Dangerous Woman

ELOISE'S POV

 My name is Eloise Clemonte and I am 27 years old. I have no idea who gave birth to me since I was raised in an orphanage. I don't know if my parents were dead or alive and I have no intention of looking up for them. Why should I even care for someone who abandoned me when I was a child? Knowing that I have nobody I can depend on, I was determined to do something about my life and study hard for my own future. I never knew the beauty of being a child nor being a teenager since I'm constantly busy preparing my future life in advance. Now, as an adult, I managed to establish a world scale corporation with over 100 branch offices throughout the world. With all the money and power I've obtained, I still feel like my life lack of something important. Those feelings will only fade once I indulge myself in a never-ending pile of work or when I get too drunk to even function. Sometimes I do have fun with the people I find soothing to be with. Growing up without any interaction with the opposite sex, my feelings were trained to love women rather than men. Of course, at first I feel that something was wrong with me since I was raised in an orphanage owned by the church, but, now that I am an adult, I don't see any mistake or wrongdoing in my choices anymore. Love is love after all. I heard a knock on my door before my personal assistant turned the knob and enter. "Are you going home or should I ask someone to prepare your bed upstairs?" Luna, my assistant asked. I just came back from Germany for one of my usual conferences but, because of the piles of work that building up from my week-long travel, I have to finish everything by tonight. Looking at the reports I need to finish on my desk, I sigh.

"I'm going to put an all-nighter tonight." Luna seems worried all of the sudden. "You need some time to sleep as well, you're not a robot El." Luna always called me by my nickname whenever we're alone. We actually went to the same university and even graduated at the same time. I wouldn't be able to be who I am now without her parents' help, financially speaking though. I don't know why she decided to be my assistant rather than being one of the departments head. "I'm going to be fine. You should go home. I bet that little gremlin of yours has been waiting for her mother to come home since forever." She gave me a sigh. "I'll ask the maids to prepare your dinner. Please, at least eat your dinner." I saluted. She was shaking her head at my response. "Before I forget, tomorrow we have a meeting with all department head. There are issues with the accounting department." Issues? That's odd. "Alright. Good night Luna." She gave me a smile before closing the door. I continued to do my work for a while before a maid walked in with my dinner. I thanked her and enjoyed my dinner while looking at the city lights. To have such view from my office windows, I am truly living the life I always wanted when I was growing up in the orphanage. None of the people who took care of me ever expected that a loner like myself even manage to have such life. "I was right, you're still working." That voice. I turned my rotating chair and face the person walking into my office.

"Wait, I thought you have a conference in New York. What are you doing here?" I asked with my mouth full. "It's not polite to speak with your mouth full, geez." She went to grab a napkin and wipe my mouth. "It ends today. I should be home by tomorrow but I took the liberty to use the company's jet. I hope it's okay." She what? Well, she's the chief executive officer, she can do anything that she wants in the company. But of course, she needs to ask for my permission though since I'm the chairwoman. "Claire, you need to ask for my permission. But, it's fine. I let it slide just for once." She gave me a small smile before she went to sit on the chair in front of my desk. "So, any news? What's going on in New York?" I asked while sipping my coffee. "Looks like some of the head branches want to do something to make you look bad. The head of New York branch will be suggesting some proposal in the upcoming meeting for all branches. It's best to ignore his suggestion because when I take a look at the financial history and their reports, it doesn't match at all. He was mad at us for not sending more financial support to the office!" I raised both eyebrows. "But we did right? Why do they need more? On our end, we sent enough financial support to each branch." Claire shrugged. "Obviously he swindled the money we sent. What should we do? Do you want me to deal with it myself? Or should I let Maya interfere since she's the chief financial officer." Bringing Maya to this matter will only end badly.

 "Speaking of Maya, did you received a text from her? She fired one of her accountants for an unknown reason. It's too bad though, he's such a talented worker." I gave her a nervous laughter. If only she knew the reason that Maya fired him was that he cheated with the receptionist in the lobby. I told her many times before that every personal matter should always be deal professionally. But Maya, she just couldn't work with him anymore. "You know something, right?" Claire suddenly stood up and slammed her hand on my desk. "I don't know anything, I swear." Claire can be such a pain in the ass when she's like this. "Aren't you suppose to be home now? I bet your fiancée waiting for you." I tried to change the subject. "He is. But I told him I'll be tomorrow. Besides, I have to pick something up." She replied. "Pick what?" I asked. "Pick this." It happened so fast that didn't even get to do anything about it when her lips on mine. For a brief moment, I don't know if I should kiss her back or just let her do whatever she wants without returning the favor. Maybe ... for a few minutes? Sorry, Thomas, I can't help it .... she used to be my girlfriend. *** "Oh ... I never knew that you both this close before." That voice, it's LUNA! When I open my eyes, I noticed that Claire's putting on her clothes while I, in my birthday suit still. Luna was crossing her hands while tapping on her wristwatch telling me it's almost time. "You have 10 minutes to make yourself look presentable for the meeting. I prepared your suit and even your breakfast is ready on the table. You need to eat them while getting ready." She's such a bossy assistant! "I have to brief you while you in the shower since you clearly overslept." I grab the towel Luna prepared for me and went to the bathroom. "And Claire, Maya was looking for you earlier. She said something about your report while you were in New York." I heard Claire cuss before running towards the door.