Chapter 128
Asher’s POV
After the movie, I received a gift from Zendaya that I had never expected from her. She was the only one who remembered that I loved having pieces like this and she was the only one who knew about my hobbies.
“You remembered,” I smiled, almost bursting out in tears.
“I’ve always known you like your star wars collection and your figurines,” she smiled. “You might be the president, but deep down, you’re just another Star Wars fan and a fan of fast cars.”
She had gotten me a big box of the Star Wars collection. The latest version of it. And the cars in the second boxes were the ones with the convertible tires. It was amazing to look at and I couldn’t help but hug her with a kiss.
To those around me, they would think me crazy for loving such a worthless thing. But to me, they were the best gifts ever. Not the million dollar parties, or the best celebrity gifts could come close to what she had given to me.
“I also got you…” she smiled, getting a book of one of my old mentors for me.
“No way!” I gasped.
“Yes way. And I also had it signed.”
I opened the page to see his signature on it. How had she done all of this? This was overkill.
“Thank you so much baby,” I smiled, drawing her in for a kiss just as the triplets gave me their own gifts of drawings and letters.
“Alright, you three should say goodnight to your father and let me take you to bed,” she said to the triplets who grumbled before following her to the entrance of the cinema.
This was a wonderful birthday. I looked at the pieces and started to assemble them. They were easier than the last ones I had done.
“Hey,” I heard her call from the door while she was alone. “Meet me in the dining hall in a few minutes.”
Now this was something worth doing. I don’t know why she wanted me to do that but I was not going to argue against this sexy woman. I would do whatever she wanted from me.
I waited for a few minutes before joining her in her room as she had suggested.
When I climbed down the stairs to the dining hall, I found her dressed in a very nice dress and on the dinner table was food. Different delicacies. It was dinner for two with two glasses and wine. It was almost like a dining restaurant. It had a romantic feel to it.
I took one look at the food and suddenly felt sad. She must have stressed herself to do this.
She noticed my frustration and replied, “You shouldn’t be worried about any of this. I let the maids cook this time. And I supervised so you shouldn’t worry. It’s a wonderful meal.”
I laughed after hearing this. It wasn’t a bad start.
“I like your dress,” I complimented the flowery tone it had.
“Thank you.”
She stepped close to me, leaning in for a kiss when I remembered what Travis had said to me in that cell.
This was the wrong time to think about it but I couldn’t help myself. This had me stepping away from her as I immediately felt bad for even considering kissing her.
The thought of her deceiving me in the past had me rethinking my decision as I took a step back.
She looked at me with sad eyes.
“I’m sorry,” I sighed. “I’m just… I don’t know what’s wrong.”
I lied. I knew what was wrong but I didn’t want to tell her. It could ruin the mood between us.
“It’s fine,” she smiled, however, I didn’t know if this was a lie or the genuine truth. A lot of that had been flying around these days. “I do hope you will open up after some time. Also, I’m sorry for all that’s happened in the past.
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“It’s not that,” I sighed. I was going to come clean. There was no need to hide it anyway. “I don’t know if I’m going to trust you after such betrayal.”
She was not happy hearing it.
“I love you Asher,” she said. “I really do. When I had created that file to send out, back then I had been blinded by rage and anger and the feeling of being alone and betrayed by everyone I ever knew.
“That was why I went after you. I was hurt and I didn’t care who I would hurt after. I went after my parents, my siblings, my parents company, my ex boyfriend, my ex best friend, and the next person who had caused me pain. You.”
“At that point, I wanted everyone to suffer what I had suffered. I didn’t care who I hurt and how I hurt the person, so long as I would get what I wanted. Revenge. I thought the world had turned against me and I did not even know you had any feelings for me.
“I didn’t even know you loved me. I love you now and I will always love you. So whether you don’t love me anymore due to a mistake I made when I hated you, then so be it. But I will not stop trying to make you see that I love you and still have feelings for you.”
I could not say anything. While she spoke, I looked away. I didn’t want to feel anything. She did not mean to hurt me now but she had done it.
The thought of her harboring thoughts like these in her mind made me know that she was a dangerous person to have by my side. But not when she was against me.
I had been brought out to the public due to what had happened. All I could do now was groan in agony at the pain she caused.