Zendaya's POV
My head felt like it would split into two with the migraine that I woke up to. I tried to reach for my phone by the bed stand but instead, I made contact with both. Sitting up, I almost fell out of the bed because of the urgency at which I moved.Looking around the room, my eyes widened in horror when I realized I wasn’t in my room. The interior definitely is nothing compared to where I sleep in since I had been married to Asher. I held onto the sheet tightly, peeping underneath it, and then I almost screamed in horror at the sight that greeted me.I am naked! I mean butt naked!I can't believe I just slept with my distasteful husband, how in the world did I get so carried away. Taking a deep breath, I stood up, wrapping the bedsheet around me. Since the universe doesn't really have a keen interest in me, I wasn’t surprised when Asher caught me trying to sneak out of his bedroom with his sheets wrapped around me, and to make me feel more on the spot, when he walked out of the walk-in closet, he was fully dressed.My tongues were tied as I stared at him with my eyes darting around the room. I felt the need for an escape badly. The thought of me hanging onto him as he thrusted into me the whole night made me feel pure disgust. I feel so disappointed in myself.Asher had a stony look on his face, "Don't try to think twice on whatever happened yesterday. It was just the spur of the moment. I was drunk. We were both drunk and that was it. Forget this ever happened."I tried to wrap my head around all that he was saying, "what?" I blurted.The way he acted, it seem like talking to me was one of the hardest task for him. "I would have never slept with you in my right state of mind. Whatever happened last night was due to the alcohol. It was a mistake. So, don’t try to get ahead of yourself.``And with that, he stormed off, leaving me extremely mortified and wrapped in a bedsheet, staring after him like a fool. It shocked me that he came off at me in such a harsh manner. At the same time, it didn't surprise me, as expected, he is the Asher Smith after all.Wrapping the bedsheet well around me, I got out of his bedroom. Looking through the hallway the moment I noticed no one was nearby, I raced down to my room and almost tripped on the large sheet.The tears sting the back of my eyes as I tried my best to keep it from falling. I wish I had someone to talk to as regards my predicament. But then, the only person that I had trusted as a friend and considered my best friend has had me fooled for years.The sound of my phone ringing jolted me from my thoughts and I almost had an heart attack. I wasn't expecting such noise, I had been too engrossed in my thoughts. The caller turned out to be Blair.It would be nice If I could just ignore, but a part of me craved for the fact that she might be sorry for the misunderstanding and might have a perfect explanation to it.Inhaling deeply, I picked the call. "Hello." I muttered into the receiver.Blair let out a cynical laugh, "I thought you would never pick up. I have been trying to reach you all morning. What happened? Have you been crying yourself to death?"I felt like part of my soul left my body, because I wasn't expecting her to sound so unremorseful. After hurting my feelings so bad. My hurt morphed into anger, but I stayed quiet still."You know I have always envied you and wanted everything that you had. Which includes Alexander. And it just makes me so happy that the kind of life you are living now, is a really pathetic one. Who gets married to a president and still ends up being unhappy and extremely miserable? Only someone like you, Zendaya." She giggled as she spoke and I felt extremely sick to my stomach.Hot tears rolled down my cheeks at the thought of Blair having so much fun ridiculing me. This was someone that I have been friends with half of my entire life."I am sure you got our invitation letter yesterday. Why then didn't you call to congratulate us?" Blair laughed loudly. It sounded like howls to my ears. "I had hoped that you’d call. I had prepared to invite you out for a little celebratory dinner. Infact, I had prepared something special for you because of that. It's a pity your life is so miserable....."I didn't let her finish before hanging up; I have heard just about enough. Whatever did I do to the universe to make it despise me so much. It's almost as if I am unlucky in every single aspect of my life. Unlucky is the exact word to use.The flood of tears flowed endlessly and I had no stamina to stop it. There is no way I would be able to get over this humiliation so easily. The more I tried to forget about it, the more there is a reminder of how horrible my life is.Leaning further into the bed, I let the tears fall freely.