CHAPTER 1

A/N: Hey guys. Here is another one. I don't know where I am going with this or how long it will be so we will see. Tell me what you think and if I should continue or not. I hope you enjoy…#TrueGladiatorsShipOlitz

"Oh that must be Abby, excuse me", said Olivia to her two dinner companions as she got up to go and answer the door.

"Abby did you lose your key again", she asked loudly as she was walking towards the door.

She answered the door with a stunning smile and eyes filled with laughter. Once she opened the door and laid eyes on the person on the other side, her heart nearly stopped. She had not seen this face in nearly 10 years and truth be told she never thought she would see it as long as she lived. She had moved across the world to make sure that they never crossed paths again.

"Hi", said the stranger in that baritone voice that still managed to make her feel sensations in places she had no business feeling sensations, especially when it came to this fine specimen that stood before her

"Hi", she replied in turn.

"Aren't you going to invite me in", he asked

"The last time that you and I talked it didn't end very well for you", she replied with a whole lot of attitude.

"How could I forget, I had to get stitches afterwards", he replied

"You should be glad that was the only thing you needed and not a casket", she said with a roll of her eyes." What are you doing here? I thought I made it very clear the last time we spoke that I never ever wanted to lay eyes on you. I never wanted to even share the same breathing space with you. I hate you remember?"

"If you would let me in I would tell you", he reply. He was really starting to lose his patience with her. Gosh what made her think he wanted to be anywhere near her?, he thought to himself

Liv stepped aside so he could enter. "I have company so could we do this in my study, all you have is 5 minutes and I want you gone, do you understand".

His eyebrows shot up in surprise, "oh…are you entertaining your gentleman friend?"

"How that would be any of your business I fail to understand", she replied with a shrug of her shoulder

"It must be serious if you can go to the dinner table in your bedroom slippers", he said. He waited for a reply but none came.

The house was beautiful, big and spacious. The décor was tastefully done and screamed Liv. She had always been very stylish so he wouldn't expect her house to be any different. As she led him towards her study he couldn't help but let his eyes wander to her ass. "She does have the sexiest ass" he thought to himself only to reprimand himself that he was a married man and such thoughts are not acceptable.

"I see you have your wedding band on that means you're still married", she said eyeing his left hand. She walked closer to him and he backed away from her. After a few steps back he was stuck between her desk and her, he had nowhere to run. She lifted her perfectly manicured hand onto his firm hard chest and looked up at him with those beautiful brown eyes and his mouth went dry."So where does your dutiful wife think you are. Does she know that you made a trip half way across the world to see the women you were screwing whilst you where engaged to her, a women whose pussy you loved to taste", she said in a very sexy husky voice." Is your marriage so strong that she is not bothered by you being in a room with me with her so far away?"

"She…she…

"Yeah, she knows that you're a man of you word. Your word is your bond. You are the noble Fitzgerald Thomas Grant III, the man who would die before he breaks his word. Did she ever ask you why I never came to your wedding?"

"Yes she did", he replied

"What lie did you tell her?" she asked him in voice filled with hate

"Oh fuck off", he said in anger with eyes that had changed from the beautiful cerulean blue she adored at a point in her life to a stormy grey.

She took a deep breath and turned away from him, "Fuck you right back but your right. How dreadful or happy your marriage is, is none of my business. So are the lies and truth that you choose to share with her"

"Well what is it that brings you here". She turned to look at the time and realized that she has been away from her dinner table for 10 minutes." Say what you are here to say and leave", she said in her no nonsense tone and folded her arms across her chest

"Liv, I think maybe you want to be seated for what I have to tell you", he said in a low voice

His whole demeanor had changed, his shoulders slumped and he released a heavy breathe. In her gut she knew that what he was about to say would change her world and not in a good way

"Fitz just say what you are here to say", she said. Her heart was beating so fast she was positive it would stop at any moment

He walked toward and took her hand in his and looked into her eyes that had stared at him with so much fire and now with fear of the unknown, "Liv last night I got a call from my mother to tell me something very bad had happened. Your dad had gone to a business function. On his way home he got into an accident. A drunk driver drove into him. Olivia, I am so sorry but he didn't make it. I am so sorry Liv; tell me what you need."

Tears were streaming down Olivia's face, she couldn't breathe. She had just skyped with her dad a few days ago. She had been so busy and she hadn't talked to him in 3 days and now Fitz was telling her that was dead, killed by a drunken driver. Fitz pulled her into his arms and she cried, she literally screamed. It hurt him to see her in so much pain and knowing there was nothing he could do to make her feel better. Yes, they hated each other and said hateful things to one another but there was a time when they liked each other. While she was crying, Fitz heard footsteps coming towards the study. He didn't care if her boyfriend walked in on her clinging to him in her time of need, he actually couldn't wait to see the guy who made her so happy and would probably be her husband someday. When the door opened, never in a million years would he have been prepared for what he saw.

In stepped two little figures with cerulean blue eyes, dark curly hair, and pouty lips. They looked at the man whose arms were around their mother.

