Chapter 34
Zendaya’s POV
I sat at my desk thinking of the morning when I had told Travis about my plans to get close to Asher until I would be able to enact my plan.
“So that is your plan?” he had asked in anger. “To get back with your ex husband who dumped you. Does he even know you exist?”
“Will you relax?” I had sighed. “You’ll wake the children up.”
“I just think it’s a bit ridiculous to go about with this as your big plan. I expected something better if I’m being honest.”
“You haven’t even heard of it.”
“It’s too stupid to think about. Fine, what is your plan?”
“Well, I was thinking I would get close to him, seduce him and make him fall in love with me. This would give me access to his infinite life and I will destroy his life from the inside out.”
“This is ridiculous,” I could remember him saying this to me. “Are you sure you can do this? I do remember that you hate the man and now you want to go back to him. I don’t like the plan and I don’t approve of it.”
“It’s only going to be for a while. I’m not going to be his lover or anything like that.”
“I know you hate him with passion. The mention of his name curls up your skin. Why would you now want to get close to him much less seduce him? Is there no other plan you could come up with?”Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.
“Look, I just need your approval and I’ll do this. I’ll handle him. Trust me on that.”
His face that morning had been filled with puzzles but in the end he knew this was the only way.
“I’ll think about it,” he had said before leaving for work.
I started to wish that he would listen to me and agree to my plans. I wanted to do this knowing he would back me up. I did not want to do this alone.
I knew he had done so much for me and he cared for me. He did not want me to get hurt and that was why he was refusing the plan but I trusted myself. I only needed him to trust me too.
Travis had given up a lot to be with me and even moved his business from the former country to the states. I valued his thoughts on every new decision I would take as it was important to me.
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Travis’s POV
I got up from my desk with a smile as I was ready to go home when my phone rang.
Picking it up, I found it to be my mother whom I had not called since I entered the states.
It had almost been a month and I knew she would be mad at me for not calling.
“Hello mum,” I said, picking up the call.
“Finally I get to hear your voice. For a second there I thought you were dead,” she joked. That was my mother. A woman who loved dark humor to its core. “How is the weather over in the states treating you? Are you okay? Do they serve some of those hamburgers that give cancer?”
“Mum, that’s fake news. You don’t need to say that again. Maybe some time you can visit here.”
“Sure, maybe when I’m dead,” she laughed as I rolled my eyes.
“How are you mum?”
“I’m okay. What about you?”
“I’ve been doing better than ever. Zendaya and the children are also doing great.”
She scoffed, “I have told you countless times that I don’t approve of that relationship you have with that divorced woman and her three children. You seriously don’t listen to me.”
I didn’t like it either but there was nothing I could do about it. The part I didn’t like was the one where she had children.
At first I had not known she had children but after talking to her for sometime I found out about them. By then it was too late for me to back out as I was already entrapped by her beauty and her standards.
I could not see myself leaving her. She was everything I needed in a woman. She was smart, beautiful, fun, caring and loving. She was more than that but these were the basics.
I was going to make the relationship work for the both of us and I would not give up on her.
“There are beautiful women over here in our own country who are from better homes, have wonderful families and have better standards. Trust me son, you’ll fall in love with them.”
The woman was trying to change my mind but it was already made up. I loved Zendaya and nothing was going to change my mind. I wanted her and the children.
“What do you say?” she asked as I sighed.
“Don’t bother so much about this mum,” I chuckled. “You’re pouring water in glass and I’m not soaking in anything you’re saying. Just leave me be. Let me love who I want to love. My mind is already made up and I would not love anyone else.
“In fact, I am thinking of getting married to her and having her children as my own children. Even though in the beginning I did not love the children because they reminded me of her ex-husband, I’ve gotten over that now.”
Saying this made me realize that I had to call Zendaya to go ahead with her plans. I trusted her and I wanted her to be happy. If going against Asher was what she wanted then she should do it. I would support her.
“You’re making a huge mistake,” the woman said on the phone with a sour tone. “You’ll regret this and wish you had listened to me.”
“Forget about convincing me mum,” I sighed. “My mind is already made and I have someone I love.”
With that I switched off the call before leaving the office.