It had been a few weeks since Oliver and Laurel had returned from their honeymoon and both were getting back to work. Laurel had quickly taken back control at City Hall and resumed her duties as mayor, though right now, her main concern was dealing with the fallout for not being there when Brick attacked, though in her defense, how was she supposed to know Brick would attack while she was on her honeymoon, though she commended Rene, since while she wasn't happy he'd consented to Brick's demands, she understood why he did it. She was however trying to keep him to passing legislation to deputize the vigilantes, since first of all, she and Oliver had agreed that the team would work best if they weren't affiliated with the police and second, she was worried about what other lowlifes might try to advantage of it.

Oliver on the other hand was starting to settled in to his new role at Queen Consolidated, which he'd actually use to start a program to help the Glades and other impoverished areas of Star City, having the company hold fundraisers and fund projects to help the Glades. Walter was all for Oliver's ideas and the rest of the board put up with them because it was good PR for Queen Consolidated.

"Oliver." Walter said as he entered Oliver's office.

"Walter, I didn't realize that we have a meeting." Oliver said.

"No don't worry, this is something that just came up." Walter said.

"Okay, I'm listening." Oliver said.

"You remember how Ray Palmer died a few months ago?" Walter asked and Oliver nodded, since Ray had supposedly died when the top level of the Star City Palmer Tech building exploded, though Oliver had his suspicions on what had really happened to him.

"Yeah, so?" Oliver asked.

"Well, Queen Consolidated is on the verge of buying Palmer Technologies out, since ever since Mr. Palmer died, his company has suffered greatly. I want you to negotiate the deal." Walter said.

"Are you sure I'm ready for that?" Oliver asked.

"Oliver, you're going to have to make deals like this when you're the CEO and that will be soon." Walter said, since they'd agreed that Oliver would take over as acting CEO after Moira gave birth, Oliver still couldn't believe that his mother was pregnant, but, at least now she had a chance to raise a kid right, though considering how he and Thea were acting now, he guessed they could've come out worse.

"Still." Oliver said.

"You're ready and you won't be doing it alone." Walter assured him and Oliver finally nodded.

"Okay then." Oliver said, agreeing to do it.

"Still getting used to both of us having real jobs now." Laurel said with a smile as she saw Oliver enter their penthouse after work.

"Yeah, honestly, this will take some getting used to. Especially when we have kids." Oliver said.

"Well, one good thing about our jobs is that we're both the bosses." Laurel said and Oliver chuckled.

"So anyways, how was work?" Laurel asked.

"Walter asked me to handle the negotiations for Queen Consolidated buying Palmer Tech next week." Oliver said.

"Huh, they're getting bought out?" Laurel asked.

"Their CEO dying in a fiery explosion that demolished the top floor of the building severely damaged their stock margin. QC's been buying up shares of the company for months, but now we're finally going to close the deal." Oliver said.

"You almost sound like a real businessman." Laurel said and Oliver smiled.

"I almost am one." Oliver pointed out.

"Well, business man, are you too tired for dinner?" Laurel asked.

"No, as long as you're not cooking." Oliver said teasingly to his wife.

"Hey, I've gotten better since the last time I tried cooking for you." Laurel defended.

"Sweetheart, I love you, but while you have many wonderful talents, cooking is not one of them. There's no shame in that. You've always done your best to get away from stereotypes." Oliver said.

"I know, but when we have kids, I don't want them to only rely on you for real cooking. Besides, I want to be able to cook for you every once and awhile without you faking food poisoning." Laurel said.

"I wasn't faking it the last time I ate your food." Oliver said.

"Watch it or you'll be sleeping down here tonight." Laurel said.

"Consider me warned." Oliver said and Laurel smiled.

"You know, I could teach you to cook." Oliver said.

"Where did you learn how to cook. Before the island, I've never seen you cook a day in your life." Laurel said.

"I learned to take care of myself in more ways than one." Oliver said simply and prevented Laurel from asking anymore questions by kissing her.