They walked into the room, Olivia still crying and oblivious to the fact that her dinner companions had entered the room

"Mama, why are you crying", asked Aaliyah as she crossed to her mother

Her sister Alexandria walked in behind her and stood with her tiny fists firmly on her hip and scowled at the tall imposing figure in front of her and asked, "Who are you and why did you make our mama cry?"

Fitz was speechless and stood there in shock as he looked into two sets of cerulean blue orb that were identical to his own.

When she heard her daughters speak, she immediately tensed in Fitz arms. As she stepped away from him she could see the questions in his eyes. Unfortunately for her that was not the only thing she saw in them, she saw anger as well. She could not believe that this was happening right now. She had moved across the world to make sure that this never happened. She moved out of his arms and turned to look at her babies. She sat on the sofa and her children came to sit next to her. Her eyes were red and puffy from all the crying.

"Mama what's wrong, why are you crying", asked Aaliyah. She really was a sweet child. She cared about other people's feeling and often put their needs before her own. In some ways she was like Fitz. She always kept her promises and never went back on her word.

As Olivia looked at her she just started crying again. She couldn't hold her tears back. At that moment in time she felt so alone. Her father had always been there for her. He made sure she had the best of everything and supported her in every decision she made, whether he agreed with her or not.

Seeing her mother so distraught, Aaliyah put her tiny arms around her mother and held her as she cried," mama please don't cry, you're making me sad. Whatever is wrong we will help you fix it?" As her mother continued to cry she held on to her tighter. She looked to her sister for help to console her but her sisters attention was elsewhere.

"Excuse me sir, who are you and what did you do to her to make her cry. I am seriously losing my patience here, speak before I call the police", said Alexandria in a voice full of anger. Fitz just started at her and said nothing. She took a couple of steps towards him and looked into his eyes. She snapped her fingers in front of Fitz's face and said, "Old man, are you mute or what? You know what I don't care. I am not going to call the police; I will call my uncle Huck. He is going to beat you so bad your own mother won't recognize you"

"Alex, put your phone away. There is no need to call Huck. Come here, sit." Olivia said to her. Before she turned to walk to her mother she turned to look at Fitz and said, "I am watching you"

"Girls, this is an old family friend. His name is Fitzgerald Grant…"

"Fitzgerald, seriously, Fitzgerald. Oh man your parents must have not liked you. Who in their right mind would name their child that?" said Alex looking at Fitz. At that moment Olivia looked at her daughter and didn't like that she had her attitude

"Stop that, you're being rude and you don't even know the whole story. I am sorry sir; I apologize for my sister's behavior". She stood up and walked towards Fitz and offered her hand to him." My name is Aaliyah Pope, pleasure to make your acquaintance. That rude girl is my younger sister, Alexandria."

She then took her seat next to her mother on the couch and held her hand." So mama what is it. What do you want to tell us?"

"As I was saying, Fitz is a family friend. Our families have been friends for years."

"Ok, than what is he doing here?" asked Alex

"There was an accident and your grandpapa were involved", a lump started to develop in her throat."My darlings I am so sorry but he didn't make it. He died." The tears started falling again and this time her daughters wept with her. They had a very good relationship with their grandfather. They loved him so much. He was the only other blood relation they knew. As the only grandchildren, Liv's father made sure to spoil them whenever he got a chance. She held her children as they cried and looked across to Fitz who was still standing by the desk in her study. She saw sadness in his eyes as he looked at the girls crying. He mourned with them. But as his eyes meet Liv's, the sadness was gone from his eyes and he looked at her with so much hate.

After the sobs from the girls had subsided, Liv told them to go to their rooms. Tomorrow they would make arrangements to travel to the States to make the funeral arrangements.

After the girls left the study and she was sure they were in their room, she looked at Fitz.

He was so angry she was visibly shaking."Olivia how could you do this to me. How could you keep my children from me? Do you hate me that much." He said with eyes that were shining with unshed tears.

"I can explain Fitz, please let me explain"

"How could you possibly explain this, there is no reasonable excuse for what you did. Was this your way of punishing me for choosing Mellie over you?"

"No, of course not", she said

"Ok please make me understand, how come I am only finding out nearly a decade later that I have children."

"Who said they were yours?"

"Oh come on, they have my eyes and my ears. I know they are mine", he said through clenched teeth

"How can you be so sure?"

"Because they are about 10 years old and if I remember correctly I was fucking you around that time"

"Stop being crass"

"Admit it, they are my children."

"Yes, they are your children", replied Olivia

"You fucken bitch. As soon as you bury your father, I will be suing you for custody. I will make it my life mission to destroy you. Do you understand me?" his voice was fill of venom and his eyes where stormy grey."Did you pass them off as another man's", he asked

"Of course not. I would never do that. I have raised them all on my own with the help of some good friends." She said. "But let's get one thing straight Fitzgerald, you will never take my children away. I will see you dead before that happens".