So after writing Butterfly and the great response I received I knew I had another story idea to share with all you Gladiators.

Hope you enjoy...

Chapter 1

Olivia walked into the room liked she owned it. She immediately saw Fitzgerald Grant as she sat down at the table.

"Now that everyone is here, lets get started." Cyrus said opening his briefcase. "This case is going to be brutal on all of us. We have to prove that our client Michael did not kill his girlfriend. I need a few teams put together to dig into different parts of his life. He is a well known man here in New York so we have to be discrete as always. Abby and Huck, I would like you on his business dealings. Harrison and Quinn, I need you on his family and Fitz and Olivia I need you on his personal life outside of his family. If he slept with two girls last night, I need to know their names and anything about them. Am I clear?"

All of them said yes in unison. Olivia was the newbie of the group and had only worked one other case at the law firm but she loved how they operated like a well oiled machine.

Fitz got up from the table and walked and sat beside Olivia. "Hi, I have heard great things about you Olivia. My father said you did a great job on your last case. Welcome to the firm."

Olivia looked at him feeling all kinds of nervous. She had watched him in the three months she had been at the firm. He would walk through and talk to everyone, especially the women every morning. She knew he was a playboy, he was good looking, rich and smart. All three of those a turn on to any woman.

"Hi" Olivia said back grabbing her purse to grab her phone. "So, what do you want to start with Fitzgerald?"

"Please call me Fitz. Fitzgerald is my father. I think we should go through his phone records right now and we will go from there. Why don't we start with his phone records for the past month and see if there is any type of pattern. Do you have those?"

Fitz moved to reach over her and brushed against her arm and it was like electricity for both of them though neither let on what they felt. After looking at the records for a couple of hours it was lunch time and Fitz offered to order lunch for them or take her to lunch outside the walls of the law firm.

"Thanks Fitz but I need to run some errands before we get back at it this evening." Olivia said grabbing her belongings and heading for the door.

Under his breath as she was leaving she heard him say "I would like to get at something with you Ms. Pope." Olivia chose to ignore and walk out the conference room but she would be lying if she didn't get a little turned on by this man.

Olivia walked back into her office after running errands and found Abby sitting on the couch waiting.

"So, you get to be with the beautiful smart Fitz and I get Huck. Now tell me what it was like smelling him for the past few hours locked in a room with him?" Abby said smiling up at Olivia.

"One, Huck is amazing. Two, we were not locked in the room and three, Abs, he smells amazing. I am telling you the man reached over me to grab a stack of papers and I thought I would die." Olivia said going to sit down beside her on the couch. Olivia hadn't noticed her door was cracked open with Fitz on the other side until he knocked and pushed it open. Olivia looked mortified.

"Ladies, sorry to interrupt but Olivia we have the other records sorted out and I think I found something during lunch if you want to meet me back in the conference room." Fitz turned back to leave and smiled as he walked out of her office.

Olivia looked at Abby, "Do you think he heard us? If he did Abby I am going to kill you."

"Liv, he didn't hear us or his smart ass would have said something. You have heard the rumors about him, he thinks he is God's gift to women." Abby said getting up an putting her shoes back on.

Olivia felt a little nervous going back into the conference room wondering if Fitz had heard them.

"I brought you a water, looks like we might be here a while." Olivia said placing the bottle on the table beside him.

"Thank you, I worked through lunch and haven't thought about anything but this phone number that keeps popping up in Michaels records. I called Huck for him to find out who it belongs to. He called this number everyday almost at the same exact times each day for the past six months. Is it me or is that very strange?"

Olivia went to grab the stack of highlighted phone records and slipped and fell basically on Fitz as he sat in the chair.

She started laughing getting up "I am so sorry, new shoes and apparently new feet today."

"It's no problem, I might have you massage my back and shoulder the way you slammed into them but other than that I will be fine." Fitz was dying inside, he felt her breast pressed up against him and he immediately started to get aroused. He sat there thinking what it was about this woman that had him so obsessed already.

"I don't' thing that will happen but nice try." Olivia moved and sat on the opposite side of the table from him. As she reviewed the number and times she looked up at him and saw he was staring.

"Fitz, you are staring. Why?"

"Well to be honest I was watching you look over the files. You do see I have everything listed at the top of the file on a sticky note with the number and the times it was called."

"I see but I wanted to look for myself. I am a perfectionist and very anal. You will find that out if we continue working together." Olivia placed her pen down and laced her hands together.

"Well, that is good to know. We will be spending a lot of time together and I plan on learning a lot about you Ms. Pope." Fitz said leaning back in his chair.

"You can cut the shit Fitz, I am not one of your little twenty something girls that thinks those remarks are cute. We a highly educated people and we have a job to do. You can cut the Ms. Pope too, you can call me Olivia or Liv."

"Olivia, I didn't mean anything by it. Just trying to break the ice. We will be spending a lot of time together and sometimes you just need a break from all the work talk. Forgive me, I will keep my shit as you call it to myself." Fitz got up grabbed a few folders and his phone. "I think I have had enough today, if you hear from Huck please text me the findings. My number is on my card. Good night Olivia."

