Felicity fought the passing urge to jab a pointed finger at Oliver for the smile that pulled at his features. This was serious. This was...incredibly serious. Felicity, better than Oliver and Dig both, knew the math....the percentages. She knew that Oliver's family needed this company back, she knew that Oliver needed this, and she knew that the team needed this too.
Did she need this? Not really. She was doing this because....well, why was she doing this? Why had she agreed to do this? Oliver could have picked anyone, but ultimately she was the choice. She was the person that he could trust. She understood the importance, she was unattached, and on paper it made sense.
In practice not so much. Would anybody actually believe this? Would anyone really believe that Oliver and her were real? The little thoughts that had been held at bay were all flooding her mind right now.
Only to come to a startling halt at Oliver's hands on her arms, and the order. She did as told and sucked in a breath, letting it out after a moment, looking up at his face through her glasses, calmed...to a degree. "I know." Felicity bobbed her head in a nod, and it was the truth. She understood how much this meant to him, fully. Letting out another breath, Felicity relaxed, well, as much as one could when marrying someone at a courthouse in order to save the other person's company. "I know, and I'm okay. I just needed a little moment to...." Felicity raised her hands in a little bit of a spazzy gesture, along with accompanying noise before dropping her hands, focusing back on Oliver's face.
He was steady. He was calm. They could do this. They had to, it was for a reason.
"I'm okay, I mean, maybe not okay, but I'm ready. I'm resolute and we're doing this, no doubt about that." Felicity forced a smile, though, it was definitely not natural. "Because I know how much it means, and I know I'll be okay, that we're doing this for the right reasons, even though my mom might not see it that way when she actually finds out, but I don't actually have to tell her and I'm doing it again so I'm going to stop...now."