Code of Silence

Untitled Part 28

PRESENT DAY

Oliver paced the penthouse, his eyes determined. Noah now knew about Zoya, he had seen her. He had seen the fear in Felicity's eyes and he knew at that moment he would do whatever it took not see that look again. Slade had been furious, and he knew that if Zoya had not been with them that he would have cut Noah down where he stood. Felicity walked into the living room, having placed Zoya in her crib. They had decided to keep the penthouse after they had married to use on occasions when Oliver had to work late or just as a getaway. At this moment she was glad they had made that decision.

"Lev! We need to do something about my Dad. I don't know why but I am getting a bad feeling. His words.....they were almost foreboding." she said, wrapping her arms around his waist. "If he ever got his hands on her....", Felicity said, and Oliver's eyes hardened to cold steel. "He won't, I can promise you that my love." She laid her head on his chest, the sound of his heartbeat soothing her.

Slade soon walked back in having gone to check the building, his protective instincts kicking in where Zoya was concerned, "The building is secure. I placed some men at all the entrances just in case." he said, looking at Oliver. They had worked well together when they were in Russia, and Oliver had no issue with Slade taking charge of his men. He trusted him with his daughter's life and knew he was doing everything to protect her.

Oliver sighed, "Listen, I need to go to the south side for a few hours. We are working on getting the territory for the Bratva, and I need to meet with my men there." He looked down at Felicity and gently cupped her cheeks. "You and Zoya stay here with Slade until I return." He kissed her and looked at Slade. "Slade do not leave their side.", he said.

Slade nodded, and Oliver turned and grabbed his helmet and his keys. "I will take the Ducati." He took the elevator down and walked to his bike. He was going to go chat with his men today. They needed to get that territory, but before he did he was going to have a word with one Mr. Noah Cutler.

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Noah paced in his office his mind working overtime. Running into Felicity and her daughter had been a surprise. He had planned on seeing them both, but running into them had just upped his time table for that. He was glad it did. He needed to get a handle on both Felicity and her husband and what better way than through their daughter. The stocky, muscled bodyguard might cause a problem but he could deal with that when the time arose.

He sat at his desk and started to work on some paperwork that the Civello's had sent over that morning. He detested the grunt work, but to keep in their good graces he had to do it. He looked up as he heard his door open and he tried to hide his surprise when Oliver Queen walked in the door and shut it quietly behind him.

"Well Mr. Queen! What a surprise. You must have heard that I saw Felicity and your daughter this morning. She is beautiful by the way.", he said as he leaned back comfortably in his chair. This was his building, his territory, he felt quite comfortable despite the fact he was alone with the leading mob boss in Starling and a Bratva Captain. Queen couldn't touch him! Noah smirked. But he would soon find out he didn't have to physically touch him.

Oliver calmly took a seat across from Noah, and leveled him with a cold hard gaze. "I did hear that. Which is precisely why I came to talk to you. You see, my daughter and my wife are the two most important people in my life Mr. Cutler. And that being said, I just want to make something very clear to you." He casually crossed one leg over the other and gave Noah a deadly look. "You are to go nowhere near either one of them ever again. I don't want you within 20 feet of them. You see them on the street you turn and go the other way. Because you see, I learned a few things while I was in Russia." He reached in his pocket and pulled out a knife flicking it open. He casually played with the blade as he stared at Noah.