Secrets

Chapter 10-Exposed

It was now 3:20 am and Fitz was awakened by the sound of moans coming from Olivia. He lifts up and he feels her grab for his hand and placing it on her warm center as she begins to grind against it. He raises a brow as he watches her. The moonlight from the large windows illuminates against her skin. That's when he also notices what appear to be bruising on her cheek. "Livvie." He quietly calls out. "Livvie, baby wake up."

She stirs and slowly opens her eyes and realize she's not dreaming…he's really there. His hand is really rubbing her garden. "Baby you're dreaming."

She looks down at his hand against her still naked body atop of her manicured garden "Mmm it must be because of where your hand is."

He slides his hand up over her stomach. "Actually, you put it there, but that's not why I woke you." He leans over her and turns on the lamp. "Your face, it's starting to bruise." She reaches up to touch her cheek. "Is it? I should have put ice on it as instructed." She get's out of bed and makes her way to the bathroom followed by Fitz. Once she turns on the light and looks in the mirror. She becomes angry at what she sees. Fitz stands next to her and drops his head. Anger builds inside of him.

Gripping the edge of the sink he apologizes to Liv again. "I'm sorry Livvie he did that to you." He finally lifts his head. Liv notices he has tears in his eyes. They both stare at her bruised face through the mirror. "I promise you Livvie. I'm going to make him pay." She takes his left hand and places it on the bruised cheek. "Good."

Fitz steps away from her and walks out of the bathroom. When he doesn't return, she exits the bathroom as well after turning off the light. She notices he's on the phone. "Tom I don't give a fuck what time of the morning it is!"

Tom catches the seriousness in Fitz's tone. "What do you need?"

Fitz looks up at Olivia "Maxwell King. Charges, two counts of aggravated assault, two count of attempted murder, one count of spousal abuse, and one count of attempted child abuse of and unborn fetus."

Tom is stunned "Olivia?"

"Yes, also start up a lawsuit against…" He stops and pauses to ask Liv for information "Livvie what's the mistresses name?"

Liv slowly walks up to him "His associate Angela Webster, she's the team's physical therapist, why?" He doesn't answer but instead goes back to his call "Angela Webster the team therapist for emotional abandonment by a spouse. We're about to break his pockets. He currently in jail. Reach out to Judge Thorton, make sure he doesn't get bail."

"It's a takedown?"

"It's a funeral."

"Okay I'm getting up now. Is she okay? Olivia, I mean?"

"She's okay and so it my unborn child."

Fitz statement is clear. Tom didn't ask any more questions. He ended the conversation with a statement. "One thing I can't stand is a man who puts his hands on a woman. I'll take care of it."

Liv grabs her phone and shoots Jay a quick text Jay-man, did you switch out the amended paperwork before he signed? Shoot me a text later today with your answer. But before she could put her phone down, he responded It's handled all his assets now belong to you. Huck already pushed all your money to your private account and closed joint accounts. He's broke. Luv ya! TTYL (Talk to you later)

She turns her attention back to Fitz as he listens to his message from Ashley. "That interview has been cancelled." He states after hanging up his phone. "That's good, Max is broke. He unknowingly signed all his assets over to me in the divorce agreement as payment for his infidelity."

"You are very sneaky Ms. Pope."

"No, I'm pissed is what I am."

"That makes two of us. How does your cheek feel? Does it hurt?"

"Not much, there was a sting to it but not anymore."

"Sorry I woke you." He states pulling her to him

"Well from what I felt earlier I woke you too." She states running her hand down the front of his briefs using a sultry voice. "Mmm." He moans against her neck as his eyes grow lustfilled "I was dreaming about you." She adds

"About me? What was I doing that made you moan so passionately?"

"You were kissing me here." She touches her neck

"Like this?" He pecks her neck softly lingering there sucking on the skin

"Yes, and here." She touches her left breast

"Like this?" He questions with deepness in his voice "Yes." She moans throwing her head back "What about this one? Did I kiss this one as well?" Sucking her right breast against his strong tongue as he palms the left one with his right hand.

"Mmhm, you also touched me here." Taking his left hand guiding it to her throbbing center. "Then what happened? He continues

"Then…I…I heard you calling my name and I woke up."

