Scarlett pov

"And that completes our tour. How do you like the complex?" Lena says flashing me one of her signature smiles.

"I love it. I can't even begin to picture the number that you guys spent to do all of this."

"I can't either. This was all made years ago. My father and my mum chose the designs and the colours." she says

"They did a good job."

I don't want to talk badly of her parents. They treated her badly, but I know that somewhere there is a place in her that still loves them. I can't tear that one little place.

"Oh shit. We should go. I forgot about the time." She says and grabs my hand. We walk to the elevator and she presses the floor to the ground level.

"You can let go of my hand now." I say

"Not yet." She says and holds it tight.

The elevator door open and she turn to me. She kisses me and walks out.

"You'll do great."

"Thanks." She says as we enter the big conference room. I sit in the back while she walks up to the front.

"Hello everyone. I'm sorry for the wait. I got a bit distracted." That earns a few glances my way.

"I am going to be honest with you. I have no idea what's going on. We've lost contact with one of our facilities in Spain and we can't do anything. We've reached out to see what was going on. Turns out there were protests against our company because of some legal issues my father never took care of. They sent over the files, the data and everything they were supposed to be doing. I'm sorry but today your work day ends at 5 pm instead of 3. There is too much to be done and until we find a solution you and I both will be staying in to resolve everything there is."

Some man raises his hand to speak and Lena nods her head. Signaling for him to start talking.

"How come we never had any problems while your father was in charge. No offence."

Okay asshole, way to go.

"See thats the thing Smith, he put it all off. This company, this business is not all clean. I'm trying to purify it. I am trying to make a change here. If any of you don't see that. Or don't even appreciate it, you're free to go. I don't have to be so communicative with you, with all of you. My father had a spokesman, an assistant, a driver, and many many more. He never spoke to any of you. Let alone stand here and try to figure out a way for all of us to go home as soon as possible. If you have any complaints about how I do my job, get in line, you're not the first nor are you the last. Does anyone have any serious questions?" She asks

Okay that was hot. The way she spoke to a crowd of people is just so attractive. I can't believe how cool she really is. She answered all of their questions and they were all glad that she took interest in them. When everything was complete we walked back into her office to find takeout boxes on her desk.

"Here, let's eat." She says quietly.

What I like about her is how soft she speaks to me. She changes like a light switch when she talks to me. I swear Lena is so attractive that I'm surprised she's been single for so long. Her hazel eyes and dark brown hair are something so common, yet she makes it look one of a kind.

I want her to meet my Rose. Rose obviously knows about her, and she knows about Rose. But I want to change that. Her and Lena's last encounter was when I was speaking on the phone. I guess I just want to introduce Lena to Rose as ny friend. I want her to like her. I think she already does because of their first encounter. She maybe forgot about that, but I haven't.

I'm also surprised that Lena is okay with me being a single parent. She never speaks about it. She sometimes asks about Rose and that warms up my heart each time.

"You're awfully quiet." She points out.

"Oh, I'm just thinking about something." I say taking a bite of my food.

"Is it something you want to tell me or?" I look away.

"I understand." She says getting up.

"You can leave whenever you want I'm not tying you down." She says throwing away her empty plastic container.

"What?!"

"It's okay. I knew it was too good to be true." She says sitting down in her chair.

"What do you think I was thinking about?" I ask now.

"You changed your mind. You don't want to be here with me in this mess. Like I said. I understand." She says disregarding me.

"No you dumbass. That's not what I was thinking at all." I say coming closer to her.

"Enlighten me please."

"I.. I was wondering if you wanted to meet Rose. Like officially. I wanted... I wanted to introduce you to her as a friend of mine." I say

She looks stunned. Like thats the last thing she thought would come out of my mouth.

"I found it!" Nathan says as he barges through the door.

"Oh sorry. I hope I'm not interrupting anything." He says

"No, you're not. I'm gonna go grab a water bottle from the wending machine." I say and walk out the door.

"Whats that about?" Was the last thing I heard Nathan say before I closed the office doors. I walk to the wending machine on this floor. She really thought I would just up and leave her like this? Maybe I went too fast. We haven't even said the three big words and yet we're acting like an old married couple. I sit down onto a bench on the balcony and look out in front of me. I open my water bottle and sip it slowly. I need some peace and quiet right now.

