A/N : I want to thank all of you for embracing this story. I wish I could reply to each review but unfortunately I do not have time for it, for that I'm sorry. Thanks once again.

Fitz stood with his back to the wall as Olivia sat on the bed looking down at the floor. Her eyes were red and puffy, her lips parted, her face had a sad, lost look that was making Fitz restless.

What happened ?

This continued for about half an hour, the silence between them first awkward, then comforting. Olivia was so glad Fitz was here, she didn't know why, but just having him in the same room even without saying anything made her feel less lonely and broken.

Fitz sensed that whatever it is, she was definitely not in the right space of mind to chat with him about it. So he sat down on the chair next to her and leaned and brought his hands together, still looking at her.

Olivia looked up at him and it broke him to see her like this. She looked so hurt, so vulnerable, like one touch would make her crumble into pieces.

"You don't have to tell me anything if you don't want to." He assured her.

Olivia was relieved, she didn't exactly want to tell her boyfriend had impregnated another woman. She was still shocked, she was still reeling from that.

Her features relaxed and she looked a little better after he said that.

"Are you hungry ?" He asked trying to break the silence and also noticed that it was almost dinner time. She shook her head in a No but Fitz went ahead and ordered room service for her anyway.

Then he went and sat next to her on the bed. He turned to look at her only to see her rubbing circles on her palm. He could see that she was lost, she was in her own world, a world he desperately wanted to know.

After a few more minutes of silence, Fitz decided it was best to leave as he guessed she wanted to be alone. Just as he was about to leave the room service came. The food arrived and was placed on the small table in the room. Olivia didn't look at anything that was happening even once. Fitz was increasingly concerned but he didn't know how to approach or start a conversation about what was the reason behind all this. He sensed it was not about him but it angered him to wonder who made her cry this way.

"Hey, the food's here."

"Thanks" she replied.

"Will you be alright?" He asked, this time coming closer standing near her knees.

She looked up at him and he almost guessed she didn't want him to leave her alone but she said "I'll be fine. I'm so sorry to keep you here"

"Olivia -" he said as he kneeled down to be at her level.

Olivia was startled at first but then she saw him place his hands hesitantly on her thighs, making her feels so many things at once. At one point she was grieving about Richard and her relationship and on the other side her body was reacting to Fitz's touch.

"If you need anything, you call me" he said as he gave her his phone number. "I'm just a call away" he added, smiling softly. Olivia places her hand over his' and their eyes met for a brief second where they relieved the kiss that happened yesterday. Fitz looked at her lips for a second and immediately looked away cause they were too darn inviting.

Fitz left after speaking to her for a few more minutes reminding her to eat the food and take some rest. He left with an uneasy feeling, he wasn't entirely comfortable leaving her alone in the room. She seemed devastated and he was beyond curious to find out the reason. He was tempted to ask his men to find out, but this time he didn't want to spy on her like this. Sure he and men were tracking her movements but only from afar. They even had her whole history but he hadn't looked into that file, he didn't want to get to know her that way. Sigh. Maybe he was thinking about something long term with her, unknowingly, unconsciously Fitz already didn't want her to ever leave his life.

He cast his eyes down and brisk walked to the elevator that took him to his room.

Here, Olivia slowly woke up from her bed and walked to the bathroom. Without looking into the mirror she flashed some washed into her face. She stood there for a second with downcast eyes.

Was she hurt Richard did this ? Yes. Was she shocked, surprised and wanted to believe this was just a bad dream? Yes. But, more important this meant that she would be alone, all over again. Richard was the only person in life for a long time and now she lost him too. She would be alone, nobody in her life, nobody... Olivia could feel herself getting a panic attack at that thought. Yes, this was the main reason why she stayed with Richard even after everything that had happened before. She knew she'd turn insane if he left, so she held onto him, it was unfair but she was selfish for her life. Now, the reality dawned upon her that from now on it'll be her, fighting her own battles, nobody to fall back on, nobody to hide behind, nobody to listen, nobody to love her. She hated for getting attached and dependant.

As much as she hated admitting it, Olivia needed him. But this, this was her own doing. She sighed as she made sense of things. She calmed herself down, took a shower and changed her clothes and went to bed. The bottle of wine was inviting and tempting but she didn't feel like it. She didn't want to drink this away, especially when she knew deep down that it would happen one day. Acceptance had become the routine now and surprisingly it was helping her. She accepted that she was scared to be alone, and somehow it all felt better.

