This was an idea of a story with numerous chapters then discovered I enjoyed writing another story better, but it had the same storyline. I decided on the other story instead '" The Visit" so I put this one on the back burner. Instead of leaving it on the back burner I decided to post it as a series on one shots. Let's hope I can complete both to the satisfaction of the readers

I Married my Temptation

Ch3

FPOV

Fitz listened to the last speaker of the day, happy the conference was nearing its end. Two more days now seems like two more weeks. He hated being away from his family, it had been ten days since he tucked his children in bed. Ten days since he held his wife in his arms.

Fitzgerald Thomas Grant III had totally embraced the family life and the family life had embraced him. The former playboy was now the very satisfied husband of Olivia Pope Grant and the father of son Fitzgerald IV five, and twin daughters Susan and Mary, three.

He never even imagined his life as it had unfolded the girls who had taken over the and his son who has embraced his sisters as a necessary evil. He remembered his pregnant hormonal wife with her supersize cravings of food and sex. The sex he did not mind, but the melons and ice cream at 4 am sometimes presented a problem. When they discovered they were expecting to add two new members to their family it was not easy news for a 30 and 35 years old couple who were free spirits. That free spirit cord had been clipped, burned, compacted and hurled into space. Nope, he enjoyed being that family man that's why he was only hearing every fifth word from the speaker, he had to get home.

The conference planned to last 7 days had been expended due to weather and unexpected emergencies. What started out as 5 days had stretched out to 10 with 2 yet to go. The kids were asking when he would be home, Skyping would no longer do it for him, his wife or kids, in addition his wife was handling a case involving a congresswoman and infidelity while her husband was away. Both he and his wife understood what it took to make a successful business, that did not make it any easier on either of them

Cyrus, friend and conference organizer, sat down next to home and asked

"did your razor break or is this the new look for corporate heads?

Fitz rubbed his hands over his face, he was so out of sorts he forgot to shave. Cyrus gave him that I know look and told him …"Ill wrap up the next two days, you head home your head is not here anyway. , If I need you can return for the final dinner…, and bring your wife"

Fitz shook his hand and bolted from the room. He tried to call Liv but her phone went directly to voicemail. When he contacted the office phone he was told she was completing the last crucial points but she would get the message he called asap. He wasn't concerned about her missing his call they had talked a couple of hours ago and knew she would be off the grid for a while. Before closing all the doors and locking all the windows she would check on the wellbeing of the kids and let him know she would be unavailable. He knew he could always get her a message if necessary.

Fitz did not bother to pack, he just threw everything into a suitcase and notified the pilot about the change in plans as he headed to the airfield. He tried Liv again, no success , he then sent her a text and e-mail to their private family account. He checked his parents to make sure the kids were still spending the weekend with them then headed home 5 days late but still 3 days early.

He smelled her perfume as she slid into the seat next to him. As she gave him that come hither look he knew he made the right decision to come home early and surprise her in this way. She never acknowledges him and allowed her to play the scene out like she wanted he just went with her lead .

As he held his wife he was happy Cyrus suggested Pope and Associates to help resolve a sexual harassment complaint against one of the younger doctors. He remembered standing at the hospital elevator with another doctor talking when he noticed the other doctor, Stephens who was looking over his shoulder mouth drop open. He turned to see a 5 feet vision dressed in all white walking towards him wearing shoes too tall to stand in how could she walk in them. She walked up to the elevator, checked the directory, spoke to them and walked into the waiting elevator leaving them both standing there looking at each other. They followed asking if she needed help, "thanks no thanks. I know my floor. She got off on the 7th floor and they watched as she entered the office of the head pediatric nurse, Lynn. Noting this they closed the door and continued to the 9th floor to meet with human resources to receive an update on the case.

Neither Fitz, nor Stephen were directly involved but because they were department heads they wanted to keep up with the of the new procedures that were being put in place that would help avoid a repeat of what happened

Fitz was not interested in sitting through the presentation until the vision he saw in the hall 30 minutes ago in the hall walk into the conference room, she was Olivia Pope from the firm brought in to solve their problem and suggest guidelines to stop the possibility of another. He quickly took a seat and listened attentively.

Olivia and her team explained the new procedure. As the meeting was breaking up Fitz introduced himself and asked if she would have dinner with him. She refused saying she never mixes business with pleasure, I always keep my business life separate from my personal life

'Coffee in the cafeteria, could be considered business ", she countered ", it's still personal just in a business setting."

