Chapter 81
Asher’s POV
I was dealing with business as usual that night when I thought once again about the dinner I had had with the kids. It had been a day or two now, I couldn’t remember and yet it still remained in my mind.
I was still traumatized by the way it had ended. I silently prayed that I would not have to go through this again. I wanted so badly to see them the next time and they would warm up to me.
I headed out of the office to get into the presidential car as the driver drove me home.
I arrived to find paparazzi all over the front of the house.
“What is going on?” I asked the driver and the security guards as they shrugged.
They parked in front of the house as I got out to see what was happening.
Why would they show up at my house this late? Whatever it was, could they not wait till morning?
I got back in my car and told the driver to drive over them as I was too tired.
“I’m sorry sir, but I think this is where you go out and tell them to go home,” he said.Belonging © NôvelDram/a.Org.
“I’m the president, I don’t need to tell them anything.”
“Sir,” the guard gave me the look which told me I needed to actually say something to the losers by the gate.
I sighed and opened the door again. “Fine!”
I got out to see all of the people standing behind the gate chanting that they wanted to see me.
Whatever it was, it had to be this serious for them to be here tonight trying to get to me.
“Why are you all parked here?” I asked as they all turned their cameras and microphones to me. The flashing lights had me wincing as I covered my eyes to protect it from the lights. “Can you all cut the lights and tell me what you want?”
“What do you have to say about the several things that were supposed to be buried in secret but are now in the open?” a reporter asked as I wondered what she was talking about.
“Buried in secret?” I winced harder as the flashlights got closer. “What the heck does that even mean?”
“Sir, is the news true?” another asked.
“What news?” That was when it occurred to me that I had not seen the news. From the office I had gotten into the car and was riding straight home.
“I don’t understand…” I said just as my guard rushed to my side.
“You need to see this, mr president?”
His serious tone had me knowing something was seriously wrong and I followed him to a secure location.
“This had better be important,” was all I could say before I left the crowd.
I followed the man to the car as he got out his phone to show me a headline which read, ‘PRESIDENT’S SCANDALOUS SECRETS REVEALED!’
I was uneasy and full of dread after reading it.
I struggled to get into the house amidst the screams and questions as I ordered for the guards to place a call to the lawyers demanding to know how this information had got out in the first place.
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Zendaya’s POV
My heart pounded as I looked through the notifications and the headlines on my phone. All the information I could see on the blog posts and the headlines were the ones I had gotten from the man at the cafe. I still had the original drive, how had it gotten into someone else’s hand to be posted?
I knew I had hidden the files and I had not let it out of its hiding spot.
I opened my laptop and checked it furiously for any malware and spyware. There was nothing to indicate that it had come from my angle.
“Oh shit!” I grunted seeing more and mite healings carry this news,
I whipped out my phone and called the spies but I could not get anything from them.
I walked out of the bedroom, walking through the halls while furiously calling the spies.
I heard the laughter of Travis loudly as I passed his study and my blood immediately boiled.
The news had already gotten out and I’m sure he had seen it, that was why he was laughing. I immediately got into his study and stunned him to be quiet with my death gaze.
I found him sitting on his seat behind the desk and I immediately knew this was all his doing.
He had been the one to release this file. He had gotten this information and released it without even considering the repercussions even when I had told him I was no longer interested in having the revenge plan.
He had still gone behind my back to release it.
I entered his study with my anger fuming within me. I switched off the call as I stared at him. We locked eyes as he smirked evilly while I thought of what to say to him. This was all his fault I could tell.
“How did you do it?” I asked.
“Do what?” He asked but I was not here to joke around.
“How did you do it Travis?” I sighed. “I know it was you. There’s no need to dick around.”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about Zendaya,”
He denied it again. He was really going to make me spell it out for him. I was going to do that if it was what he wanted.
“Stop the bullshit Travis,” I sighed. “I know it was you who did it. There is no need to lie anymore. Even a blind man can tell that it was you.”
He smirked as he knew I had found out as I could read through him like a book.
“Cat’s out of the bag I guess,” he sighed to his feet with his hands in his pocket. “Did you like the little present I got you?”