Next morning

Today was the conference they'd come for and so everybody were early at the office completing any last minute work. Olivia was double checking the files, Stacy was running around with files to get signatures from Fitz, it was frantic, but only in their heads, to any outsider it looked like a normally operating office.

Fitz was in his cabin making some calls to make sure everything was set. The conference would officially start today at the hotel. It would be followed by a cocktail party scheduled for tonight at the ballroom in the same hotel.

He finished his call and placed his phone on the table and leaned back on his chair closing his eyes. The fatigue was setting in, just when he thought he would pass out, he called for an espresso. He had to get through today with minimum mistakes.

He looked up to see Olivia deep in her work. Atleast she wasn't crying, he was grateful. Her face looked fallen though. He could see the dark circles that she didn't bother to cover with make up, her eyes still looked puffy, her face looked dull. He let out an exasperated breath not able to do anything. He wanted to walk upto her and ask her what happened? But he was scared, first because he maybe the reason, second he didn't want to scare her by intruding into her life and third, he was the last person someone would open up to. He couldn't deal with his own emotions let alone hers. With all the helpless feelings clouding his thoughts, he slumped back into the chair and waited for his coffee.

Olivia saw a notification appear on her phone, it was from an unsaved number. But when she saw the message, she knew who it was.

Fitz : Hey, you alright ?

She forgot to save his number last night when he gave it.

Olivia turned to look at him through the glass doors only to see him looking back at her. She smiled slightly and nodded. Fitz smiled back at her.

Olivia turned to her phone and saved his number under "FGIII"

She got back to her work feeling better after Fitz asked her how she was doing.

The day passed quickly and was tiresome for everybody. The conference was a success though, their presentation was the best. Fitz was satisfied and he was glad his team had worked well. He groaned thinking about the party tonight. Atleast he gets to see her again he assured himself.

Olivia reached back to her room and switched on her phone. She'd switched it off as she was constantly getting texts and calls from Richard and he was the last person she wanted to talk to right now. She was hurting and it would take time for her to accept what he did. Suddenly as those thoughts rushed into her head, she felt pathetic about herself and her life. The tears came back again refusing to stop. Olivia felt dejected and utterly stressed that she couldn't ignore her thoughts, the voices in head reminding her how exhaustively useless her life was. Before she could go back into that sinking dark hole, she looked for the mini bar and downed two shots of vodka. The liquid burned her throat and hit her head hard, but that's what she needed right now. Anything to get her out of thinking about Richard and his betrayal. Feeling slightly better as she held on to the glass wondering whether a third shot was needed, she took it anyway.

She then undressed and stepped into the shower and let the water wash down her thoughts and insecurities. She stood there under the cascade of hot water, frozen in place unable to get a grip on herself and her life. She felt truly miserable and more than anything lonely. She dreaded going back to the US. She'd have to live alone again, she had nobody. She didn't even have one person to have a decent conversation with. The thought of living alone made her feel anxious and paranoid suddenly. She closed her eyes and leaned her head on the wall. She felt the effect of the alcohol kick in. The alcohol, spiraling thoughts lead to an imbalance that almost made her pass out and fall down, but she held onto a handle and jerked up to stay alert. She turned off the shower and stood for a minute holding the handle. She then wrapped herself in a towel and walked out and placed her hand over her face realizing what could've happened.

She heard her cell ring distracting her, she ignored it and didn't even bother looking at it thinking it might be Richard. Rage consumed her all of a sudden and she threw a vase at a wall and saw it break down, symbolically like her heart. She was acting out, she was being irrational, she was being paranoid, she was being everything she'd feared she'd be.

Olivia didn't realize that she was passed out on the bed when she woke up hearing someone bang at her door. She looked to see it was Stacy all dressed up. Fuck! How long was she out for ? Apparently 3 hours when she checked her phone. She opened the door anticipating Stacy to scream at her.

"Olivia, what the hell?" Stacy screamed.

"I fell asleep. I'm sorry." She replied.

"What the fuck?"

"Okay whatever ! Now get ready fast!" She said as she walked in and tried to help with her things as she opened her closet to find her something to wear.

"We are supposed to be down in 15mins Olivia!" She said exasperated at Olivia's careless attitude.

