Olivia got glasses for the wine she was sharing with her mother. It was after work later that day.
Serena turned around on the couch to look at her. "Did you sign the papers yet?"
"No." Olivia answered as she took out the wine from the fridge.
"Did you get yourself a lawyer?"
Olivia came back to the living room and sat down. "No, we have the same lawyer. He is taking care of it all."
"And you're letting Marcus screw you over on everything?"
"Mom he isn't screwing me over. We're settling it in a mature way."
"Olivia I told you all men are the same. They all come for what they want and then they leave for their own personal interest."
Olivia rolled her eyes and poured the wine. "We're still friends."
"Then why did he leave you?"
"It wasn't working out. He wasn't happy." Olivia answered and leaned on the couch. "We're better friends."
"Was it your job?"
"Yes. I wasn't home enough."
"Maybe it was the nature of your job. I don't like your job either." Serena told her. "You shouldn't be dealing with this kind of stuff."
"Mom c'mon." Olivia whined. "He could handle the cases; he just wanted me home that's all."
"Sounds controlling to me."
Olivia took deep breath. "I know you're not the biggest fan of Marcus but he isn't a control freak. He is a good man."
"Mmhmm." Serena nodded and sipped some of her wine.
They heard a knock on the door. Olivia got up to answer it. She spotted Marcus standing there. "Hey."
"Did I come in a bad time?" He questioned noticing she was still in jeans and a blouse. Normally she got comfortable as she got home.
"Oh no." Olivia shook her head. "My mom just came over that's all."
Marcus's eyes widened at that. He knew Serena didn't really like him, it wasn't specifically about him. It was about any man Olivia got together with. "I'll come back then."
"No it's ok. What's up?"
Marcus held up a book. "It's published. Thought I give you the first copy." He answered.
Olivia smiled and took it. "Thanks Marc, this is awesome."
Serena came to the door hearing talking. She raised an eyebrow at Marcus. "Good evening Marcus."
"Good evening Ms. Benson." Marcus nodded. "I just came to give you that. Goodnight." He tried to leave.
"Stay." Serena told him. "Are you in a hurry?"
"Oh. No." He answered.
"Well join us." Serena told him. "We were just about to have dinner anyway."
Marcus looked over at Olivia. Most of the time they tried their best to dodge Serena and Marcus being in the same room. Serena was extremely dominate and he was very shy. It always ended up hurting Olivia seeing her husband being crushed by her mother. "Um…ok."
Olivia moved out of his way to come in. "Marcus will help me in the kitchen. Mom you can go watch TV while we set the table."
Marcus went to the kitchen and leaned on the counter top as Olivia joined him.
"Why didn't you lie?" Olivia whispered. "You know you two don't get along."
"I don't know, I just felt weird. Normally I'm here when she comes over and I can leave then. This was just weird." He whispered. "We'll get through it."
Olivia shook her head and pointed to the oven as she got the plates. Marcus opened the oven and looked at the steak. "What's wrong?" Olivia questioned.
"Nothing. You cooked." He answered. "Weird." He took out the meat. "And it didn't set on fire." He smiled a little.
"Shut up." Olivia shook her head and got him a glass. "You want wine?"
"Sure." He answered and reached for the bigger plate to put the meat on it. He tripped a little and ended up falling on Olivia. Olivia looked up at him as she hit her back on the countertop and his body against hers. "Sorry." He whispered.
Olivia couldn't control her body press up against his. "It' ok." She whispered looking up at him. She placed her hand on his lower back being very aroused. "Are you ok?"
He nodded a little as his breathing increased being close to her lips. "Yeah." He tried to control his erection but his body pushed against hers more.
Olivia was about to kiss him but forced herself away. "Um…I have to get your glass."
"I don't need wine." He answered enjoying their moment.
Olivia smiled devilishly and placed her hand on his chest. She purposefully pushed him against on the other counter top. She kept close to his body though. "I think you do." She pressed her body on his and reached behind his back. She kept eye contact with him.
Marcus leaned down to kiss her but she moved away once she got the glass she was looking for. She winked and walked away. Marcus raised an eyebrow by her attitude and found himself smiling. He grabbed the food and plates and quickly followed out of the kitchen.
Olivia set the table and kept a small smirk on her face. Marcus put the food in the middle of the table and put the three plates on the table. He kept taking glances at her and licked his lips finding her beautiful.
Serena came to the table and sat down. Marcus and Olivia sat across each other. Marcus found Olivia's legs under the table and made sure his legs were touching hers. Olivia rubbed her leg against the inside of his legs.
"Marcus how is your writing?" Serena questioned.
Marcus kept his eyes on Olivia. He was intoxicated by her. "Huh? Oh. Um, fine."
