PART 1
"I can't believe they are such idiots!", Olivia looked again at the photographs that private investigator Wright showed her. Her worst premonitions have turned out to be true.
"If this isn't enough of a proof, I could get you a video."
"This is good. Thank you, Mr Wright."
"It's Harrison.", he smiled shaking her hand. "Any friend of Abby's is mine too. Call me if you need anything else."
"Thank you."
Olivia closed the door of her house and took a deep breath. It was still morning, but she felt like she could use a glass of wine to prepare herself for the day. She was feeling guilty for leaving Fitz's bed, but Harrison Wright did called her early to share his newest discovery and she couldn't pass the opportunity for "Green Angel" to strike again.
She plugged her USB device to the laptop and send photographs to the local newspapers and TV stations. There was no way that Fitz, her family or whoever could distract her from her goal. She couldn't rely only on finding grandpa's annex. Olivia Pope liked to have control over things. Fitz was a welcomed distraction, but she needed to keep him at a safe distance in order to do her job effectively. So she lied about the family emergency. She had to...
Just when she decided to take a trip to the gym before lunch with parents, her phone rang, signaling she just got a message.
FG: Hey, Jungle girl! :)
OP: Who is this?!
FG: You have some other guys calling you like that?! Oh, my heart! /3 ;-(
OP: Broken heart emoji?! Really, grandpa?!
FG: This "GRANDPA" made you cum three times last night! :P
OP: You're sure about that?! I may have faked it. ;)
There was no message sent back for a few minutes and Olivia giggled.
OP: Baby?!
Her phone started to ring and she answered immediately.
"So...I'm your 'baby', huh?", she could sense his sexy smirk from her kitchen on the other side of the town.
"You're sure acting like one now. Why are you calling, Fitz? To prove your masculinity?"
"Barking at a wrong tree, Livvie! I just wanted to know how are you? How is your day? What are you wearing?", he added almost in a whisper. Olivia squeezed her thighs together, remembering his husky voice whispering sweet nothings to her last night.
"If you must know, I'm getting ready to hit the gym, then lunch with my parents..."
"You could come to the lake house, I told you I'd show you my equipment. I have an excellent gym."
"Been there, done that!", she was getting nervous and started pacing around her kitchen.
"You're quite a happy camper in the morning, aren't you, grumpy pants?", he teased her and then remembered. "What's up with your parents, what was the emergency?"
GREAT, OLIVIA!, she grabbed the edge of the table harder. She didn't think of what she's going to say to him yet, never assuming he would call this early.
"My Dad had a minor health scare. I drove him to the ER, they filled him up with medications and he's fine now. He's resting at home."
She hate that she had to lie. Fitz was quiet on the other end, thinking.
"OK. I'm glad he's better, Livvie. I'll let you go back to your day. Call me later?"
"Why?", she took a bite out of apple.
"For phone sex of course!"
She almost choked and started coughing like crazy.
"See?! You can't even handle me on the phone, gorgeous!"
"Bite me, Fitzgerald!", she choked out when her voice came back to her.
"Oh, I will! You know that! Bye, Jungle girl!"
Fitz hung up the phone and returned to his favorite spot near the window. He would consider this to be a good, normal, playful "day after Earth-shattering sex"-conversation. He would be beyond happy to start off his day like this everyday, if only he didn't see Eli Pope jogging an hour ago by the lake near his house. The man was the epitome of health!
Why did she lied to me?! He run a hand through his hear nervously. Fitz Grant could forgive many things in life, lies were not one of them.
PART 2
Conference room at Pope Oil on Monday was filled with board members like never before. They were waiting for Hal Pope to come in and tell them what's the emergency. Fitz grabbed the opportunity to switch places with Liv's Aunt and sat down beside her in the middle of the table.
"You never called last night."
"I was tired. I forgot.", she didn't. She was avoiding him on purpose.
Fitz leaned in a little towards her and whispered tickling her ear with his nose.
"I won't let you do this again, Liv."
"Do what?", she said louder than she intended to and her father send her a death glare across the table.
"Run away from me again. Go to Brazil or whatever God forsaken country you'll choose this time."
He emphasized his words by taking her hand in his under the table and caressed her fingers.
"This is not the time or the place...", Olivia barely had the power to speak feeling her whole body was pulled into him by some undefined spell. He looked dashing in his black shirt and jeans.
"Sorry, I'm late, people!", Hal Pope stormed into the room not bothering to sit down. He looked older than usual. Olivia almost felt sorry for the guy.
"Have you seen the news?! That "Green Devil" is one persistent motherfucker, I give him that!"
Olivia almost laughed out load at his comment. Of course it's assumed that "Green Angel" is a guy! No chance in hell that a woman could ever do anything remotely intelligent as that!
