He had never meant to come at her like that. Sometimes for Fitzgerald Grant , sex was a release. He wished he could have taken back the first time they have had sex in a while. He wanted this next time to be special, not so forced. But he also had that question in the back of his mind. Why in the hell did she leave him? Why didn't she try to call him or reach him. Was she so heartless and selfish to think that he wouldn't need her. It seems that Mellie had Andrew now, so he did need her and he needed her more than ever before.

He walked along the path as he buttoned up his fly. Olivia watched every move that he made. She knew him and all his thoughts. She had to be careful. She had to think about what she was going to say. She didn't want this to be one of their typical fights.

"Olivia, did you hear me?" he said forcefully. "What were you doing with Jake ?" he said that as he turned to face her. He was in attack stance, hands on his hips. Both Mellie and Cyrus knew when he took this stance, you don't fuck with Fitzgerald Grant the third.

She stared at the ground, afraid to open her mouth. She also remembered during the campaign that he didn't treat her as an equal. Her mother, Maya had called her "the help" She had been put in her place during a screaming match with Mellie . He referred to her as "my wife" The words echoed through her head. Where did that leave them then? Was all the promises he made just words?

Jake was safe. He was available. There were no strings or road blocks. There were no two Secret Service men who came every time he visited. There was no wife and there was no country. She thought that she could run away. She saw otherwise when it counted. She slowly turned to face Fitz and met him at eye level. She could see the steel look from his eyes and she was ready to answer.

"We haven't been us for a while now. You were turning into what they wanted again. You weren't thinking like you , you became their puppet. You were turning into someone I didn't recognize anymore." Olivia said. "I didn't know if you still wanted me. I thought maybe you had given up on us."

Fitz exploded , he pulled his hands from the side and took her face in his hands. "I never gave up on us. I thought that you wanted me to be the man you wanted, I thought you wanted me to be reelected.I was giving you exactly what you wanted."

Olivia pulled away, "You threw me from the room and told me you were talking to your wife." She cried. "You made me feel like I was there to clean the room." Fitz put down his head at his own behavior. "I tried to apologize, but you wouldn't have it."

"I had made a mess of things. I felt like I needed to disappear. My parents had terrorized everyone. I was the scandal, Fitz. If it wasn't for me , " she started to sniffle. "Gerry wouldn't have died. " She collapsed in his arms as he stroked her back. She continued to sob.

Now at least he knew, "Livvie, I know it wasn't you." He said sincerely. "I don't blame you for his death." He stroked her dark locks. "But he said he wanted someone you loved , because you took me away from him." At this point, Fitz straightened up and looked lovingly at her.

" We are not our parents. You are not a maniacal terrorist or sadistic man. I am not a power hungry manipulative man who uses people who are of use to them. I don't want you for a minute to think I blame you for anything. I just felt like I had lost everything, and I couldn't face life if I had lost you too. You are everything to me." Olivia looked deep into his eyes and she held his face with her hand.

"Things are going to move pretty fast when we get back. I want you to be ready. Your life is going to change. I think I am ready to move ahead now. " he put his arms around her waist. "Put your team in motion, Operation Freedom is a go." At that moment, he slowly put his mouth on her thick lips and began to kiss her passionately.

Next chapter: Mellie needs to talk to Andrew about the future.