"Olivia your work?"
"It's fine." Olivia answered and kept her eyes on his bright green ones. She licked her lips and purposefully stepped on his foot lightly. He smirked and stepped on hers lightly.
Serena exchanged looks between the two young people seeing they were only paying attention to each other. "Marcus you still writing mystery books?"
"Yes." He answered and grabbed some of the wine.
"Are you being as descript? You tend to keep to the dialogue." Serena took some of the food.
Marcus glanced over at her. "It still works doesn't it?"
Olivia rolled her eyes knowing her mother was only concerned in his writing because she an English professor. "Ok can we just eat?"
"Oh honey we're only talking." Serena told her with a small smile.
Marcus smiled back and placed his foot in between Olivia's legs. She jumped a little but didn't move his foot of her seat. He smiled evilly and kept it his foot there.
Olivia took some of the food and ate a little. She purposefully let some fall and land on Marcus's foot.
Marcus felt the heat and instantly jumped a little to move his foot. Olivia smiled a little and returned to her food.
Serena looked over at Marcus jump. "Are you ok?"
"Fine. Just…felt cold for a second." He smirked in Olivia's direction.
"Cold huh?" Olivia asked and placed her foot on his crotch. He shifted a little feeling her gently move it to get him aroused. "You should drink more wine."
Marcus nodded and gripped his fork as Olivia kept arousing him. "Yeah. Wine." He nodded and grabbed the water glass. He drank it in an instant as he began sweating. He slouched in his seat more to give her better access.
Serena looked oddly at Marcus and turned to her daughter. "Have you met new people on the job?"
"Oh god yeah." Marcus breathed out.
Olivia tried to hold her laughter at his reactions and turned to her mother. "Yeah I have."
"Anyone nice?"
"Mmhmm." Marcus nodded as wiped his sweat.
Olivia grinned. "Yeah." She removed her foot.
"No." Marcus answered as he controlled his breathing.
Serena looked over at him. "Are you ok?"
"Um…meat makes me nauseas sometimes. Excuse me." He quickly got up and went to the bathroom.
Olivia noticed his bulging pants but Serena didn't. "I'm going to check on him. Excuse me." She got up also and went to the bathroom.
Marcus was standing over the toilet and his pants and boxers were down to his knees. He looked over at her. "That was not called for."
Olivia locked the door behind her. She said nothing and pushed him against the wall. She undid her pants and pushed them down. "We never did quickies."
He grinned. "I don't know this side of you but I like it." He answered and picked her up by the back of her thighs. He pushed her on the wall and kissed her neck.
Olivia wrapped her legs around his waist. "C'mon. Quick."
He pushed inside her and thrusted a couple times. He felt her breath whimper on his neck. He pushed faster. In a couple minutes both reached their orgasm.
Olivia slid of him and pulled her pants up. "Time to go." She kissed him on the lips and fixed her hair. She left the bathroom.
Marcus caught his breath and pulled his own pants up. He fixed his shirt and also left the bathroom with a dreamy look on his face. He sat down in his seat and drank his wine in one gulp.
Olivia smiled proudly and ate her food.
They all kept somewhat quiet for a couple minutes. Serena spoke up first. "I think I'm going to go. It's getting late." She got up.
Olivia got up also. "Are you sure?"
"Yeah." Serena exchanged looks between the two. "Goodnight."
"Goodnight." Marcus mumbled with the food in his mouth.
Serena shook her head at him and walked to the door. Olivia followed and said her goodbyes. She came back a couple minutes later.
Marcus placed his hands on the back of his neck. "You owe me foreplay."
"I do." Olivia answered simply and cleaned up her plates. "When you're finished eating, let yourself out."
Marcus stared at her in shock. "What?"
"What?" Olivia questioned. "You didn't think that was more then sex did you?" She walked away to the kitchen satisfied with herself.
Marcus's mouth dropped. He got up. "Ok I get it. It's payback time."
"Oh no." Olivia washed the dishes. "It was just sex. Nothing more, nothing less."
He leaned on the counter top and nodded. "Ok I'm sorry about this morning."
Olivia smiled at him. "Glad you learned your lesson."
He thought for a second. "Want to teach me my lesson again?" He asked with a cute smile.
Olivia nodded and pulled out the handle from the faucet. She sprayed him with water. Marcus grabbed her and sprayed her back with the water. He purposefully put it down her shirt as both started laughing.
Olivia let out a scream from the cold water and pulled it out. She sprayed him in the face. Marcus wrapped his arms around her from the back and covered the water from spraying. Olivia slipped on the water on the floor and made both of them fall.
She laughed even more at that. Marcus pulled himself up and turned the faucet off. He lay back down by her.