Just like that he left the room. Olivia sat there in disbelief. She had hurt his feelings or something like that. She was dumbfounded and started gathering her things to go back to her office. As she made it back to her office she kept going over what was said and knew she came off really harsh but that is just how she has always been.

There was a knock on her door and she secretly hoped it was Fitz but it was Huck letting her know what he had found.

"Liv, the number he has been calling is to a woman named Lauren. I am running some other stuff to find out about her and will let you know as soon as I know. Could you let Fitz know what I found. I couldn't find him in his office." Huck said leaving her office before she could even respond.

Olivia sat there wondering if Fitz had left for the day. She took out her phone and scrolled to find his number that she programmed immediately after he left the conference room earlier.

OP: Huck found out the person Michael has been calling is named Lauren. He is digging a little more to try and find out some more information about who she is.

Olivia waited patiently for a response.

Fitz: Great, thanks for sending that, if he finds something else just let me know.

OP: You are welcome. He came looking for you, have you left the office?

Fitz: Yes, I figured I would leave since we were waiting on Huck and I can look through this other stuff while I sit at the college campus to find me a new twenty something who will think my remarks are cute.

Olivia read the message twice. He was really upset with her for what she said.

OP: Fitz, I am sorry I offended you by the things I said. Lets start over tomorrow okay.

Fitz: I am use to it by now, just thought you were different. I get it, I am the boss' son and people have preconceived notions about me. It is what it is and its fine. Have a good night Olivia.

Olivia sat on her couch feeling terrible about the things she said to him. After sitting there for another hour she grabbed her phone again.

OP: Fitz, it's Olivia again. I just want to apologize again for what I said. I am not this judgmental person. I don't know you and should have never said those things.

Fitz was lying on his bed when he heard his phone buzz. He couldn't help but smile when he saw her name pop up.

Fitz: Olivia, it is fine. I have already told you it was. Go to sleep.

OP: I don't sleep

Fitz: Why

OP: Just an old college thing that I never overcame. I sleep about four hours and then I can't rest anymore.

Fitz: Same here. I usually work in bed or surf the internet. What are you doing right now?

OP: I am sitting on my couch watching Lifetime with a glass of wine.

Fitz: Now, see Olivia, that isn't to hard now is it.

OP: What?

Fitz: Sharing things about yourself.

Olivia smiled as she read the text message.

OP: I guess not.

Fitz: Do you prefer red or white

OP: Red

Fitz: Good to know, good night Olivia. See you in the morning.

OP: Good night Fitz. Try to get some sleep.

Fitz: Oh, I think I may sleep pretty good tonight.

Fitz smiled as he pressed send. Olivia read the message and smiled. She thought to herself that this man was going to be trouble.

The next morning Olivia got to the office before anyone and started on some information Huck had given her. She and Fitz were going to Michaels house today to talk to him about what they had discovered. He was on house arrest until the trial started.

Fitz stood at the door watching her as she talked to herself and when she said what the hell is he up to he started to laugh. Olivia looked up and couldn't help but smile at him.

"Good morning. How long have you been standing there?"

"Good morning Livie. Not long, just waiting to see if you answered yourself. How are you this morning?" Fitz asked as he moved to sit beside her.

Olivia's breathing started to increase as he got closer and Fitz saw it. Him calling her Livie made her want to hear it over and over again. He knew she was feeling what he was feeling. He turned to look at her just as the door opened and one of the paralegals walked in.

"Good morning Ms. Pope, Mr. Grant." Amanda said never taking her eyes off of Fitz.

Fitz looked at her "Good morning, did you finish the research on the case I asked you for?"

"Yes sir." Amanda placed the folder on the table in front of him leaning down and not leaving much to the imagination as far as her cleavage. Olivia just smiled. Once Amanda left Fitz turned back to Olivia.

"What?"

"Oh, nothing. Ms. Tanner seems to be very enamored by you that's all." Olivia moved a little further away from him because his stare was making her uncomfortable. "that one of your twenty somethings that just can't get enough of Mr. Grant?"

Fitz faced dropped and Olivia immediately regretted what she said. Fitz got up to leave.

"I will be ready to head to Michaels in about an hour. Just stop by my office when you are ready." Fitz grabbed the folder Amanda had left him and headed to the door.

"Fitz, wait. My mouth sometimes runs before my brain thinks about what I am saying." Olivia was totaling making that up because she always was in control but around this man she was a basket case of nerves. "I am sorry, again."

Fitz looked at her. "It's fine, I thought we had moved passed those thoughts you have of me but apparently not. Despite what you have heard about me Ms. Pope and what you think about me. I have slept with two women my whole life. One was my high school girlfriend that I dated for three years and the other was a woman that I met while in law school. It wasn't a long relationship but I cared for her deeply. Since you seem so curious, I have dated a few women since then but bedding random women is not something I do, that's my father. Come get me when you are ready to leave." He left and slammed the door and again Olivia was left with her heart hurting because she had upset him again and she didn't like the way it was making her feel.

Abby walked into the room and looked at Olivia who she could tell was upset. "What the hell is that about? Fitz slamming doors and walking down the hall mouthing something"

Olivia looked up "I hurt his feelings by sticking my foot in my mouth again in two days." Olivia told Abby what she said and then what he said.