The teams had several meeting which Fitz make certain to attend although he did not have any direct involvement, a fact noted by his father and CEO Fitzgerald

Thomas Grant ll. Fitz repeated the invitation to coffee, she always refused. After the plan was completed and implemented the group was having a follow-up meeting a couple of months later, Fitz again asked her for coffee, she again declined

"It's no longer business, haven't we concluded everything'

"nope, your hospital decided to put my firm on retainer, we will be business associates for some time into the future, her way of saying its unprofessional to have any personal contact with him, she walked out of the door and out of his life.

Over two months later after uncounted cold showers and numerous flower deliveries Fitz found his opening, he discovered the person she had stopped to see three months ago was her sister, Lynn who was a peds surgical nurse.

He knew Lynn from different hospital related concerns but he was a tad apprehensive to ask her about her sister so he used his father as the go between, that was after he used his mother to invite Olivia to a small hospital gathering but this was torpedoes when Olivia had to leave early. Now it was his father's turn he hoped he could,… would help

He called his father and invited him to lunch which was not unusual but Fitz asked his father to have lunch outside the hospital, which was unusual. They walked to a nearby park, Gerry knew what Fitz wanted but he was not going to make this easy for him. He knew about Olivia's invitation to the very small hospital related dinner and since it fell through he knew, if his son were serious, he was the next up to help..

"Lunch, in the park, from a food truck when I have a private dining area, what a novelty son, what can I do for you that could not have been done in the comfort of my airconditioned office?" Gerry Grant said

"Do you know Lynn from pediatrics?"

" Of course, one of our best employees, exceptional nurse, we were lucky to land her."

"I need you to make an appointment to see her, I need to talk to her"

"why can't you just talk to her"

"Hospital gossip, "

"What do you need to talk to her about?"

"Her sister"

"her sister, Olivia?"

"How do you know she us Olivia's sister?"

"I checked her background before we hired her. Her family members included a peds nurse, Lynn, who works here. We were going to hire her firm to save us millions and save our reputation it was natural that I find out as much about her as possible, I wanted to know if she were up to the job. When I saw a sister Lynn, who was a peds nurse I pulled Lynn's file from HR."

"When I saw you return to your seat at the first meeting I knew you were smitten, then you showed up at every meeting after, later you got your mother involved with the bogus invitation which fell through and….. I talked her after she turned down your numerous coffee invitations."

"You talked to her about my coffee invitations?"

"yes, I asked her … about you"

"asked her what?"

"if I had to be worried about a sexual harassment complaint against my son"

"and"

:"and she said she did not mix her personal life with her business life"

"OH"

"I am aware of the truck load of flowers you have sent her, that's not working so now you need my help."

"yes, I just want to talk to her sister to see if there is any way to convince her to see me"

"are you interested because she will become another conquest or are you interested because you like her?"

"I like her"'

"ok, I will help, I'll schedule a meeting with Lynn tomorrow"

Next day

Lynn is headed for the CEO's office, it's akin to going the principal's office. She knows she did not do anything wrong, she also knows her filed had been pulled by CEO Gerry Grant a month ago. His secretary Charlotte escorted her to his office where he met her at the door with a handshake and an offer of a beverage. He then excised himself saying he was off to work on something in another room

Why would he ask her to a meeting then excuse himself, Lynn though until she saw another person in the room. He recognized that person as his son Fitzgerald, Fitz.

Fitz introduced himself and stuttering, looking at the floor, he started to explain "Lynn I'm sorry, this is not hospital business, its personal. I met your sister Olivia several months ago and she refuses to accept any personal contact from me"

Lynn's, eyes grew wide, You, you are the one"

"The one what?"

"The one my sister is always talking about"

"She's talking about me?"

"It's you,….. blue eyes head full of unruly curls, no name, no other info but it's you, no doubt….She has been talking about you non-stop for the past two months. The flowers are from you right"

"guilty, Is she interested? "

"More than interested she has picked out the names for your children"

"so why the cold shoulder?"

"She never mixes her business and her personal life but let's see if I can find a way to take you both out of your misery. Dr. Grant if you are looking to add her to your list of conquest, I fill filet you, ….. do you understand?"

