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Chapter 1: Chicago's Finest

As the sun crept into Regina's downtown Chicago condo, she opened her eyes and looked at the alarm clock on her nightstand and groaned when she saw 5:23 am flashing across it. As heir to her mother's law firm, she couldn't be late for the day she'd been waiting for her whole career. Today was the day, finally at nearing 30, she'd become CEO of Mills Law, Inc.

Regina Mills smiled as she stepped out of the shower and dried off. She put on her favorite white blouse, a black pencil skirt and blood red Christian Louboutin 5-inch heels and of course her signature red lipstick. After she got dressed, she made sure she grabbed a bagel on her way out the door, her driver was waiting for her downstairs.

"Good Morning Ms. Mills," Graham said smiling.

"Good Morning Graham, how's traffic this morning?", Regina replied, sitting down in her Mercedes town car, looking down at her phone.

"Doesn't seem bad, we should be getting to the firm quickly," he replied, beginning to drive.

"Lovely", she smiled. Her phone began to ring, "Yes brother dearest?", she answered almost annoyed.

"Morning Reggie", he chuckled. "Have you talked to Lena? She says she has big news to tell us today".

Regina rolled her eyes, "Jefferson I thought I insisted that you never call me that, and no I haven't, aren't we all meeting for dinner tonight anyway?"

Jefferson chuckled and replied, "Sorry and yeah that seems right", he looked at the two women next to him as they began waking up. "Hey Reg, I'll have to call you back, looks like the twins want a round two. Good luck today by the way", and with that he hung up.

Regina shook her head, knowing very well that her younger brother would never give up his bachelor ways. As her and Graham pulled up to her future company, Regina took a second to take in the fact that today would chance her life forever.

...and little did she know, her life wouldn't be the only life affected on this spring day in Chicago.

"Emma I thought you said that omelet was ready!? We have hungry people out there people! Let's put a move on it!", Emma groaned when she heard her boss yell to the whole kitchen.

As an aspiring restaurant owner she thought her dream would've came true by now, she at least thought she'd be head chef by now. Emma Swan quickly wiped the sweat from her head as finally finished a breakfast entree for the rich upper class in corporate Chicago.

Sure she was working in one of the best, classiest and high ranked restaurant in Chicago, but she wanted more. She didn't want to be slaving over someone else's recipes, she wanted her own recipes to be on the lips of Chicago's finest. She had just finished grad school a week ago and today was her 28th birthday and she was...working. Her new job was nice but it wasn't paying the bills, she still had to be a part time mechanic to even scrape up the rent for her tiny Lincoln Park apartment on the north side of Chicago.

Her waitress from Ruby, aka Red, popped up on Emma in the break room. "Breaking so early Emma?", smiled Red.

"Yeah Rubes, I'm just not feeling it today, it's my birthday and I'm here...I don't want to be here", she sighed. "For once I want to relax and enjoy the one day of my life that's suppose to bring me happiness".

Ruby gave her a sad look, "Ems your work will pay off, just keep pushing and you're right, tonight after you get off, we can go out to the club, and find you a hot lady to bone", she smiled finishing her statement.

"First of all, I can't, I'm working at the shop tonight and secondly, shhh do you want the whole world to know about my friend down there?" Emma sighed, wishing part of Ruby's statement could come true, she needed fun and sex but she knew the attachment lying between her legs would run away any female that came her way.

Before Ruby could reply, Neal, the restaurants manager, interrupted, "Get back to work ladies, tonight we are having a very important guest visiting us and I need you," looks directly at Emma and continued, "to be on your A game, these people are partially royalty."

Ruby rolled her eyes, "Neal, who are you talking about?"

He smiled, "Look around you ladies, or should I say above you...", and with that he left the break room. Emma and Ruby turned their attention to the television above their heads and saw a picture of Chicago's newest and youngest CEO, Regina Mills.

There was the first chapter, please review and let me know what you think. Should I continue?