"What if I don't want to go?" Olivia asked looking down.

"Look I know there's something going on and you look like you've been crying all day, but I'm sorry I do not have the time to pacify you right now. You need to put something on and we gotta go and it's compulsory honey" she said all in one breath sarcastically.

Stacy was tired from the work all day and she was just not in the mood for Olivia's mood swings today.

"Alright!" Olivia said frustrated as she started to get ready.

Stacy went through her closet to find her clothes which Olivia didn't like but she had no choice right now. She had to get ready soon. Stacy found a forest green body hugging dress with a deep V in the front. It was stunning and she instantly held it up to Olivia.

"No no no, that's too deep" Olivia remarked.

"Then why did you buy it?" Stacy was pissed and Olivia was in no mood to push it. She sighed and continued to do her hair and make up as quickly as possible.

"It's the only one that doesn't have any wrinkles or creases, Olivia. There's going to an ocean of people, nobody will care" she said as she laid out of the dress on her bed.

Olivia left her hair open, her make up was subtle and rushed but it didn't look that bad. She applied brown lipstick which had a tint of red. She wore the dress with the help of Stacy and she had to admit that she looked good but was still slightly uncomfortable about the amount of cleavage that was visible. Not obscene, but Olivia wasn't used to wearing such a low neck dress, she didn't have time to care about all that now, so she ignored it. After wearing her heels and applying some perfume they were done in a record 15mins and rushed down together.

Olivia couldn't help but feel shy and exposed because she could feel many eyes on her as they reached the 15th floor. The other employees too eyed her with surprise and complimented both the ladies. Olivia felt awkward but she let it pass, if she has to get through today then she has to be confident and ignore the looks.

Olivia walked into the gala to see that Fitz was talking to someone. His back was to her. The place had just started to fill up, so there were not many people there. She walked to where Stacy was tending but not before getting a drink from the bar.

"I'm sorry. I was in a mood" Olivia said as she could still sense that Stacy was annoyed.

Stacy sighed and said "It's okay. I'm sorry if I was rude earlier" Olivia just smiled.

"So, what happened?" Stacy asked.

"Richard and I broke up" Olivia said as though she was itching to tell someone the ordeal that she was going through.

"What!? Oh, Olivia, I'm so sorry" Stacy turned to face her suddenly feeling terrible at herself for being mean to Olivia and assuming stuff on her own.

Olivia didn't want to tell about Richard getting another woman pregnant.

Olivia just shrugged her shoulders in response. "You really did love him, didn't you?" Stacy asked as she placed her hand on Olivia's back as if to pacify her.

Olivia didn't say anything. Richard truly was the only man in her life till now. She didn't want to burst into tears so she asked Stacy to stop taking about it and Stacy understood.

Olivia took a sip from her drink and she saw Fitz turn to face her and he froze. His eyes roamed around her body in an instant and she already felt flushed. She didn't know what was happening. She just broke up with her boyfriend but one look from Fitz made her want to forget everything and be his. God, she hated this. This attraction to Fitz. It was consuming her, making her numb.

The alcohol, the rage, anger, hurt, pain clouded her and so she decided, once and for all. Let the fire burn.

Fitz tried not to make the bulge in his pants evident which was mercilessly given by Olivia. She looked beyond gorgeous today, the dress hugging her in all the right places, her tantalizing lips in the most beautiful shade of red and the swell of her breasts that he tried his best to not look at. He felt annoyed at first because he saw that every man in the room was looking at her and it pissed him off to no extent. Ever since he laid eyes on her today, his head was filled with explicit images that he desperately tried to ignore but this woman, was literally driving him to the crashing point. She had absolutely no idea what she did to him. All these days he controlled, today he's afraid he might let his actions run loose.

He was atleast glad that she didn't look sad like yesterday, but the drinking he was a little worried. She was on her third drink he noticed and the party had just begun. He didn't want to judge, but he was worried. He let it pass for now.

He looked for her only to see her looking back at him. Olivia looked at him looking handsome as ever in his black suit that dressed his tall frame majestically.

He smiled at her and Olivia could feel the tension between them. She knew he wanted her and she too wanted him. She exhaled deeply and smiled back at him.

