Felicity entered the lair to all heads turning in her direction, Roy was shooting some arrows and Dig, Oliver and Laurel were sparring. Keep up appearances Smoak she began to think to herself.
"Hey ya'll" she froze realising what she just said, her eyes widening, so much for keeping up appearances that was beyond not normal. She took large steps to her desk and sat down, facing away from everyone.
"Why howdy there cowgirl" Roy joked, earning a death glare from Felicity. Everyone continued with what they were doing and hour in everyone began to disperse, for dinner and other arrangements, the night was quiet and it was not until Felicity had mentioned that Oliver needed to attend a party tonight that the board was holding for new investors.
"Oliver tonight is quiet and you have to be there, you're CEO" she chimed at him.
"Yeah, I'm just going to head home and get changed" as he was about to walk out of the lair he turned his attention back to her. "You have to come with me" he managed to say softly, taking steps towards her.
"What no, why would I …"
"Because to the world we are Mr and Mrs Queen, and at this function you have to be there, they are expecting you to be there, they are expecting us and investors and …"
"FINE" she picked up her bag, she just didn't want to argue she was so tired of arguing and she was tired of crying she was all out of tears and all out of fight. "Need to go home and change".
"I'll pick you up in an hour" he said, but she never turned around to face him.
Felicity managed to find a dress in her closet a black fitted dress and she wore her red heels which happened to be an extra inch than the rest because the dress was longer than her usual ones. She finally felt like she had managed to compose herself and that all she had to do was play pretend for a short while until the divorce and she can finally get on with her life. She had promised herself that she would move on officially and forever from Oliver Queen and that she would find herself a nice guy, a normal nice guy she repeated to herself.
Oliver knocked on her door, he was nervous things had been too awkward, too weird, and too tense. When she opened the door she didn't even look at him, as she closed the door behind her and walked up to his Bentley and getting in without giving Oliver the chance to hold it open for her. The whole journey was quiet as the driver drove them to one of the board's house because Dig took the night off.
When Oliver and Felicity walked towards the house there was press everywhere, Oliver took Felicity's hand and managed to place himself behind her, shielding her from everything. One of the board members greeted them and said in Oliver's ear that they need turn around and take pictures, he gritted his teeth faced Felicity, drawing her in by her waist mouthing to her please.
She smiled at him and turned to face the press, all the cameras were flustering her, she didn't know in which direction to turn, she kept looking left to right not knowing what to do. Oliver drew her close to him and kissed her temple, using his arm around her waist he directed her in which direction to look. Once photos were taken they got inside and began to mingle with the guests.
"Mr and Mrs Queen" Mrs Rogers said, her husband being on the board, "Really glad you can make it, was unsure, newlyweds do not usually want to leave the house" she giggled.
"Mrs Rogers looking stunning as ever" Oliver said leaning in to kiss her on the cheek. With Felicity just smiling at her, Oliver led Felicity towards their table handing her a glass of champagne. Oliver leaned over to her once they were seated whispering in her ear. "I'm sorry about this, but we have to …"
Felicity began to giggle and turned her head now whispering in his ear "I know, pretend, act, and fake it" she smiled whilst she straightened his shirt. Unbeknown to her how much she just hurt his feelings, Oliver managed to place his hand on her knee, whilst looking around the room, he began to draw circles on her knee sending shivers down her spine, which she had to shake off quickly, shouting to herself not to think anything of it. Once they hand finished their meal, they began to mingle again with some of the quests, all of which wanted to see the ring and congratulate them.
Oliver noticed, her becoming a little restless, tired of smiling at everyone, tired of telling everyone how they met, and showing people her ring, he leaned in and told her that they had to speak to one more investor and then they could head home. "Mr Stevens, Mrs Stevens" Oliver smiled, shaking Mr Stevens hand and leaning in for a kiss to Mrs Stevens, as Felicity followed with a kiss on both. She smiled, hesitating to say anything, she had bit her tongue tonight, she had played the doting wife, she did not want her mouth to say something and show Oliver up.
"Mrs Queen, loving the dress, who are you wearing?" Mrs Stevens asked as Oliver and Mr Steven slowly talked some logistics about the new investors.
"Oh, thank you, got this from a small boutique, no one famous" she said, great, why didn't she make it up, but Mrs Stevens was a filthy rich woman always in the news was one of the elite and she probably would know if she made it up.
"I am surprised to hear that you two are not living together" she said as she linked her husband's arm drawing him into the conversation.
Oliver noticed the question had taken her by surprise and she had no idea what to say, he placed his hand on her back, moving closer to her, "Well, we are looking for an apartment, my apartment is not really something full time" worst excuse, worst cover story ever he knew it, why didn't she stay with him until they found a place or vice versa. Felicity noticed he had clenched his mouth into a smile, knowing full well he had just served a load of crap.
"Oliver has been considering the Queen Mansion, wants us to move into his family home, only seems fitting, but nothing has been decided yet, besides we see each other all day long" she laughed as she placed her hand on Oliver's chest.
"Oh, the Queen Mansion, of course, it will be great, your parents would be proud Oliver and the mansion will not seem so quiet now, so when can we expect little Queens" the larger brunette woman said looking at them.
"Yes Queen, when are you two bringing heirs to the throne" Mr Stevens laughed.
"We have not discussed it" Oliver said, hoping they would leave it at that.
"Is that not the reason, you married in the first place" the woman asked, finally wanting to know the answer to the question that everyone has been wondering.
They both widened their eyes in shock, "What no, no kids, I am not pregnant, not why we got married, and we have not discussed kids yet" Felicity quickly added, oh no she thought she could feel her brain about to let her mouth say more but she couldn't help herself "we are only have sex, safe sex, a lot of safe sex, so no kids" she opened her mouth pretending to laugh, with no noises being released. All three of them looked at her in shock, Oliver almost choked on his drink of what she had just said, she could feel herself slumming down, trying to make herself seem really small.
Finally they said their goodbyes as quickly and efficiently as possible and went outside in direction of their car. "Oliver I'm sorry, so sorry, for embarrassing you, showing you up and …"
"Felicity, hey, it's nothing, that's not what I'm thinking about, they are right we need to move into together, avoid suspicion, also it could get dangerous I need you by my side, my apartment has security I need you to be safe"
"What no, no I have Roy, no, I, no" she shook her head.
"Felicity, please do not fight me on this, on this one thing, they will keep getting restless, and I need you safe please" he squeezed her shoulder. He could see something that had not been in her eyes before, he had seen defeat, and this broke his heart, that wasn't her, she never gave up, she was stubborn and would probably never admit if she was wrong, she would find some way to make it seem like she was right.
"Ok" she whispered, as she turned and walked to the car, yet again not waiting for him, she had been all out of tears, all out of fight, she was so tired, she just wanted to do whatever it took to make it easier for the both of them so that they could finally get back to the way things were.
Short chapter again, thank you for the reviews, enjoy reading, I do want to apologize for late updates, I do feel like I am neglecting this story but I will try my hardest for quicker and daily updates.