***********************One month later As I stumbled towards the dining room and caught a glimpse of Asher, I made a move back to my room. The last thing I want at the moment is to see him. Ever since that fated drunken night that led to us having sex. I have ensured to not set my eyes on him for the past four weeks.Thankfully his schedule hadn’t require me to accompany him anywhere, unless he was declining those invitations to avoid having a reason to be in close proximity with me.If he had done the latter, then I would be really grateful, cause I definitely didn’t want to spend any moment in his presence.Since we both hated each other, none of us have missed each other's presence. Everytime I hear or read about his escapades, my skin crawls as the thoughts of him touching and filling me up keeps rushing back..I hate myself for getting drunk that night; I hate him more for also getting drunk and indulging in my silliness. That was the moment he should have shown just how much I disgust him by turning down my dumb advances and ignoring my sorry self. In a drunken state, the hateness should be as solid as when one isn't drunk.Dragging myself back upstairs, I sat on the couch trying to stretch out my tired body. I can't pinpoint a reason as to why I am feeling this way.Standing up groggily, I headed to the bathroom. There, I checked myself in the mirror. There were bags under my eyes and I look a bit different, tired also.For two weeks now, my mornings have taken a different dive.I either wake up too tired, or feeling nauseated. This has been going on for two weeks now, not leaving out the fatigue, gloominess, lack of appetite and heaviness I was feeling.I’m probably getting down with a fever, I thought to myself. Stepping out of the bathroom, my eyes went straight to the calendar on the bedside stool. And then it occured to me that I haven't exactly had my period for the month.I’ve had this same thought a week ago, when I had literally spent that entire week vomiting my entire insides out. But, I had tried my very best to not think of the obvious, instead, I reminded myself that my hormones were changing and I was currently emotionally stressed out, which could be a reason why my period was a week late.Today made it two weeks since I had missed my period, and even if I still wanted to pretend like this was normal, and like these symptoms I’ve been getting were not loud enough, I knew I couldn’t pretend any longer.Checking my face in the vanity mirror yet again, the paleness was obvious and my eyes were sunken, and I’ve also lost some weight cause I was barely eating since I couldn’t keep anything down. What In the world is going on with my body?I ran back to the room, grabbing my phone and car keys. Despite the sluggishness trying to conquer my body, I managed to get into a pair of jeans, a sweatshirt and a face cap.It would be necessary to disguise myself, because should the media catch a wind of what I was about to do, it was going to be all over the Internet instantly. Driving out of the house, after almost ten minutes of being on the road, I eventually found a small, less crowded pharmacy.Pulling the hood over my face cap, I dipped my hand in my pocket and went to the counter. "Can I get a pregnancy test kit, please? 5 pieces, different brands." I said, speaking quietly while my gaze darted around.The last thing I want is for my identity to be revealed right now, and for the media to get a hold of me in the pharmacy with a pregnancy test kit when it's not certain what my condition is. The attendant was quite fast, and paid less attention to my face.The drive home must have broken the traffic rules, but I couldn't care less right now. I almost jumped over the stairs to get to the bathroom.Peeing hurriedly in a gel container that I found, I dipped the strips in it for about ten seconds. Removing it with my heart in my mouth, I placed it on the washing basin. Patiently waiting for the end result.I have never been so anxious in my life, standing up I tried to pace the room. I had checked g****e and it said the result would be disclosed in a minute. The minute seem more like an hour. When I eventually had the courage to peep through the test kits.Two lines showed on every single one of the strips, which means positive and my heart instantly stopped beating.I am pregnant!Zendaya's POV I tried to calm my nerves as I paced the study, hoping Asher would stop by the place like he usually does. Even though I had already told one of the maids to inform him about meeting me in the study. My palms feel sweaty, I was indeed pregnant.Fuck.Now that it turns out to be true, the next thing to do is let the father of the child, know about it.Saying a silent prayer as I heard Asher's footstep heading towards the study, I hope I would have enough courage to face him. This is the first time we would be talking since that night. Which is still the reason behind my presence here. Talking to Asher doesn't interest me either. "This had better be quick." He mumbled the moment he got in.I kissed my teeth silently, this bastard must think I am a joke. Squaring my shoulders I held his gaze. "I am pregnant." I announced in my loudest and strictest voice. Silence enveloped the room at first and for a second I almost thought he was having a deep thought. "Abort it."