After about an hour later the place was packed. Fitz was extremely busy he had individually met almost a hundred people. He was getting tired, the place felt suffocating and he needed some air. He couldn't keep a track on Olivia since he was so so busy. But when he turned to look for her, she was dancing with Harrison. Harrison's hand was on her waist and they were dancing very close. She was laughing at whatever he was saying, her eyes looked drowsy. She was drunk.

God knows what striked him, anger boiled within to see another man touch her. He strode over to them.

"Harrison, you must be meeting clients" he said glaring at immediately left Olivia and walked away. Olivia looked away from Fitz because she knew if she looked at him now, she would end up kissing him in the middle of the ball.

Fitz took her hand and walked towards the pulled her inside and locked the door. He walked away from her and calmed himself. He felt terrible for dragging her like that. He seriously needs to control his anger, he thought.

" Olivia I'm sor-" he said as he turned but he felt her grab his face and kiss him like it was the only thing that mattered.

He was surprised for a second, but he immediately took over and he snaked his arm around her waist and pushed her to himself and he thrust his tongue inside her mouth. She obediently opened and his tongue traced the velvety confines of her mouth. His hands gripped her waist tightly he was sure he left marks but he couldn't stop himself. Olivia's hands were in his hair as she pushed him closer to herself. He lifted her and placed her on the sink and stood between her parted legs as he continued to kiss her. They broke apart and he placed kisses along her neck driving Olivia crazy. He found her spot when she moaned loudly making him chuckle. He came up again to kiss her again.

That's when he felt something wet rubbing against his cheeks. He parted from her and held her face in his arms and saw that she was crying.

Fear gripped him immediately if he'd done something gravely wrong. But he was proved wrong when Olivia threw her arms around him and sobbed uncontrollably into his chest. He instantly softened and hugged her back tightly. He patted her head with one hand as he said nothing.

They stayed like that for god knows how long. Fitz kissed the top of her head as she looked upto him.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry for ruining it" she said as she looked down.

Fitz smiled at her and placed a gentle kiss on her lips reassuring her.

She leaned into his chest again. Fitz felt the love that filled his chest for this woman. God damn! He had fallen hard. And he knew, at this moment, that he was never ever going to leave her, no matter what.

Olivia felt surprisingly better after having cried into his chest. She felt bad that she just unleashed her pain like that onto him, but she felt so much more better.

"Let's get you out of here" he said as he looked up at her, cupping her face.

Olivia got down from the sink, they entwined their hands together and walked out of the restroom. Fitz made sure nobody saw him as he signaled one of his men to clear the back exit so he could leave.

They left together and went to her room. Fitz badly wanted to stay with her tonight, but obviously he didn't say anything. She opened the door to her room and he followed. She removed her heels and turned around to face him. She walked closer and looked down as she said.

"Can you stay here...tonight...please" she asked with fresh tears in her eyes. She was scared to look up at him. Fitz lifted her chin and made her look at him.

"Yes"

Fitz knew something had happened and she was upset and was lonely, scared and he was glad that she asked him to stay. It filled him with happiness that she trusted him, but he also dreaded that fact that he wasn't entirely open with her. He ignored those thoughts for now as he saw Olivia emerge from the bathroom after changing into a loose t shirt that reached just her upper thigh. Fitz instantly imagined what it would feel to have her legs around his waist and then he brushed off his thoughts. She was still hurt, she wanted him to be there for her emotionally and his stupid head was coming up with such thoughts!

Olivia saw Fitz's eyes turn dark and his lips part. She smiled knowingly.

"You trying to kill me" he joked as he moved closer to her and kissed her once again, this time slowly, gently taking her into his mouth. Exploring, marking everything as his. Olivia melted into him. Every time Fitz missed her, she felt she was in another world. She already loved being in his arms, liked the things his tongue did to her, liked the way he kissed her, liked that he was always there for her.

After removing his clothes, Fitz slid into the bed in just his boxers making it very difficult for Olivia to focus on anything else. She'd seen him before in the gym, but having him this up close was clouding her senses. His rock hard abs and those tats covering him made him so unbelievably sexy. She desperately ignored her thoughts and got into bed with him. She slept with her back to his chest as he pulled her closer to himself and placed his head in the crook of her neck and held her waist. This was pure bliss. He could get used to this.

And Olivia, finally felt at home.

Does Olivia really care about Fitz or is afraid of being lonely?