Chapter 8

"Miss Flockhart please hold all calls" Oliver Queen spoke over th intercom to his secretary.

"Yes, Mr Queen" came her quick reply allowing Oliver to turn his full attention to the man in front of him.

"so can you arrange a meeting or not" Carter shot out after a few seconds

"Ughh" Oliver started "i'm not so sure that's a good idea" he finished seeing the look of anger on Carter's face he continued "maybe once i tell her you should give her a few days to get over the shock before you approach her" he finished hoping he'd agree

"how do you think she'll react" he asked after a few seconds taking a seat

"i don't know i've only met her twice" Oliver paused "i suppose we could call Bruce"

"why would we call him?"

"they dated" Oliver stated

"What?" Carter said jumping to his feet "she dated him, is she insane" he said with a disbelieving look on his face.

"no, and i don't think you get to pass judgment on who she dates" he answered knowing that defending Bruce wasn't the only reason for saying it.

"why so defensive about who she dates?" Carter asked looking at him suspiciously, luckily he didn't get the chance to answer as they were interupted by Miss Flockhart's raised voice.

"Miss you can't go in there Mr Queen isn't dealing with anyone at the moment"

"oh i'd like to see him deal with me" came another woman's voice ' no no please not her' Oliver thought as he turned around just in time to see a furious looking Megan come storming through his doors 'crap'

"you jackass" she barked storming over to his desk leaving a worried Miss Flockhart standing in the doorway to whom which Oliver quickly motioned to leave which she did gladly. "what the hell did you say to Henry?" she yelled now standing on the other side of his desk right beside Carter who was just staring at her. Oliver tried to open his mouth to defend himself but was quickly cut off "he's barely left me alone for the past two days sfter what you said, oh and thanks for mentioning that you knew my father to me by the way or did that just slip your mind" she said glaring at him 'if looks could kill i would be in a bodybag by now' Oliver thought "well" she barked again "anything else you'd like to tell me while why i'm here or should i just send Henry back since you apparently prefer talking about my life to him instead of me"

"Megan" Carter said standing up next to her causing Megan to turn to him as if just realising he was there

"oh sorry" she said to Carter shooting another glare at Oliver "i didn't mean to interupt our meeting" she said looking at him apologetically "Mr?"

"Hall" Carter said as a look of realisation crossed over her face she shot a look at Oliver and then back at Carter before turning and starting to leave but just as she did Carter's hand shot out and grabbed her arm which she instantly shook off shooting him a look of disgust a she stormed out of his office. Oliver quickly made to follow her motioning for Carter not to follow.

'man this girl is fast' Oliver thought as he tried to catch up with her which he finally managed to do just as she reached her car in the carpark bolting over to her and shutting the door before she could get in causing her to turn around to face him her back being pressed to the car as Oliver placed an arm on either side of her to prevent her from leaving .

"what do you want Oliver?" she asked not meeting his eye but he could hear the pain and confusion in her voice as she looked at the ground he wasn't sure what he was doing as he placed one hand under her chin forcing her to look at him seeing the hurt in her eyes Oliver just almost instinctively bowed his head and brushed her lips with his before he kissed her trying to comfort her. After a few seconds she began to kiss him back as she placed her arms around his neck and he buried one hand in her hair and wrapped his other arm around her waist dragging her body in closer trying to take away some of the pain from her all the while thinkin 'this is right'