"What is happening? What's the emergency?", Eli Pope asked with a firm voice that send shivers down Fitz's spine. How can this cold, unpleasant man have such beautiful, gentle daughter?! He could never figure that out.
"Idiot was spying on our lab team!", Hal started to explain. "God knows how did he managed to pass our security. He send compromising pictures of our two head lab guys, playing chess in the laboratory during work hours, saying that we are not doing anything to protect people from the pollution, we are a mockery of this state!"
"Excuse me?!", Olivia jumped first with a face expression Meryl Streep would envy. "Playing chess during work hours?!"
"Yes.", Hal nodded.
"Did you fire them?!", asked Fitz and Olivia wanted to kiss him right now in front of everybody. That was her next question.
Hal shook his head, drinking some medication with his water.
"Of course not. That "Green Angel" is not going to tell me how to run my own company!"
"You mean OUR company?!", Aunt Judy kicked in from the left.
"Mine, our, whatever!"
Olivia was focused and sharp like a tigress.
"You mean to tell me you fired my whole team in a blink of an eye after grandpa died...good, competent scientists who worked their buts of for this company, and you didn't fire these lazy idiots who are ruining our reputation?!"
Fitz was usually bored in these meetings, but Olivia's presence made them bearable. More than bearable...He just needed some popcorn and he would gladly look at her biting people's heads for the rest of his life.
"Olivia, calm down.", her father spoke. "I know you're sorry about your team, but we will not run our company by the rules of some angry bastard. We will fix this by monitoring our lab team better. I suggest we put camera surveillance in the laboratory so they don't do these things again."
Now she was pissed. She was 100% sure they would agree to fire them and get some competent people to work there. Her plan, other than mocking the company in the news, had no real, good consequence.
"Do you want me to come to the lab every day and babysit them myself so they'd actually do their job?!"
Fitz was enchanted by her wit and beauty. As well as her hips in that dress. She needed his help.
"Olivia is right. We should react. Fire those people, get some new ones, call out a press conference and stop making ourselves look like brainless fools!", he finished looking at Eli Pope, feeling the need to protect his Livvie from him especially.
"Remind me, what is your job here exactly, boy?!", Eli smirked at Fitz who clenched his fists under the table.
"Dad, stop it!", Olivia sat down beside Fitz, patting his knee in support, calming him down instantly.
"I'm the guy you come running to, begging for money, when you decide to spill some oil in the Mexican Gulf.", he couldn't resist answering.
"Environmental police is calling me now. Would you like to answer, Dad?", Olivia asked.
"You're disgusting!", Eli yelled and Fitz wanted to hug her cos she looked so sad.
"I suggest you call out that press conference like Fitz said, apologize to our customers and citizens of this town and hire a new lab team that doesn't need a babysitter!", she put her phone in the bag ready for the next big Olivia Pope dramatic exit.
"Or what?!", asked Hal wiping the sweat off his forehead.
Olivia was almost at the door, then she turned around.
"Or "Green Angel" will strike again."
Fitz let out a breath he didn't know he was holding. Something about her calm comment raised the alarm in is head and woke up some doubts. No, it's ridiculous! Someone from Pope Oil was probably this "Green Angel" by his theory, but Olivia?! No way! Even she wasn't that crazy!
He was lost looking at her toned legs in a white mini dress, remembering how good they felt wrapped around his waist, two days ago. What he would give to have them back in that same position. Olivia licked her lips, prepared for a big exit.
"This company has to address those allegations and has to show some good will when it comes to preserving the environment. Otherwise, people will boycott our products until we are bankrupt! If your desire is that, go ahead, be stubborn. But I guaranty you that won't stop the "Green Angel"!"
She turned around again and left leaving everyone including Fitz stunned. Things weren't going exactly
as good as he would want them, but they've made some progress. He defended her and she defended him in this meeting. She talked about her failed engagement on Saturday. Fitz frowned thinking about that idiot Edison Davis and the way he humiliated her. He should pray to God he doesn't see me soon.
A desire to protect Olivia came over him like a tide. Fitz didn't expect to feel this so soon. And she certainly looked and acted like she doesn't need anyone's protection. He wondered how much pain was she hiding underneath her iron shield.
A/N Hello my dear Olitzers! Sorry for the short chapter, but this was kind of a filler to the next one. I'll post it before Thursday's mid season finale (just in case I end up fucked up with Shonda's bs after it and loose my desire to live! :P ). Our bae is directing, so at least we know it'll look good! ;) #TheresHope
Thank you for your patience and kind words and be on the look out for my new story soon. It will be more drama centered than this rom/com I'm doing now. I have a brilliant idea! :)
XO from me