Broken Hearts Club

Chapter 22

She raced out his penthouse with gritted teeth and clenched fists. How dare he bespeak of her so lowly, like she's some worthless gold digger or fame seeker. She might not be as rich or as famous as the Rogers, she knows, but she will not accept any disrespectful actions done towards her.

He shouts her name from behind her, rushing to catch her, "Natasha!" He stepped right in front of her, blocking her path.

"I wanna go home," she said sternly, not bothering to look into his eyes, trying to hide the sting of pain on the corner of her eyes, from sadness and anger.

"Let me take you," he offered her, grabbing ahold of her wrists. She shook her head and stepped on just to be stopped by Steve again.

"I'm sorry, Nat! I'm sorry for my dad," he apologized and she looked away from his pleading eyes.

"I don't want to waste my time, Rogers!" She hissed out, "Why is it that I need to have a reason to love you? So if I'm not as rich as you or as famous as you I can't do so? It's unfair, he treats me like all I want from you is your money and your fame while I don't! I don't," she blurts out as her mind goes in a flurry.

He puts his arm around her as he pulled her close, her head fitting perfectly under his chin, "I know, Nat. I know. It's just what fathers do , especially after this whole Sharon thing," she cringed at his words,"he just wants to look out after me, you know? He's making sure I don't go dating another wrong person. I'm sorry if his words came out wrong or offensive, it's just how he is," he explained but silent was her reply, "You'll understand when our son or daughter brings home their date, we definitely want to make sure their dating the right person,  right?"

She punched him in the stomach and pulled away, her lips tugged up into a small smile, "You think too far."

"What you don't want us to go that far?" He said with an amused look which earned him a stare from the redhead.

"Okay, okay, we'll talk about that later. Now, what do you say? Would you please forgive my dad? His intentions are the best I guarantee," he tried to convince her with his puppy eyes - yes they do look like puppy eyes - which of course never fails to convince her.

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She reminded herself again why she's here. Right, to help Wanda out. After a near awkward apology session with his dad, they continued on with their dinner, the mood lightening up a bit as soon as Wanda began to talk about her plans for her wedding. It was then when the brunette excused herself to answer a phone call from work.

"What do you mean the show can't go on?! I can do perfectly fine without an assistant or a guest," she argued with the voice on the other end of the call.

"Well then find a guest!"

"You want me to find the guest?!" She snorted,"remind me what my job is again?"

"No! You can't just cancel my show are you crazy?!" Wanda raised her voice, earning a look from the whole table. That was when her eyes met Natasha's and suddenly a gleaming bright light bulb appeared on her mind.

"Wait! Never mind, I got a guest. Natasha Romanoff can be the guest," she said onto the phone and Natasha's eyes widened in surprise, so does Steve's as he nearly choked on his beef.

"You don't know who she is?! Do you even watch the TV? You work in a TV station damnit!" Wanda was sure as hell pissed. "Things aside, she's gonna be the guest. My show's not cancelled. Good night," she replied shortly before hanging up the phone.