Loving Daniel

Chapter 7

Staring out of the thirty-fifth floor of my office I didn't feel the content for the first time seeing the sunrise. Yes, I was in the office even before the sun was up. I couldn't stay beside Daniel at all. He might have touched my body, but I wasn't present there.

In so many years we have been together I have never felt so unattached from him. Throughout the night I could think about her and him. Daniel kept nothing hidden, but he did now but the fact that he went to the event with her was what disturbed me the most. I just couldn't stay beside him. It was really impossible for me too. Did I hate the way he touched me last night in our bed? I did why because all I could was imagine the close proximity he was with that girl.

The worst part was that girl felt like a threat. I knew from the confidence she had in there was something in the hiding. Either she had an upper hand over Daniel or Daniel was keeping something important from me. There was something really wrong. I could feel it but I couldn't point it out.

I surely couldn't sleep beside him with so many things running and I had slipped out of the bed in the middle of the night and after showering in my room in the mansion I had driven to the office to work. Working was what I thrived for besides being with Daniel. Mr. Kraven had helped e to reach this position he had trained me with Daniel and I was thankful for it. He had actually put a lot in my education and upbringing. Daniel might have moulded me into the person I was today but I knew I was here just because of Mr. Kraven.

"Ms. Claire, you are really early." I looked to see Joseph standing just outside my door. He was my planner or in simple words secretary but he was important.

"Yes, my mind couldn't stop running. Come in," Sitting back at my desk I opened up the newspaper at my tablet again. I was already done with it. What I wasn't done with was the social part. As expected gossip column had an epic photo of Daniel and his date. Somewhere around in the newspaper was me and George which was good but it was Daniel's photo that mattered and who came out with.

"Heard anything about any proposals from Europe?" I asked him as he checked his tablet.

"No. There aren't any interests or connections for us in Europe." He wasn't just my secretary he was also my spy. I needed to know everything that went around in the company. Every branch, every subsidiary, and every other company we had invested in.

"Check that again. I think Daniel is trying to set something up in Europe. I want to know why and at what cost." I just recited to him as I pen down the name on a piece of paper.

"I want every detail on this person. All things included past, present and the future expected." I held out the name folded and with a nod he took it. He didn't look at it just put it in the pocket. The only reason I asked was this there was no reason asked just work done.

"What have we got today?" I settled back in my seat as I looked at him.

"Well you are here early then we could go through with the numbers of the last month. The accounts department has sent the numbers for all the subsidiaries too. Then you have to be at Achelon's office for a board meeting at eleven. We can go through the numbers before you go there. The meeting is bound to be over by twelve keeping in my mind the limit we have got your appointment with the HR at twelve-thirty for discussion on the position of Head of PR. We fired the last one over the disaster of last month." I just nodded to him remembering that rather than handling the situation it was turned into worse revealing about the declining health of one of our board members.

"The R&D head needs to discuss with you about funding for the subsidiaries at two. Then at five Mr. Daniel and you need to go through the contracts and plans for a set of companies you see potential in. His secretary had handed me the list. We can discuss them from three to four-thirty. I have already made sheets on all of them." He was sharp and that is why I had him. We shared a few similarities in our past.