"Hello Ms Johansson. May I sit down with you?" Elizabeth from before asks me.

"Sure. Go for it." I say

"It came to my attention that this is your first time visiting our office. I'm sorry you saw it in this condition." She says

"Oh don't worry. I'm blown away by the architecture in this place."

"I'm going to be straight forward. Are you dating Ms Adams?"

"Why are you asking me this?" I ask back.

"Because I don't want you to end up hurting her. You don't know what she's been through and she's strong enough not to break. But she will break us. When she's upset she's a control freak. She becomes so demanding it's unbearable. We all like her here, she keeps the company afloat, but she's the boss lady." She babbles on

"I promise you that's not my intention." I say

"But that doesn't mean you won't hurt her. She's a complex human being." Elizabeth states.

"Isn't everyone?" I ask her.

"She has authority, sometimes you could even say she's scary. She's Lena Adams for god sakes. She went into war head first and came back like a legend."

"I see you admire her a lot."

"I do, she's a real life super hero."

"Please don't tell her I said she was demanding. I don't want to lose my job." Elizabeth says scared now.

"Don't worry, I won't tell her anything. Just be careful who you tell what next time." I say and get up.

I need to speak with Lena. We can't be playing cat and mouse anymore.

I walk into her office to find Nathan there.

"Hey, where's Lena?" I ask

"She left to meet with that man. They said they would solve this." He says spinning in the chair.

"And what are you doing?" I ask him.

"Waiting for the update on Lena's computer to be done so I can go back to work." He says.

"Did she say when will she come back?" I ask sitting down in one of the chairs.

"No, she said it will be quick. If she doesn't come back in an hour I can take you home so you don't waste your day in this dump." He says

"Thank you, although I'd much rather stay."

"Brave." he says as he opens one of the boxes.

"What is it with you people. Lena is not that bad."

"Oh honey we know. She just doesn't seem to get the whole not-being-a-bitch thing yet. I love her. If I didn't I wouldn't be here."

"Why did you stay then?" I ask

"Because I know the reasonings behind her actions. It doesn't excuse them. But knowing that she is doing this to help others and not herself is kind of noble. I doubt I'll find a boss with her moral compass." He says

"And the pay? Is she okay with that?"

"She's great there. She has other people do it but she chose the right one definitely."

Before I could speak the door slams open and Lena's uncle Tom barges in.

"Where is she?" He asks

"Where is who?" Nathan asks calmly like it's just another tuesday afternoon.

"Lena, you idiot. Where is she? I need to speak with her."

"She's not here." I say

"What are you doing here?" he asks confused.

"She's visiting." Nathan says standing up.

"I never knew we take visitors."

"You don't, we do."

"Where exactly did Lena go to?" Tom asks

"That's none of your concern. We'll tell her you stopped by." Nathan says with a tighten jaw

"Tell her this too. Tell her.. that I will not stand here like a child. She.. she fired me. She took my shares and she now owns every facility that is under the Adams name. Tell her she can come meet me in my house."

"I'll tell her that." Nathan says surprised.

Tom leaves in the same manner he arrived. The two of us are left feeling shocked.

"Go Lena." Nathan says with a gigantic smile plastered on his face.

"Why did she do that?" I ask

"He's a prick, just like her father was. I'm happy she found a way to get rid of him. Although it was dirty. I mean she shouldn't have done it like that, but I'm glad he is no longer a part of this company."

"So what now? Lena has all the power here?"

"Yup" He says happily.

"I would have never guesses she would be a power driven person."

"You don't know Lena long enough. She is one power driven legend that takes down everything standing in her way. Anything thats stopping her for achieving what she wants. She just destroys. I admire her so much."

"She's not like that."

"Sorry you had to hear it from me."

Nate finishes whatever he was doing on the computer and I take Lena's laptop to do some work. I have emails I need to answer and I need to look over a new script I was sent from my agent. I answered some calls. I finished all the emails. I was writing a new one when I saw the clock my eyes when wide. It was 1pm. She still isn't back?