Olivia looked over at him and noticed he was all wet. "You look like a wet puppy."
He looked over at her moist hair and completely soaked shirt. "You look like a beer commercial."
Olivia took her shirt off and tossed it to the side. She rested her chin on his chest so she could look up at him. "Sorry for tricking you into sex."
He laughed a little and wrapped his arm around her waist. "I think I'll survive."
She placed her leg over his and moved closer. "I don't want our relationship to be all about sex, I love you too much for that."
"I love you too Olivia." He whispered. "We can be friends. It won't be that weird, ex husbands and wives do that all the time right?"
"Yeah." Olivia nodded and wrapped his other arm around her.
Marcus looked down at her and kissed her forehead. "I should get going; I have a meeting early in the morning."
Olivia nodded and sat up on the kitchen floor. He got off the floor and put his hand out. She took it and pulled herself up.
"Thanks for the book" She told him as she walked him to the door.
"Not a problem." He nodded as he opened the door. "Thank you for tonight. It was romantic."
"Shut up." She pushed him out of the door with a small laugh. She closed the door and laughed a little at herself as she went to take a shower.
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The next morning Olivia pulled her badge on and was about to go to work when her house phone rang. She picked it up as she buttoned up her shirt. "Hello."
"May I speak with Marcus Montagu?"
"Um, he doesn't live here anymore, can I take a message?" Olivia questioned.
"This is Doctor Cole, his test results came back."
Olivia looked a little confused and placed her hair behind her ears. "What test results?"
"He came in this morning with some symptoms, so we ran tests. It's just a flu."
"Alright thank you." Olivia answered and hung up the phone. She stood there for a second and took her badge off. She called in work and took a sick day off. He took care of her multiple times when she was sick, it was only fair to be there for him.
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Olivia got to his new apartment half an hour later. She went up to his door and knocked on it. She never really came over to see the new apartment but heard about it.
Marcus answered the door in sweats and a hoodie. "Hey Liv."
"Hey." She whispered noticing he was sniffling and coughing. "Are you ok?"
"Why? Do I look like crap?" He asked and let out a sneeze.
"Actually, yeah you do." She answered with a small smirk and came in. "Your doctor called the house. He said you just had a flu."
"Oh thanks. Sorry, I forgot to give them my new number." He went to the living room and flopped down on the couch.
"It's fine. I came over to check on you." She went over and covered him with the blanket.
"Don't you have work?" He mumbled into the pillow.
"Yeah but I called in a sick day." She answered and went to his kitchen. "Do you want me to make you some tea?"
"Eww tea." He answered and coughed again.
"I'm making you some tea." She answered even if she knew he hated tea. She looked through cabinets and finally found some tea.
Marcus quickly went to the bathroom and threw up. Olivia looked up as he came back in. "I'm fine." He answered before she asked.
"You probably got the stomach flu also." She told him as she brought him tea over to his coffee table. "Drink."
"I don't like tea Liv."
"Don't care." She answered and sat down by his feet.
He rolled his eyes and drank some tea then laid back down on the couch. "You didn't have to come."
"I know. But I wanted to." She answered. "Wanted to make sure you were ok."
"Thanks."
"Do you need anything else?"
"My computer."
"You are not working." She told him strictly. "You have to rest."
"But please? I'll rest with my computer I promise."
"No." She answered and covered him more with the blanket. "Drink your tea and rest."
He rolled his eyes and drank the tea. He playfully kicked her with his feet. Olivia smirked and pushed his legs away. She leaned on the couch and placed his feet on her lap.
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Around 3 in the afternoon, they were both watching a movie and Marcus's flu was already passing. Olivia had her head on his lap and he was holding her hand over her stomach.
Olivia looked up at him. "Feeling better?"
He nodded and looked down at her. "Yeah. Thank you for taking care of me." He brushed her bangs off her forehead.
"You're welcome."
He smiled a little and interlaced his fingers with hers. "I wanted to talk to you about something."
"What?"
"I was thinking me and you-" Before he could finish they were interrupted by the door opening.
"Marcus?" A woman's voice asked and then came into the living room but stopped seeing them. She had light brown hair and blue eyes. "Hi there."
Olivia instantly sat up seeing the stranger standing there. "Hi."
Marcus exchanged looks between the two women and sat up himself. "Olivia this is Haley. Haley this is Olivia."
"Your ex wife?" Haley questioned.
"Yeah." Marcus answered awkwardly.
Olivia glanced at him since technically they were still married. "Would you like to introduce us Marcus?"
"Yeah…um…Olivia this is Haley."
Haley raised an eyebrow at him. "I'm his girlfriend." She answered.