"Wow, man did I have him wrong. Only two women. How old is he you think? Has to be 35 Liv."

"Abby, that doesn't matter. This man is making me crazy. I don't know what to do about this. I have butterflies in my stomach when he is near. You know, we texted a little last night and I literally went to bed thinking about him and had the best sleep I have had in 15 years. What does that say about what is going on with me?"

Abby sat down beside her and took her hand in hers. "Liv, I have known you for a long time. You have feelings for this man and you don't know what to do about that since he may be one of the good ones and not one of the assholes you have dated in the past."

Olivia looked at her. "I do get those crazy feelings around him like I never want him to leave the room. What the hell is wrong with me? Abby, he brushed up against me and I swear this electricity shot all through my body. This is scaring the hell out of me Abs!"

"Get a hold of yourself and go do your job for one thing. Next, let whatever this is that is happening between you two happen. Olivia, if this man is making you like this after just two days that is the kind of thing you cant ignore."

Olivia and Abby got up and hugged and Olivia made her way to Fitz's office. Knocking on the door she heard a come in.

Olivia shut the door behind her and asked if he was ready to go.

"Yes, let me grab my jacket and keys." He wouldn't even really look at her and it made her heart break.

"Fitz, can you look at me a minute please?"

Fitz could hear it in her voice something was not right so no matter how hurt he was that she thought he was this playboy sleeping around he looked up and met her eyes.

"What is it Liv?"

"Well, I need to apologize again for my behavior earlier. Your personal life is none of my business for one and two I shouldn't jump to conclusions about you from the things I hear. I have not been myself and that is no excuse but its all I have. I am very sorry." Olivia never took her eyes off him.

"Thank you for the apology. I need to say I am sorry also. I shouldn't have blown up and spit all my personal stuff out there to you but I just get so tired of people always assuming that I am that kind of guy. I go out and date Livvie but I am not a playboy."

Olivia heard Livvie come off his lips again and she couldn't help but lick her lips. This man was making her weak in the knees.

Fitz went to sit on the front of his desk right in from of her. "Olivia, I want to ask you something, why haven't you been yourself?

"I guess I am just nervous about this case and about my role here and so on. I think the stress is getting to me" Fitz smiled, he knew she was lying to a degree. "What is that smirk Fitz?"

"Well, Ms. Pope the smirk is because I know what is going on here and you are not sure what to do about it. You are feeling the this magnetic pull to me because I feel it too. You don't have to say anything. I know who you are and that this is not anything that you expected but yet here we are, two attractive single people that have this, whatever it is making both of us shall I say, not ourselves." Fitz had moved to stand right in front of her and as he spoke his hand brushed the outside of hers.

Olivia was standing there with no words because as soon as he touched her hand all she could think about is how his hands would feel all over her body.

"I have left you speechless, I am sure that is a first." Fitz smiled again.

Olivia went to move away from him so she could form words. "Fitz, I am not going to deny that there is an attraction but it will not happen. We work together and its not appropriate."

"So you are just going to give up on this feeling because we work together? You can move past this attraction?" Fitz said moving back to sit on his desk.

"I have to Fitz, we can't do this. I have to do my job and this is going to mess that up." Olivia could see the disappointment on his face.

"I am sorry you feel that way Olivia. Not too many things come along like this and it really would be a shame to not explore it. I can't make you do anything you don't want to so we will leave it as we are co-workers." Fitz went and opened the door and she went out ahead of him and felt terrible.

The car ride was pretty silent on the way to Michaels. They both kept looking at the other from time to time. When they pulled up to the parking garage of Michaels apartment she turned in her seat for a moment to look at him.

"Fitz, I want to see something but you have to sit there and do nothing, agree?"

"Agreed."

Olivia had wanted to grab his hand the whole way over to Michaels so she knew she would not be able to deny these feelings. Olivia told him to close his eyes and she leaned in and placed her lips to his. Fitz couldn't believe what was happening, he immediately moved his hands to her neck to deepen the kiss. As soon as his hands went to her neck she opened her mouth and their tongues began to duel.

"Livvie" was all he moaned out when they separated to get some air.

Olivia opened her eyes and were met with his beautiful blues and saw all she needed to see. "Well, that was not what I was expecting, damn it!"

They both laughed because they both knew that not doing this was not an option after the kiss.

''Let's get in there and do some work so I can take you out to dinner Ms. Pope."

Fitz walked around to her car door and opened it for her. As she stood up out of the car he pushed her against the car and bending down to peck her on the lips. "Now, was that so hard to admit?"

Olivia laughed and grabbed his hand to walk to the elevator. "we only hold hands when no one from work is around and no kissing at work. We are not letting this get out. And yes, it is hard to admit. I can't believe I just kissed you. I don't do things like that Mr. Grant."

"Ms. Pope, you are about to experience a lot of things you don't do. I have a feeling that you and I are both about to do things we don't do. If that kiss is any indication of what is to come, I am in trouble."

Fitz brought her hand to his mouth and kissed it just as the elevator doors opened to Michaels apartment.