Boardroom Showdown

Chapter Twenty Nine

Steffy's POV

Thomas and Wyatt walked out of the stage and the DJ started playing the music soon the first model went up and strutted down the runway. The oos and ahhs and enthusiastic claps got me really excited and happy. They continued throughout the whole show as we all watched from the back stage area as we got really excited. Nearly an hour later and all the models had gone up and I was next.

"Break a leg." Elizabeth told me and I went up there and posed behind the curtain waiting for it to be dropped.

"And now ladies and gentlemen modeling the showstopper for the night. The One And Only Steffy Forrestor!" I heard Wyatt say in a deep voice in the mic and a second later the curtains dropped. I heard the people literally gasping for air and even though I wanted to smile proudly at our accomplishment I kept my poker face on and I owned that runway. As soon as I went backstage I was greeted by a hug from Elizabeth and before either of us could truly squeal Thomas grabbed her and pulled her on stage. When they entered the stage the crowd clapped and gave them a standing ovation as I smiled happily backstage.

Elizabeth's POV

When the commotion settled down backstage I grabbed Thomas's arm and pulled him away from the group. He was kind of suprised but he didn't fight me. When we were alone I didn't try to hide my emotions from him.

"Thank you for today, coming to my rescue when those idiots showed up." I said trying to seem as genuine as I truly was. His response however was too cold and I didn't hide that it hurt me.

"No problem." He said simply but somewhat dissapointed I guess. He turned around to leave but I grabbed his arm and pulled him back.

"Why have you been avoiding me Thomas?" I bluntly asked and he just shrugged his shoulders.

"What do you expect Elizabeth, I told you how I felt about you and you said you didn't want to be with me. Though the thing that truly sucks is that you aren't giving me a good enough reason. You keep bringing up my father and I keep trying to tell you I'm not him. You just seem so detirm...." He said bringing tears to my eyes, but I inturupted him in his sentence with the flick of my hand basically telling him to shut up.

"I know I'm frustrating you and I don't blame you if you moved on but if you haven't meet me at your family's estate in an hour. I'll be by the pool and I promise I'll explain everything." I said pleadingly and before he could reply I left to plan my apology to him and hope that he does decide to show up.

Wyatt's POV

I was about to head backstage to give a speech since the show was finished but before I could Liam grabbed my arm.

"Hey can we talk?" He asked.

"Yeah what about?" I asked him even though I had a pretty good guess.

"I know you've been avoiding me Wyatt and I know I was wrong  and I was an idiot and you have every reason to hate me but Wyatt, I really need you to forgive me, I want my brother back." He asked and the sincerity in his voice was there that it truly touched my heart.

"I don't hate you Liam, I never did. I hated what you wanted to do but I never hated you, I just needed some time to get through it but I've been really thinking about a lot of things and I realised something. I moved on, it was a terrible tergdy but it wasn't your fault. I can't lose my brother over a what if. We can't let Hope win, we need to stay as a family united against our enemies and to do that we need to forgive each other." I told him and he gave me a hug which I recipocrated. Ivy came up to us as soon as we pulled away.

"Finally, you know you boys need to learn how to talk more!" She yelled out and we laughed.

"Well I'll see you guys later I have to go find Steffy." I told them and I ran off. I went backstage to find nearly everyone was gone and Steffy was just coming out of her specified dressing room. I hid behind the wall next to it as she came in and started searching through her phone. I sneaked up from behind her and got my mouth really close to her ear.

"Have I ever told you that just the sight of you makes me go insane and how you are totally out of my league?" I said seductively in to her ear and a smile came across her face.

"Well once or twice." She said as she turned around with a pouty look on her face and put her hands around my neck.

"What! Well that won't do it now would it. I need to appreciate the beautiful woman I was blessed to look at me." I said sarcastically and she laughed as we leaned in for our incredibly magical, sexy kisses.

"Well come on hot shot we need to go upstairs and look over the number of orders that are about to be brought down on us." She said as she took my hand and led me to our office and I grunted in frustration. As soon as we were in the corridor of the office I looked left and right to see if anyone was around and when I made sure there wasn't I ran up, grabbed Steffy from her hips, turned her around and slammed her against the door. I looked deeply into those mesmerising green eyes and just couldn't help but crash my lips into hers, she was laughing through the kiss so I stopped and went in for her neck as I nibbled up and down, kissing it as she kept saying my name through her laughter. She opened the door and we went inside laughing until we heard a voice coming from behind us.

"Wyatt." She said so fakingly soft and me and Steffy recognised the voice immediately and just stared at each other as the anger built up in both of us. We turned around to face the girl I just thought I was lucky enough to get rid of and to make matters worse she was dressed in freaking lingerie. I thought to myself "Hello slut police, I have your number one target." I can't believe she thinks I'm shallow enough that she'll seduce me away from the girl I loved with a pair of undies.

"What the hell do you want Hope?!" I yelled out angirly.

"And don't humiliate yourself even more by putting some clothes on!" Steffy fired her voice seething with anger.

"Well how about you take your hands off of Wyatt and then I wouldn't need any clothes at all." She said and me and Steffy widened our eyes at her response but before Steffy could answer I quickly got the comeback.

"Get the heck out of here you psycho! Don't you dare come near me or this company or anyone I care about. Oh and by the way I'm going to file a restraining order and ban you from here completely. So I suggest you little tramp take whatever dignity you have left and get out!" I yelled angirly.

"Come on Wyatt you know you want me, haven't you heard when you have a Logan nothing else can compare." She said pretending to be seductive while I decided to let Steffy handle that one since I was too busy rolling my eyes.

"That's when these men want nothing more than a good lay. You know why because that's all your kind can offer just a good screw in the bedroom. But when these people start to look for substance and love they realise you are just shallow human beings with no soul. Now I suggest you get the heck out before I grab you from those damn locks and throw you out myself." She said and the cool in her voice during the threat made it all the more chilling and her even more sexy than before. When Hope didn't move Steffy truly grabbed her from her hair and didn't stop at just throwing her out of my office but she actually went downstairs and threw out of the company's front gate as I just stood by and watched admirengly. When Hope was out Steffy came back and stood in front of me anger oozing out of her.

"I swear Wyatt if I see that girl anywhere near here I'm going to!" She said punching her fists together, every word she said filled with anger.

"What, what are you going to do?" I asked her challengingly, she looked me into eyes and before I knew it she grabbed my collar and our faces and mouths collided into an extraordinary kiss filled with the passion we had for each other and within us. When we pulled away I smiled and grabbed her hand guiding her out of the front door.

"Come on, I have a suprise for you." I told her as I dragged her to my Mercedes, as we headed home.

Hope's POV

"Good lay huh, we'll see if you get layed tonight little miss Steffy. I think your boyfriend will be too busy worrying about something else." I said smiling maliciously knowing that my plan has already probably been set in motion.

Elizabeth's POV

I was speeding down the streets and just as I was close to the Forrestor mansion and my heart beated faster by the second. Suddenly a car came in speeding in and stopped in front of me, three large men came out of it and one was holding a baseball bat. I looked behind and saw another three similar men come from a car which stopped behind me. What the hell was going on.