"Shall I continue making your dream a reality, Livvie?"

"Yessss, please don't stop."

Fitz lifts her and spread her across the bed replacing his hand on her center with his mouth. He pushes her leg in a split formation and dives in. Sucking, licking, moaning, tasting, indulging on all of her essence. She has lost the ability to think. She has lost the ability to speak. All she can do is call on the gods for mercy, while spilling Fitz name from her lips.

Without notice Liv's essence spills out of her triggering an animal like reaction from Fitz. He started sucking and licking every part of her lower half. Drinking from her fountain of beauty drove him wild. He didn't know how to control his desire for her. He kissed her stomach, then her thigh, then her pearl. He suddenly lifts her entire bottom off the bed licking her from her ass crack to her clit over and over. Liv becomes a babbling mess grabbing for anything to feel some sense of grounding since she felt like she was floating away.

"Oh my godddd, Fitz baby you're licking my asshole.!" She shares without thinking.

"Mmhm feels good don't it?" He states not giving her a chance to ask anymore questions before taking her on another level of intimacy by sliding his tongue inside her backside over and over. Liv has never experienced anything like this before and she's loving every moment of it.

She reaches down guiding him as she grinds her hips in a circular motion needing to feel more. It didn't take long before Liv was exploding all over Fitz's face. He needed to be inside of her. He couldn't wait any longer sliding up her body and finds his home inside her warmth and its wet tightness. They both inhale deeply at the feeling of one another. It felt like the first time. The passion was still there. The intensity was over powering for them both. Making love has never felt this good until now. Neither able to explain their desire, their connection, or the open sexual acts they are indulging in.

Fitz deeply penetrates into Liv's wetness having his knees tucked next to Liv's hips with extended arm without putting pressure or his weight on her stomach. Liv's leg hangs over his thighs bouncing with each stroke. The way he's able to arch his body over her small bump to snake his tongue between her lips is just another surprise of his experienced love making. With each stroke Liv's moans with a slight whimper into his mouth because of the sensation of him hitting her g-spot felt just that good. It was the moment he switched to an upstroke that drove her mad.

She pulls back from the kiss and growls out his name adding a few explicit words all jumbled up together. Fitz head is thrown back and he's lost in the moment when Liv requests to ride him. Without separating their bodies Fitz lifts her up; straitens out his legs and lies on his back. Liv cries out at the feel of him so deep inside of her but quickly recovers and begins riding Fitz with need. She was chasing another orgasm that was building inside of her.

Fitz palms her hips, needing something to hold onto. His toes curl, his eyes squeeze shut, his teeth clench, and his abs tighten due to the immense amount of pleasure he's experiencing. The feeling of Liv exploding down his shaft spilling onto his pelvic area along with Liv's trembling legs signal him it's his turn for a release, but he's not ready for this feeling to end. Liv unfortunately has worn herself out. Fitz pushes himself up in a half siting position at the same time lifting Liv with his strong arms with her leaning forward on her outstretched arms as he began stroking into her at a rapid pace. Oww's Ohh's and Ahh's spill from her lips followed by yes baby, shit baby, oh my god Fitz baby to I'm coming again until they exploded together

After several moments, the feeling of their baby moving around in Liv stomach catches Fitz off guard. "Shit Livvie she's moving. Do you think she felt me inside of you?"

Liv giggles as she crawls off of Fitz's now flaccid penis "No he's fine. He's in his own protective area that your dick can't reach as big as it is, it was nowhere near him and he didn't feel you tapping my cervix."

"From the way you were just screaming out my name I think I did more than tap it." He states pulling her close to him. "You came all over my stomach I tapped it so good."

"That you did baby. That you did." Liv drawls out kissing him on the lips before allowing sleep to overtake her. The shower would have to wait until tomorrow for them both because sleep would not be denied after a round like that not knowing tomorrow, they would be dealing with a tsunami in the form of Melanie Whitmore and Maxwell King.

