Delicate - Emily Blunt x Reader

22 - Mastermind

"If you fail to plan, you plan to fail."
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Emily drives you to Dwayne's an hour before the party is scheduled to start to help him get ready. He greets you both at the door, one arm around each of you. You think this is what it would be like to hug a giant teddy bear. When you pull away, you realize that his touch lingers on Emily longer than it did you. Envy boils in your stomach. They're just friends, so why does this bother you so much.

Dwayne studies Emily's face. The swelling under her eyes has gone down, and you did a pretty good job of covering the color. His eyes trail down her body. Emily picked out a black mesh top, completely see through to reveal a black lacy bra. It's going to be a challenge all night to look her in the eyes instead of lower down her body. Her black leather skirt hangs lowly on her hips.

Being at your own house, you picked out a pair of dark green pants, a silky black button-up, leaving the top button undone, and a matching dark green blazer.

"Did Nolan and Natalia reply?" You ask Dwayne, saying whatever comes to your mind to break his stare on Emily.

"They'll be here," he nods, "and so will the press."

You can't help but smile at the possibility of revealing the real Nolan Eldridge to the world. The one who lies and cheats and hurts.

Emily's hands grip the bottom of her skirt nervously. You reach over to take one of her hands. "It's going to work out, Em. I promise."

Emily smiles and reaches over to straighten the collar of your blazer. "Thank you for doing this for me, Y/N."

"Emily, I would walk through hell and back a million times just to see you smile. This is nothing," you say.

As you make your way through Dwayne's mansion, Emily's arm slides beneath your blazer and around your waist, her fingertips teasing at your waistband. You rest your arm around her shoulder, pulling her closer to you where you know her body fits perfectly against yours.

"Hey, lovebirds," Dwayne calls across the kitchen, "do we want to go through the plan one more time?"

You nod and roll your eyes at Dwayne's name for the two of you. It can't hurt. Louis wrote it all out for you. Being an aspiring screenwriter, he is perfect at planning and considering all possibilities.

"When Nolan and Natalia arrive, Y/N, you'll take Nat. She loves you. Give her a tour of the house like she's never been here before. Offer her a drink. Keep her occupied while I'm with Nolan. As far as everyone knows, we're still together. So I'll give off the impression for as long as I can. Then, I'll tell Nolan that I'm going home for the night," Emily explains, "Nolan and Natalia will reunite, showing everyone that he's playing me."

"Sounds perfect to me," you reply.

"There's one important thing," Dwayne chimes in, "This might be hard for you two, but you have to stay apart. Remember, the narrative they're releasing tomorrow is that Emily is the one cheating on Nolan with Y/N. If you two interact, our whole plan is ruined."

You nod. You are more than capable of resisting the temptations of Emily Blunt for one night. Besides, if this all works out, Emily will be a free agent. The door will be open to spend the rest of your lives together, not that that would ever happen.

With that, the doorbell rings. Emily plants a quick kiss on your cheek as she passes you to go to the foyer and greet the first guests. Matt Damon and Robert Downey Junior tumble in, practically tackling Emily with their embrace.

The two men worked together on Oppenheimer, but you had no idea they were this close in real life. From what you've seen of them, they seem inseparable.