"yes"

"We meet once a month with old personal and college friends at The Other Place. Good timing on your part, we are meeting tomorrow, be there"

"Ok, remember Dr. Grant, I will filet you and her team will dispose of the parts… don't hurt her"

"I promise"

"no promises, just be straight . If, after coffee ,she isn't what you want just walk away, can you do that,".

" I can,,,,,,, thanks"

Lynn contacted Abby to make sure Olivia would show up

"what' up Lynn, something I should know about?"

"you know the anonymous head full of hair and blue eyes, I know who it is and he will be there just make sure Olivia is."

" good, this should be interesting . It's been a long time since she had a romantic interest. How did you find out who it was.?"

"He found me, we will talk about it later, just make sure she is there"

Next day Lynn is standing talking to Dr., Grant when Olivia enters the restaurant.

"Olivia, this is Dr. Grant from the hospital…. are you joining someone Dr.? "

"nope, a friend suggested it, a little lie, so I decided to give it a look"

Olivia looked at them both," it's only halfway across town and I would think a tad low key for your taste Dr. Grant'"

"Do you know Dr. Grant Olivia Lynn said continuing the façade?"

Olivia gave her a look that said PLEASE and returned her attention to Fitz who was now addressing her

"Halfway across town from where Ms. Pope, depends on where you are coming from"

"Where are you coming from Dr. Grant?", Olivia snapped back at him

"From an appointment and I needed a good cup of coffee. Do they serve coffee here, if so maybe we can finally have a cup"?

Olivia gave them both a I don't believe this look and headed for their table, Lynn beckoned for Fitz to follow whispering to him not to worry, he was in good hands now. As soon as he was introduced around the table everyone recognized what was happening and they all began making plans to leave them alone as soon as possible. After about an hour the table had cleared leaving only Olivia Lynn, Abby and Fitz. Both Lynn and Abby made excuses offering to share a cab, no one drives to this monthly get togethers. Both told Fitz to make sure Olivia got home safely.,

"call when you get home they both chimed as they left "

Olivia turned to Fitz with a look of both happiness and pain. Happiness that the man who had become a permanent part of her dreams the past two months was sitting in the booth next to her. Sad because she was about to break her number one rule, she was about to mix business with pleasure and she hoped the pleasure would be worth it,

"Dr. Grant, your idea or my sisters, was this a setup"

Fitz looked at the woman sitting next to him, was it the chase, was this what he wanted. He remembered what Lynn had said, the questions his father had asked, the look on her friends faces when he was introduced , looks that said hurt her and your ass is ours. He had to decide how he wanted to play this. Fitzgerald Grant one of the most eligible and sought after men on the east coast, well any coast. Rich, handsome and single.

3How would he play this did he want her in his life long term or was she to become the notch on his belt. Easy, he wanted this woman in his life permanently . He's playing this straight up

"Dr. Grant …..do you hear me, was this a setup?"

"Yes"

"so, what happens now?"

"We have that cup of coffee"

They talked about anything but each other and the big elephant in the room, then after another long lull Fitz finally said

"May I tell you something truthful…be honest…"

"if you insist"

Fitz leaned close to her and whispered "I have been taking cold showers for two months and dreaming of the things I would like to do to your body, does that offend you?'

Olivia looked straight into his eyes and answered
"nope I have been dreaming for over two months about the things I would like you to do to my body, does my comment shock you?"

"Yes, that was very forward of you"'

"Nope, not so very forward, no more forward than your comment. I think we have gone far past the coffee stage…, Fitz…. Your calls, the flowers, your mother's invitation and now I suspect, because of possible hospital gossip that you were trying to avoid, your father got involved. I try very hard not to mix my personal life with my business life but you have erased that line…, not that that's settled, Your place or mine?"

"You choose"

"mine, I'm not driving and I will need a ride to work tomorrow. If we go, to your place I will have to come home to change in the morning"

"are you saying it's going to take all night?

"I'm saying its worth spending the entire night"

Fitz paid the tab and they walked out the door to his car hand in hand. The ride to her apartment was short. She introduced him to the apartment night manager, Morris, as they entered the elevator.

They made it to her front door hand in hand but once the door closed Fitz pulled Olivia close and planted his entire tongue into her mouth. They played dueling tongues until Fitz said , bedroom please otherwise our first time together will be on the foyer floor. Olivia took his hand and led him down the hall as they used their free hands to rid themselves of clothes , Fitz tripping as he tried to remove his pants. By the time they reached her bedroom they were both completely naked and both liked what they saw. , their dreams could in no way compare to what they were seeing.