“Alright, thank you for coming over and if you all have questions then let me know about it okay?” I said standing to my feet before shaking hands with the clients I had around.The clients and my subordinates stood at their feet as they prepared to leave before a client stopped me with his outstretched arm with a smug grin.“Is anything the matter?” I asked in a polite manner in order to not get anyone thinking I was rude, but he did not seem to understand my route.“For a woman you’re doing pretty well handling this company yourself,” he said laughing as he looked around to get people to follow him and laugh. “I beg your pardon,” I was confused at his words.“I mean, let’s face it. You’re a woman. There is no way you could have gotten and built all of this yourself. Where is the man in charge?”I sighed. The people around the room were confused on why he had chosen to end the day that way but I was not going to let this man insult me.“Who handles your company?” I asked him wi
On the day I had gotten on the plane and decided to leave everything behind, I had cried my eyes out. Since no one was going to be by my side I had prepared myself to leave them and start up my own life.I had left my marriage, my family and my life — whatever was left of it anyway — and had traveled to a country far from my birth home.Since I was unknown here and I had an opportunity to start over, I had taken it and decided to live a very low key life.I had used the money I had saved up from my former workplace to start a new life. I was glad I had saved everything and not touched it. I had also invested the money when I was still with my contracted husband and when I went to withdraw it I could see that it had yielded me so much returns.Searching for a new job in a place I was still new to was more difficult than I had thought.It turned out everyone only wanted to give jobs to those who had history in the country and since I was a stranger I was not oven the jobs.After being r
A message entered my phone which had me getting out of my head for a second. I picked it up from the table to look at which had me smiling from ear to ear.Opening the message I found it to be a picture of a rare painting which I had told him I liked. The message was from Travis Wilson, a rich suitor.‘Do you like it?’ he texted after the picture as I chuckled a little before sitting in my chair. Thinking back on where I had first met the man, I found it to be when I had first started my bakery business. I had started the business beside my house since I could not handle the stress of going too far from the children.Handling triplets and the business was not an easy feat but I was ready to do it and that was what I did.When I had met Travis, I had seen him as a man who was ridiculously rich. He did not waste time in flaunting his wealth before me which had me rolling my eyes.He had shown a liking to me which none of us could deny was there. I had told him of my children which
thing but the music in his radio to keep me company, I fell into my thoughts.“Hey,” he called my attention to him as I smiled. “Are you okay? You seem distant.”“I’m sorry. I’ve got a lot on my mind.”“Oh yeah? Like what?” he asked wanting to know what I was thinking about as I looked around looking for a way to give off an excuse. “I had difficult clients today,” I sighed. “They didn’t think I could run my own company. It was embarrassing but I did put him in his place.”“Did he come to you for help?”“Apparently his failing business needed my touch and that was what I did. I saved it, yet I was given the bad hand.”“I’m glad you put him in his place. No one deserves to talk to you anyhow. You’ve come a long way. I knew when your business was the only thing you were holding onto. Here you are being one of the biggest bakeries in the country.”I loved hearing the history of how I started and I looked towards the school when I heard the bell ring.Almost immediately I found the tripl
I found his answer to be romantic and it made me get some from my seat to hug him. I could not believe that I had someone who would be willing to go through hell with me.I had suffered so much alone that having someone else join me in fighting my battles made me so emotional. All I could do was smile and hug him intensely.I had found it hard to trust someone hug Travis had made it extremely easy to do it.“So what do we do first?” He asked after I had let him go and he rounded the table to eat his chicken.“Well, for me to get my revenge I will have to move back to America,” I said as he choked on his meal. “Are you okay?”“Yeah,” coughed, slapping his chest. “Actually, no. I need water.”I ran to get him water from the tap before handing him the glass cup to drink from.He downed it and dropped the cup with a sigh.“Did you say America?” He asked me.“Yeah. That’s where I am from.”“I had no idea.”“My accent should have told you.”“Oh it did, but I didn’t know you were a native of
The triplets on the other hand were having a blast being on the plane. This was their first plane ride since they were born and I could understand their excitement.Paul, Tim and Ash all held their hands together while chattering nonstop throughout the ride.I sat on my seat with my headphones on while listening to the songs being played in the background. It was calming and I did not have to listen to the kids and their screams of joy.I felt the quake of the plane before noticing that it was about to get into the air.Travis settled beside me with a tray of food.“Lobster?” he offered as I chuckled while taking one.“You love lobsters so much,” I smiled at him.“Yeah I do. I just hope the earth doesn’t run out of them.”We finished eating before I closed my eyes to drift off into the darkness.“Hey,” someone shrugged me awake as I opened my eyes to see him standing over me. “We’re here.”“Oh,” I muttered to my feet. With a sigh, I stood to my feet to see the children asleep
“Why would you do that?!” I yelled in shock. “You can’t just get out plans and cancel them.”“I just did,” he smiled, leading me to a chair to sit with me. “Now, care to tell me how we are going to take out everyone?”I was confused at what this man was capable of but I smiled at him and decided fighting over his choice was not worth the trouble.“I haven’t brought up anything yet. But I was thinking that maybe you could bring something up.”“Something like what?”“I’d like to bring down my family’s company. If I can do that, I would have accomplished part of my goal before going for my ex-husband.”“With this I think I can bring up a plan that we can all work with,” Travis said, pacing around the room. “Now all I have to do is call up some of my spies and they’ll have this done.”“Have what done?”“I’ve done this for an opposing company before and it was epic. All I need to do is plant people in the company, add in the viruses into the company servers as well as dropping in some spyw