn’t believe I had been used in this manner. If only I had seen through her games, maybe I would have halted myself from falling so deep into her.
I would have halted myself from making mistakes that were irreversible. She was a monster for doing this and I would never forgive her.
I thought about the conversation with the lawyer about the family funds and how I wanted everything to go.
“So you want to set aside some money for the new woman in your life?” the lawyer had asked as I eyed him.
“She’s my ex wife. Not a new woman. She’s the mother of my children.”
“Alright, my apologies Mr President,” he had said with a sorry tone.
“Anyway, I’d want to set aside something for Zendaya even if we might not end up together,” I could remember saying to him. “She’s still the mother of my children and I can’t leave her without something to hold on to.”
I had looked at the man before me. Sean was the partner of my firm and he had been one of my acquaintances who had been a part of my life since the beginning.
It was funny how we engaged in conversations like we were strangers and sometimes I wondered if he found it awkward too.NôvelDrama.Org exclusive content.
Maybe it was just me.
“Are you two having problems already?” he had asked after noticing that I was in a sour mood.
“Why would you say that?”
“The way you mention her name with such a sour mood. I don’t think you’ve done this before.”
I knew I could not tell him what had happened or why we were on each other’s throats but the urge to do it was huge.
I could remember looking away from him to look through the window.
“Look, I don’t know what you and her are going through, but I’m sure you’ll be able to go through this with no troubles. All you need to do is fix up whatever is going on between the both of you before making any move.
“I’m only trying to look out for you, Asher. You might be the president but you surely are a partner and a friend and I would not think of cheating you or doing anything negative to you.
“Listen Asher, go home and think about this before we go ahead with whatever you want to do. I’ll still be here to help you with any question if you need help.”
I couldn’t believe I still loved her and I sighed at how my life was going.
She had ruined my life with that news. How had she gotten that anyway? I knew I had hidden that away from the public eye and my opponents too well to be seen but somehow she had gotten the news about them and she had given the information to Travis who had leaked it.
I stood to my feet to look through my phone when my hand slipped and opened my photo app.
I saw her in the picture as we had taken a picture of us together at the party we had attended.
I could remember that day and it spread a smile across my face.
“It had been a lovely night,” I muttered while scrolling through the pictures.
I could not imagine that I still loved her after finding out what she had done.
I was not going to fix anything with her. It would be her punishment for what she had done to me.
I shook my head, dropping my phone into my pocket as I settled at my desk ready to work.
***
For hours, I typed away at my laptop while sending the files to my assistant to work on.
I decided to take a break after seeing it was midnight as I read the news to see one which made my jaw fall.
Delia’s father was in the news. This was shocking.