"Olivia, Liv, are you sure?"

"You are standing in my bedroom , we are both naked, it's a bit late to ask that question, Dr. Grant let's see if how close you can come make my dream about you a reality."

" Pretty bold comments from someone who doesn't mix business with pleasure"

'Dr. Grant, I still don't mix business with pleasure it's hard to give prioritize when one tries to determine which should get the most attention, tonight it's all about pleasure. Are you stalling, are you now unsure of yourself, are you conflicted you caught the tiger now you are not sure what are you going to do with it'"

Fitz stood in the middle looking at Olivia as she laid back on the bed on her side looking at him.

"Tiger by the tail, ok I'm up to the challenge", He slowly lowered himself into the bed apologizing that he could not wait, he had to have her , the pent up lust of wanting her, desiring her the past three months would not let him wait one more second.'

"Let's make love later , can we just fuck now?"

"Good decision doctor, a well prescribed medication"

";I guarantee you by morning I will never again have to remind you to call me Fitz"

He stopped remembering the condoms were in his pants pocket somewhere on the floor. . When he paused she sensed his hesitation …..no worry…..she reached over took an unopened box out of her bedside table, opened one and rolled it over his swollen member.

They both watched as he opened her lower lips with his fingers and entered one then two as she began to move creating friction and they both began to moan .Not willing to wait any longer he spread her legs and inserted just the tip, holding back as long as he could

"stop teasing"

He kept entering her slowly as they looked into each other's eyes, letting each know this is what they both wanted, no regrets.

He felt her walls contract and then felt them completely enclose his cock.. The slow dance of absolutely good sex began., slow and easy with both wanting it to last but both wanting immediate release

He pulled completely out of her and she grabbed him trying to force a reconnection.

"this is the first and only time I will ever just fuck you, I want to enjoy your body for hours, I want you to enjoy mine but this one time can we both just come,, please Liv, I can't wait.

"then ….what are you waiting for, we have night for what will come later."

With that he entered her again, this time thrusting long and deep.. He heard her moans get louder and then felt her walls clamp around his cock and began to quiver as she called his name and it wasn't Dr. Grant. He let her ride out her orgasm and took two deep thrusts and followed her, emptying three months of his juices into the condom..

Fitz rolled off Olivia, panting… after s bother their breathing returned to normal. Liv got up and removed the condom flushing it into the toilet and returned with a towel to clean them both up. When she returned to the bed from disposing the towels in the hamper she saw Fitz fisting his member with one hand and holding a condom out to her with the other.

"You were wrong Ms. Pope this will not take all night, it will take all this night and the next 50 years."

He pulled Olivia back over him and they began hours of making love. It was soon daylight and neither had one minute of sleep and neither minded. Both their phones rang, it was Abby on hers it was Lynn on his.

"Glad you got home all right, when you failed to call I assumed the Dr. did not .!

Lynns was more cryptic, Dr. Grant, just checking to see if my sister needs a ride to work or are you taking her..

They both laid back, looked at each other and laughed out loud.

The next night when Liv returned home, Fitz was waiting, talking to Morris with two suitcases which Liv gave a suspicious look. She walked towards the elevator where she stood waiting until he followed her into the elevator… to her door …and inside her apartment.

"Dr. Grant…

Fitz …..its Fitz… don't you think the man who spent 10 hours being satisfied by you deserve to be called by his first name

"Dr. ….Fitz"

"Yes '

"Why the suitcases?"

"I'm here to stay"

"Do I have a say?"

"nope, what are the names you picked out for our children…. how many are we having again I never heard a number?

"Lynn told you?"

"yes, is that a problem?

"nope, some things are better left between sisters"

"It's still between sisters and my mother and my father and your team" Fitz said as he peppered her face with kisses

"You are staying"

"yes, I'm staying unless you want to move into my place, "Fitz pulled Olivia over to the couch and sat her on his lap, pulling out a small box once she settled. He took out a ring, placed it on her finger with a satisfied grin " perfect fit., we can start looking for a bigger place as soon as you want. House or apartment, but we will need at least three bedrooms for the kids. "

"you have thought of everything"

"yes, I knew when I saw you, you were the woman for me, you were my temptation and as Fitz said to the beautiful sexual woman in the bar.

He married his temptation, Olivia Carolyn Pope.

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