Dangerous Woman (One Shots)

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Senator Risa Hontiveros stood before the podium, the sharp click of her heels on the marble floor punctuating the tension in the room. The press cameras were aimed at her, their lights blinding. The weight of the moment settled heavily on her shoulders. This was it. The case she had been building against Mayor Alice Leal Guo—the woman she had come to respect, admire, and love—was about to take center stage. She had filed everything: the documents, the testimonies, the evidence. The scandal involving ilegal POGOs and human trafficking. Her words would cut through the air like a blade, but Risa had to stay strong. She had to finish what she had started.

The love she thought she felt for Alice was always more complicated than she had admitted. What started as admiration for the Mayor's resilience, her strength, her unwavering commitment to the people of their city, had slowly turned into something darker—something deeper. Something dangerous.

Risa had come into politics with clear ideals, with a promise to herself to expose corruption and protect the innocent. And when Alice's name came up in the investigations, Risa had known she would be the one to bring the truth to light. At first, that's all it had been: a job. A duty to the people. But as the days wore on, something twisted in Risa's chest. The more she dug into Alice's life, the more she saw her. The more she wanted her.

But it wasn't love. She couldn't afford to let herself believe it was.

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Alice's office had always felt like home to Risa. The large windows that overlooked the city's skyline, the constant hum of power around them. They had met countless times, discussing policy, strategy, and the city's future. But there were moments—brief, stolen moments—where their gazes lingered just a little too long. When their hands brushed as they handed over documents. When Alice's voice softened, her words just a little more intimate.

Risa had tried to resist it. She was a Senator. She couldn't afford to get distracted, not by someone like Alice. Not by the very woman she was preparing to tear apart publicly. But Alice's quiet charm, her warmth, her quiet but steadfast compassion—it broke through Risa's defenses. They began to meet outside the chambers. Casual dinners, drinks under the guise of strategy sessions. And then, one night, Alice kissed her.

Risa had frozen, her mind warring between her duty and the undeniable pull in her chest. Alice didn't back away, though. She held Risa's face in her hands, looking into her eyes with an intensity that felt like a promise. "This isn't a mistake," Alice whispered. "This is real. We're real."

And for a brief moment, Risa believed it. She believed that maybe there was something more than politics, than secrets, than betrayal.

They began a secret affair, hidden away from the public eye. They shared stolen moments in the quiet of the night, in the spaces where no one could see them. There was no rushing, no grand declarations. Just moments of softness, of intimacy, of something that felt like real love—something Risa never expected to feel with someone like Alice.

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But the world of politics is always a game of deception. And Risa had always been a player.

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Risa stood before the press now, her heart pounding, her hands gripping the podium. She had made a promise to herself when she began this investigation. Alice had her secrets, and Risa had to expose them, no matter how much it hurt. This wasn't about love. This was about the truth.

"Today," Risa began, her voice steady but with an edge of finality, "I will present the evidence that implicates Mayor Alice Leal Guo in the human trafficking scandal tied to the POGO operations in our city. I will show the connections, the money trails, and the lives destroyed by her negligence—her corruption."

The words felt hollow in her mouth. Alice's face flashed in her mind—her warm smile, the way she had held Risa in the dark, the soft promise in her eyes. "I love you, Risa." Alice had whispered that to her once, and Risa had believed it. But now, standing before the cameras, she couldn't allow herself to think of that.

This was the truth. The only truth.

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Later that night, as the news of Risa's public statement rippled across the city, Alice stood in the dark of her office, staring out at the skyline. The door to her office opened softly, and Risa stepped inside, her eyes downcast. The two women stood in silence for a long time before Alice finally spoke.

"You did it." Her voice was strained, like she was trying not to break.

Risa's heart twisted painfully, but she forced herself to remain cold. "You were going to bring this city to its knees, Alice. You knew what you were doing."

Alice turned toward her, her eyes searching Risa's face. "I didn't want any of this, Risa. I didn't want you to find out like this."

Risa's hands shook, but she kept them at her sides. "You lied to me. You used me."

"No, Risa," Alice said, her voice breaking, stepping closer. "I never used you. I loved you. I still love you."

Risa took a step back, the sharp sting of betrayal flooding her chest. "You loved me? Or was that just part of the game you were playing, Alice? Was I just another pawn in your plan?"

"No!" Alice's voice cracked, her eyes pleading. "I didn't plan this. I didn't plan for us. I didn't plan for you to fall in love with me. I didn't plan for this to happen."

Risa's lips trembled, but she quickly steadied herself. "You used me, Alice. Everything we shared—everything—was just part of your cover-up."

Alice's face fell, the weight of guilt pressing down on her like a thousand bricks. "I never wanted to hurt you. I never wanted any of this. But it's too late now. I'm too deep in this mess to back out."

"And you think I'm just supposed to forgive you? After everything you've done?" Risa's voice broke. "After everything you've used me for?"

Alice stepped forward, desperation in her eyes. "Risa, please. I never meant for you to get hurt. I was trying to protect us. Trying to protect you. Please, you have to believe me."

But Risa had heard enough. The pain inside her chest was suffocating, and she couldn't look at Alice anymore without seeing the lies. "No, Alice. I don't believe you. You never loved me. Not really. You just wanted me to fall into your trap. And I did. I fell for you—and now I'm the one who's left to pick up the pieces."

Risa turned and walked out of the room, the door closing softly behind her, leaving Alice standing in the silence of her own broken world.

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The scandal would unfold in the following days, the truth leaking into the media, the public turning against the Mayor. But for Risa, there would be no victory. Only the echo of Alice's betrayal in the spaces between them.

And the sharp, painful truth: She had never really loved her at all.
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