Fresh Start
Life after Chuck and Blair's wedding, Chuck needs to prove his innocence regarding Bart's death while Blair struggles to balance being CEO of Waldorf Designs and being a supportive wife.
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Chapter 1
A week after the honeymoon in Maldives, Chuck and Blair must return to New York after Chuck received a call from Lily about an emergency meeting with the board of Bass Industries. They needed to address the issue regarding the circumstances in Bart's death and set the record straight about Chuck's involvement in the said incident. A lot of speculation has been coming out due to the lack of evidence whether Bart fell accidentally or not.
"Chuck, I think the best thing that we should do is tell the board the truth about Bart." Blair said while on bed with Chuck a night before the Board meeting.
"I'm not sure they would believe me Blair." Chuck sighed.
"They will, and I know just what to do, Chuck we could ask the police to look into the time Bart ordered the CCTV to be turned off, or we could ask the other building owners if they have a copy of anything in that rooftop and we could ask the pilot to tell the board how you survived the jet crash!" Blair was already in plotting and scheming overdrive and abruptly sat up from the bed while still looking at Chuck's amazed face.
"Blair, while what you said makes sense, I don't think I want the police to get involved, not after they did not find anything to lock me up for murder," Chuck argued. "But I can ask my PI Mike or Andrew to look into the videos timestamps and let's see if they can anything."
"Great, this is a start, how about the pilot?" Blair asked.
"I can ask him to clear his schedule tomorrow and let him tell the story from his point of view," replied Chuck.
"Don't be afraid love, the truth is on our side this time, I realized that our life has been complicated because we have been avoiding truths and settled for half-truths or lies," Blair pondered.
"If I admitted to myself that Nate and I were not the happy couple, if he did not keep his affair and feelings for Serena, if I was honest with my feelings for you when we hooked up the first time, if I had been honest about Louis debacle and Dan, we may have saved ourselves a lot of pain and misery. Blair said while becoming teary eyed remembering their painful past."
"If I have been honest to Nate about my feelings for you, if I have been honest with myself that I wanted you then, I would never utter those hateful words to you when our affair blown up, if I said those three words eight letters from the time I felt them, if I told you about Jack and his plot about the Empire, if I didn't pretend to be Henry Prince, Eva, Raina, and a lot more lies on my part. Blair I am truly sorry for everything I've put you through."
"That is why we need to tell the truth from now on Chuck, and let's start tomorrow telling the whole board about Bart's death."
"But how about Bart's illegal dealings about the oil embargo?" Chuck countered.
"I think the best way we could deal with this is to talk to the BI lawyers and let your PI's investigate if Bart had this thing going on for how long and how much BI will be affected if the FBI gets involved."
"Ok Blair, that seems to be a sound decision to make, I don't know what to do without you," Chuck pulled Blair into a hug and kissed her forehead.
"Now let's sleep, tomorrow is a big day for us, you will be with me tomorrow?" Chuck asked.
"You don't need to ask, I'll be there with you all the way, I love you Chuck and if this is a way that you will be set free from all of this mess Bart has caused then I will be with you every step of the way."
"Thank you Blair, and I love you too so much, you know that."Chuck replied.
Authors Note: This is my very first fanfic, English is not my mother tongue so forgive me for any mistakes made. I corrected my mistake of forgetting to put quotation marks in sentences where characters converse so I re-uploaded it again after the correction. Anyway, I hope you like this story. Please leave reviews, thank you in advance.