I decided to wait fir her here. I printed out my new script in her office and I stapled it. I need to start running lines as soon as possible. I spent another half an hour talking with Kate about a new model she wanted to have employed in our company. I spent another hour just doing some chores when she finally strolled into the office. She didn't even look my way. She opened a cabinet and poured herself a glass of what seems to be whiskey. She sits down at her desk and leans back in her chair.

"How did it go?" I ask

"It went well" she says, her voice breaking.

"Want to tell me about it?" I ask

"I talked with Antony, he.. he said he'll do everything in just a day. That everything will go back to normal like that."

"So whats the problem then?" I ask

"He had a specific price. In order to help me I needed to 'sack the rat'. In other words I had to fire my uncle. He didn't want to help someone like him. He hates him."

"So you now own everything?" I ask

"Yeah." She says staring out into space.

"He stopped by. You're uncle, he was pissed."

"Oh I don't doubt it. He's been pissed with me for the past seven years." She says sipping on her drink.

"Why?"

"He was the next in line to get the company, but my father gave it to me. He didn't trust Tom to maintain the image of our name. Even though they loved each other greatly. He never trusted him."

"See that means your father trusted you." I say, trying to find something positive.

"No, that only means he didn't trust me a little less than he didn't trust him. We hated each other." She says

"You're doing a great job."

"Yeah, the ice queen, driven by power and success how has all of the balls in her turf right?" She says coldly.

"You're not a bad person Lena. You just tried to solve an issue that needed to be resolved."

"By sacking someone else. I feel like my father." She says with a disgusted face.

"You're not your father. Stop comparing yourself to him." I walk up to her.

"Don't Scarlett. I took the easy way out." She says turning her face away from me.

"Look at me." I say and sit down on her desk

"You are a person who got thrown in fire with a lighter. You're figuring it out as you go." I say grabbing her hand.

"I should have known better Scar."

"You will, next time." I say grabbing her cheeks into my hands.

"Now I'm what you call filthy rich." She says as a joke.

"Oh yeah? How did the numbers change?" I ask her.

"See for yourself." she says and unlocks her phone.

She just gave me her phone unlocked, okay I call this a green flag. God I sound like a kid. I find the bank app and I almost drop her phone.

"You.. you could be on the list of the most wealthy people in the world." I say looking at her in shock, she laughs.

"There are people richer than me, you know that right?" She asks

"You are the richest person I know." I say

"Is that why you like me so much." She teases.

"Stop it I'm serious!" I slap her shoulder.

"Like I said. I never knew anyone who had over £15 billion."

"Now you do." She says

"Can I talk to you about something?" I ask her and she nods.

"What are we? I mean I.. I feel so strong for you and I don'y know what to tell other people. We never labeled it."

"We're dating, figuring it out as we go. I never knew it bothered you that we didn't have a label." She says

"It didn't at first."

"Okay then." She grabs onto my waist and moves her chair so she is in between my legs.

"Would you like to be my girlfriend?" She asks softly.

"Hmm let me think about it first." I tease and she rolls her eyes with a lingering smile.

"I'm just messing with you." I say and kiss her sweet sweet lips. She melts at my touch and grabs tightly onto my skin. She tangles her arms behind my back and pulls me to her. I end up on her lap, facing her.

When we separate she speaks up with a shaky breath.

"I want to meet Rose." She says all of a sudden.

"I want to meet and and spoil the living world out of her. I want her to be special to me just like you are." She says

"You couldn't have said anything more perfect Lena."

"A nice change for once huh?" She says smiling at me.

"I don't like kissing you when you taste like whiskey." I say

"I had only one glass." She defends.

"One full glass." I correct.

"Fine. I'll stop drinking whiskey." She puts a strand of hair behind my ear.

"And I'll kiss you somewhere else." I say and kiss her cheek and down to her neck. I hold her in place while her breathing speeds up like crazy. She loves being pampered with kisses.

"Not here princess." She says out of breath.

"hmm whyy?" I whine.

"I don't want someone to walk in without notice. They're already rude as it is." She says

"Fine. We'll finish this at home." I say close to her ear.

I lean my head my on her chest and we stay in that position. Holding each other in place. I adjust my legs and she buries her face into my neck.