…

The next day was busy for everyone in this world of secrets. Marcus with the help of Micheala filed for full custody of his son without Mellie's knowledge. Tom insured Max was not given bail and Mellie of course decided to pay Max a visit. She was angry. She felt since Fitz and his pregnant mistress wanted to come after her and ruin her chances of a payday she had nothing to lose. Her child was currently with his father giving her time to plan her revenge. It was no longer about the money. She wanted both Olivia and Fitz to pay and hoped Max could help her make that happen.

Max takes a seat on the other side of the glass partition and picks up the phone and listens. "Mr. King it looks like our spouses have played us. I need to know everything there is to know about your wife."

"She's powerful." He states waiting to see where Mellie was going with her questioning

"The bigger they are the harder they fall. Do you know when their affair started? How far along she is, and is the baby truly my husbands?"

He nods his head as he thinks for a moment. "I'm not sure but she looks to be about 5 months or so. I guess. I'm just estimating how my son's mother pregnancy was when she began to show. As far as how I know she told me, plus do to a medical thing, I'm currently unable to have children."

"Okay so that means the affair must have started right around the time I had my son, maybe sooner, which makes sense to me. It gave him the perfect opportunity. What was your schedule like 5 months ago?"

"I was traveling. I'm a sports agent for a major NBA team."

"Then why the hell are you still in this god forsaken place?'

"I'm not sure, but can you call my sons mother and let her know what's going on so she can get my lawyer on it? I used my only phone call to call you."

"Sure, what's her name and number?"

Max gives her the information. Mellie shares with him her plan to expose them. She figured if this Olivia Pope is such a big dog her affair with Fitz would ruin her and cause a riff in the Grant name. She would then retrieve her son and get the hell out of dodge. Whatever happened to Max was not her concern nor her problem. She just needed him for the information. She figured he was using her to get back at his wife just like she was getting back at her husband. The fact she was now his ex-wife had not yet registered in her reality. Mellie left the prison and met with a smaller paper and sold her story totally forgetting about calling Angela on Max behalf.

The small news outlet was so excited about beating the major media to the headline they printed it immediately. It spread like wildfire all over social media. The headline read EXCLUSIVE: Secret Affair Exposed between Olivia Pope the Fixer and Fitzgerald Grant III, Son of Governor Fitzgerald Grant II…Love child on the way! "The wife of Fitzgerald Grant and the husband of Olivia Pope have confirmed that both their spouses have been having a secret affair and have each divorced due to the infidelity and a pregnancy as of result of this illicit affair. Mr. Grant is currently Ms. Pope's Attorney against her now ex-husband and sports agent for the California Stones Maxwell King, who is currently in police custody for attacking Ms. Pope after finding out about infidelity and the pregnancy as a result of secret affair. We have reached out to Ms. Pope and Mr. Grant but have been unsuccessful in our efforts to get their responds to these claims. We will continue to try and reach out to the couple for comment. Stay tuned for their responds to these allegations."

The major news outlets went wild trying to play catchup. They camped out in front of OPA, FGT III LAW Esq., Mellie's home, Max's home, as well as Bank of America where Mellie was still employed.

Liv was on the phone with Fitz. It was about 30 minutes ago when Huck came into her office and informed her of what was coming. He had been keeping an eye on Mellie and informed Liv of what she was up to. Liv immediately called Fitz to give him a heads up.

"What do you need Livvie? I'm not worried about Mellie and what she's trying to do. My family name is strong. My concern is you." He offers already abreast of what Mellie was up to due to a phone call from his father.

"She's making it seen like we had this illicit affair and caused our divorce. I need to get ahead of this. I need to spin this…we need to spin this."

Fitz stops her "Livvie listen to me. I need you to calm down. Stop pacing and sit down." She does as her team watches in amazement knowing she's talking to Fitz on the phone. They've never been able to calm her so quickly. She was a very argumentative woman when she felt she had no control. "How about we tell the truth?"

Liv sit straight up "What!? No Fitz we need to spin this, change the narrative."

"Then we'll be living a lie Livvie. I'm done being a part of deception. I don't want you and my child to be a dirty little secret. I'm in love with you. We're having a baby. We can't allow others to dictate our life. We've done that long enough in our marriages. I'm not ashamed of falling in love with you. I'm not ashamed of you or our baby inside of you. If we tell the truth, as much as we are willing to share then it becomes our word against theirs. Max loses either way. People are less forgiving when it comes to domestic violence. Mellie also loses. He gave Mellie the ammunition she needed to attack me by throwing him under the bus. We can handle this Liv. We can get through this, together. If we work together baby, we can get through this and anything else that comes our way."

