"What do you mean you bought me a ring?" she asked him. This was complete news to her. They talked about getting married but never discussed jewelry.
"A few years ago, I bought you a ring. I was going to divorce Mellie and resign as President before I was even in office. I realized that I wanted you more than I wanted the job. Honestly, I want you more than anything in the world. I had a designer specially make it for you. There is nothing like it. I can't stand the thought of you being married to Edison. He doesn't deserve you. Livie, he cheated on you multiple times with multiple women."
"We weren't actually together, but you cheated on me, so you say. It may have only been one time with one woman but you did. What's the difference?"
"I will live with that forever. Every time I think about it, I feel ill but I could never cheat on you again, Livie. You are the love of my life. I want you to divorce Edison. Today."
Olivia smirked. "Okay."
"Really?"
"No. It doesn't work like that. I leave Edison so what? We can go back to the way it was before? I don't want to be in the dark with you. With Edison, I can be beside him and go to events with him. I don't have to watch him kiss another woman or be happy with her, even if it is fake. I can go to bed with him every night and wake up every morning beside him. I like Edison."
"But you don't love him," Fitz stated as a fact.
"I do."
"Then say it. Say that you love Edison."
"I like Edison."
"Olivia, I can tell. You don't love him. You never really have. Edison was a choice because he was safe. You could be with him without feeling the judgment from others. You do not love Edison. You never have and you never will. Liv, you love me. And I love you. Nothing can beat that."
She realized that he was right. Fitz was her endgame. He always had been even before she met him. The day she met him, she knew that he was the one she was hoping to find all along. And he knew it too. The way they could read each other's mind like they were one person was the end.
"You are right. But if I leave Edison what am I supposed to do? Wait for you again? Wait for the end of the term and see what makes up your mind? I can't spend another five years in the dark with you. I won't do it. If I leave Edison, then you have to leave Mellie," Liv gave the ultimatum.
"Done."
"What?"
"It's already done. Mellie filed for divorce a few months ago. She came in here and we talked it out. She's come to realize that she can't compete with you anymore. It's why she invited you to lunch next week. She was going to tell you herself. You've won."
"Fitz, you aren't a prize to be awarded."
"No, I'm not. But this is what both you and I want. We wanted to be together, now we will be. All you have to do is leave Edison. After that, Vermont is ours. We deserve our dream, sweet baby. It's ours."