Liv calms down completely "You think so?"

"Yes, my love. Together we are stronger. Together we are unstoppable. I need you to trust me Liv. I will handle Mellie and make this go away. Do you trust me?"

As weird as it may have sounded, she did trust him. She trusted him with her body, and now she trusted him with her life, her reputation, and with him taking the lead. "Yes. I do trust you Fitz, more than you can know."

"Okay my love. Wait for my call. Stay where you are until I come for you. Is your team there with you?"

"Yes."

"Okay good. Keep your phone close to you. I have to go. I'll be in touch and Livvie…?

"Yes." She softly answers

"I love you."

"Okay. I'll wait for your call." She spoke with an even softer tone than before ending the call.

Fitz hangs up and enters the courtroom. "Fitzgerald Grant here on behalf of Olivia Pope your honor."

"Fitz its good to see you. You may begin with your opening statement now that all parties are present."

Max sat peripherally from Fitz with his public defender, seeing he could no longer afford a real lawyer.

"First of all, thank you your honor for denying bail. My client is still suffering from the effects of the assault from Mr. King and in fear for her and her unborn child's life at this time which is why she is not here, however I would like to present to you video evidence of the attack on my client, which also shows me defending her from Mr. King." The Judge nods

The tape is played in its entirety with sound. Everything appears authentic even though Huck edited certain parts of it. Before the tape could reach the ending the judge says he's seen enough. "Your honor I ask for a speedy trial and the max sentencing of 20 years."

Max leaps to his feet "TWENTY YEARS…I BARELY TOUCHED THAT BITCH!" He's quickly restrained back to his seat. "Mr. King, you seemed to have quit the temper. I have made my decision. I find the defendant guilty of 1st degree attempted murder by strangulation, 1st degree attempted murder of and unborn fetus, and one count of aggravated assault of a pregnant female, and one count of bodily harm to and unborn fetus. Max sentencing of 20 years in Federal prison without the possibility of parole. Court adjourned." He slaps down the gravel and walks out of the courtroom as Max is dragged back to his cell kicking and screaming.

Fitz walks out of the courthouse and drives to his next destination but first he calls Tom to see if everything is set. "Hey Tom, are we ready?"

"Yup, everything is set up. Kimberly Mitchell will meet you at the location I emailed to you. She should be there already."

"Perfect." Fitz states turning the corner as he follows his GPS. He then gets a call from his father. "I need to take this call my dad is calling." They end the call and Fitz clicks the call waiting "Hey dad."

"Hey son, how'd it go in court today?"

"Just as expected 25 years federal time. I'm on my way to my second meeting now."

"Good the best way to beat Mellie at her own game is to take away her leverage, be sure to bring Ms. Pope by the house so your mother and I can formally meet her. We'd love to welcome her to the family besides she's having our first grandchild."

Soon after the new hit Gerry was on the phone, plotting, planning, and preparing. The fact that Olivia Pope was possibly carrying his grandchild put an even bigger fire under his feet. It was confirmed when he called Fitz to find out if it was true. Fitz confirmed everything explain the when, where, and how. He also explained how to get counteract the story and Kimberly Mitchell was the person to help them do it.

"I will dad. I'll call you and mom soon and thanks again dad for the heads up."

"Anytime son, now go and shut this shit down." Fitz and his father laugh with a hardy laughter before ending the call.

Fitz pulls into the undisclosed location agreed upon by him and Kimberly Mitchell. He parks in the underground location and makes his way inside. He greeted by Kimberly and a host of camera crew members. The stage is set. "Hi Fitz, it nice to finally meet you."

"The pleasure is all mines. Thanks for all that you are doing for us."

Kimberly smiles "Your father is a good man who helped me and now I get to return the favor. So before we get started I want to give you a few pointers. Smile when you say her name…Olivia." Fitz blushes "I don't think you'll have a problem you're blushing at the mention of her name. You look like you want to jump up and down and yell it to the world."

He blushes more, His ears turn fireball red. "I got this." Kimberly nods and they sit and began the interview after the introduction to the segment is started. "So, Fitz, is the rumors true? Were you and or are you having an affair with Olivia Pope?"

Fitz slowly crosses his leg intwining his finger together as he relaxed in his seat. "No." There was a long pause "However, we did have one night together after finding out both our spouses were having an affair that produced a child with two separate people. We were both hurting and for one moment in time we leaned on one another, mentally, physically, spiritually, and yes, sexually."

"So it was just the one time, the one moment…do you regret it now?"

Fitz thinks for a moment on how to respond. "Sometimes…" He pauses as he becomes emotional "Sometimes I wish I never laid eyes on her. I wish we'd never met."

"Olivia Pope? You sometimes wish you never met Olivia Pope?"

"Sometimes yes. I can't tell you how all of this makes me feel to see her name being smeared, her team being dragged in the spotlight; clients being investigated like she's somehow responsible for their misfortunes. Right now, her law firm is being harassed by the media because of me, because of my ex-wife and the things that she's alleged." He takes a deep breath "But also because she's worked very hard, to build a business. A business who's only aim is to help people become the best version of themselves on the worst day of their life. She becomes their lifeline. She built that business and she's very proud of her hard work. So yes sometimes because I laid eyes on that woman, that once married woman and had that one moment with her, had I not laid eyes on her I would have never fallen in love with her, and she wouldn't have fallen in love with me but because of me she could lose everything."

Kimberly is almost brought to tears "What about the baby do you regret getting her pregnant?"

Fitz wipes an uncontrolled fallen tear and sniffs "No. My ex-wife lied to me our entire marriage. She even tried to tell me her child was mines after the birth, when the child was clearly biracial. To prepare yourself for fatherhood is the best feeling in the world. So, no I don't regret my…the pregnancy. I welcome it. I truly feel as if god don't make mistakes, especially involving creating life. It was for me to have a child with Olivia because once I laid eyes on her, she became the love of my life. Which is why I'm here to clear the air."

Kimberly hands him a tissue and grabs one for herself. "Had I not laid eyes on her, we wouldn't be having a child together right now. I wouldn't have fallen in love with her, and she wouldn't have fallen in love with me. We would most likely be two lonely people. We didn't ask to fall in love with one another. Faith or our ex-spouse's secret affairs brought us together. If it were a choice who would choose this kind of love. We met; we fell in love." He runs his hands through his hair "We tried…we tried and failed, tried and failed again to…move on. To not look back. To not give in to our feelings, she tried even harder to run, to hide, to ignore her feelings and go through the pregnancy alone, but she couldn't. We both tried to stop loving one another, but we couldn't. Then my ex-wife trying to scandalize my name brought us back together, and we no longer could deny our love and when she told me that the child, she was carrying was mines, I knew then that we were meant to be together, and when our infidelity was exposed, I knew I had to tell our side of the story and clear Olivia's name. So, for all of those out there who wanted to know, now you knows the truth, and since we both are now divorced, we're moving forward…together."

Kimberly no longer able to control the tears falling from her eyes ends the interview.

…

Liv stood staring at the many televisions in her office was overwhelmed with emotions. He asked her to trust him. He said he would handle it, and he did. Not only did he handle it he publicly stated his love for her. He set the record straight. He killed all the rumors. He handled the problem the way a boss, a man protecting his woman should have handle it. He was like no man she ever met before outside of her father. She needed a moment to get her emotions together. She walks past her team as they are watching her in awe of what Fitz just did on her behalf. She takes the back stairs in hopes of escaping the media, but once she's outside they bombard her.

"Ms. Pope are carrying Fitzgerald Grants child?"

"Ms. Pope are you cheating on your husband?"

"Ms. Pope is it true Mr. King attacked you?"

The media was so busy trying to catch Liv and be the first to get the big story, unaware that Kimberly Mitchell was currently doing a live sit down with Fitz, corner Olivia in the door as a reporter sticks a microphone in her face "Ms. Pope are you in a relationship with Fitzgerald Grant?"

Liv pauses and thinks about all the thing Fitz said concerning her, concerning them and looks directly into the camera and say "YES!"

Until next time…..Keke