Chapter 19

Olivia didn't like the feeling of emptiness. Her arms were full when she fell asleep, she was sure of it, now they were empty. She inadvertently rubbed her eyes, blinked them open, and saw the blinking lights on the ceiling.

Taking a deep breath, she remembered, oh boy how she remembered. Despite Christmas being over, the spirit was still alive with the decorations Liv had done on the yacht. She had them done for her one and only.

Her thoughts raced back to her. That's what the emptiness was, Fitz, not in her arms, as they had fallen asleep. Turning her head slowly to the right, there he was, glowing, as always. This time, though, he was soundly sleeping. This was a rarity she did not observe often, and she was going to take in every minute of it that she could.

Her hands went under her cheek, and she just stared at the man she loved. Olivia wouldn't dare to blink because that's how fast he would wake up and ruin this beautiful moment. Even the breaths she was taking were slow and quiet, she needed to watch him. There was something in her heart, a desire to see him so comfortable in her presence.

Without moving, her eyes looked at his lips, those lips that made her feel magic on her body. His warm saliva on her bare breast and she imagined his tongue which was inside his mouth. The way he circled her nipple as his hand cupped her other breast. She took a deep breath in, quietly and her attention had to move.

She looked now at his closed eyes. Behind those eyelids the most beautiful blue she had ever seen. He had passed that off to his daughter, and when they were together their eyes glistened in sync. Olivia thought back to the sunset the first night on the yacht, and how both their eyes were glowing in the magical colors coming from the sky.

Would she one day have children with him? Would their child be so lucky as Noelle to gain his gorgeous blue eyes? She remembered when he turned to her that first meeting on the elevator, those eyes drew her to him and the chills she felt that moment replicated what her body was feeling now. Olivia would never get tired of looking into those eyes.

They were magical for real. They had a way of speaking for him, always had. Olivia could tell the lust, the want, the need he had for her just by looking at his eyes, and they were the main reason she fell hard for him the moment she met him.

Fitz took a deep breath now, still stayed asleep and licked his lips before comforting his head on the pillow, but not waking up. Olivia took a sigh of relief; she was enjoying the moment of taking in his every feature. She wouldn't lie to herself either, it was turning her on in a way that she may just wake him up.

After seeing him lick his lips, she licked hers and her eyes went up to his forehead, seeing his "superman" curl on the side coming down from his hair. That sandy brown hair that she loved to run her fingers through, she could see it being soaked with sweat just a few hours ago.

The beads of sweat long gone from his forehead, his hair dry now, waiting for her touch, and she almost lost her composure just to touch that cute little curl, but she didn't. She just smiled to herself and finally she turned away, staring back up at the ceiling again.

Her arm covered her eyes, to black out the blinking lights and to remember all his features. She smiled because just the thought of him, all of him made her the happiest woman in the world. Thinking of her life just over a month ago and comparing it to now, she took a deep breath. "Thank God for your Fitzgerald and Noelle Grant," she whispered.

Feeling a movement from his side, Liv didn't have time to uncover her eyes before his lips were on hers. Her arm came off her eyes and there was his smiling face, the one she was just longing for and he said "Hi" in the most seductive way. Only Fitz could make a two letter greeting cause an ache in her core.

Her arms wrapped around him in a tight hug. "Hi, you Mr. Sleepy," she smiled. You are beautiful to watch sleeping.

Fitz put his hand under his cheek and held it up using his elbow, staring at Olivia. "Oh, am I now, were you watching me?"

Her finger went over his lips, traced his cheek to his forehead, and back down to his lips. "Riddle me this Mister Grant, how did I get so lucky." Her hand cupped under his jaw, and she gave him a soft kiss before resting her forehead on the bridge of his nose.

She felt his hands, those big, gentle hands rub both her shoulders as his forehead rested on her head and he gave her a soft kiss. "I believe I'm the lucky one."

The buzzing of his cell phone took away from the moment. Liv pulled back, "buzzing," she said with a gentle smile.

"Yeah, buzzing." Fitz squinted at the time before taking the call. "Fitzgerald Grant."

Liv heard the voice on the other end, muffled, but talking. "That's right," Fitz answered.

More muffled voice. "For about an hour. It's only ten now, start it up now and go until midnight. Yep, ok, thanks for coming on board."

"What was that all about?" She cuddled her chest to his as he wrapped her in his arms and pulled her on top of him.

Without hesitation he pulled her to his lips, separated her lips with his tongue as his hand circled her bare ass cheek. Liv felt his erection instantly and she groaned. "Fitz," she tried to get words out. " Don't you think we should get back to Noelle, I don't think..."

"I texted Marcus, we'll be back there soon, she's still asleep, no worries. Now where were we."

Liv couldn't help it as her lips magnetized to his, at this point, it was just habit, and she wasn't sure if the next two hours he had planned was just strictly love making. Could her body handle it?

Fitz gripped the curves of her body and pulled her up, so her breasts were even with his mouth, and as they hung down, he put his mouth on one, gently circling the nipple with the tip of his tongue. Liv's head went up with her eyes closed because this is what she was thinking of not more than fifteen minutes ago.

Come to think of it, he was soundly sleeping fifteen minutes ago, now this. "Where do you get his energy from Mister?" She moved her body back down herself and continued to kiss him. Suddenly she heard a noise and she stopped.

"What's going on, Fitz?" The noise was clearly the boat starting up, as she heard the motor in the distance. "Are we moving? Where are we going?" She looked at him, her mouth open in surprise.

"Give it a few minutes, ok, Livvie. It's all good, you're going to love it." He took the momentary break to reach for a condom. As he tore it open, Liv took it from him and straddled him, her legs on either side of his lap and she let him watch her roll the condom down his rock hard cock.

Her fingertips rolled it slowly as he rubbed her thigh and gave a hiss through his teeth. "All this for me? I'm flattered."

"Only you," his hands now cupping her face and when he felt the condom all the way down, he pulled her to his lips and he felt her hands guide him into her, first rubbing around, then going down slowly, taking it all into her.

"Ahhh, yeah, Livvie," He felt her hips begin to move slowly, her hands now resting on his chest, as she bit her bottom lip. She felt the motion of the yacht get a bit faster and she couldn't help but get more turned on by it. She leaned right to his ear.

"You have the most unique ways to turn me on." Liv never stopped the motion of her hips, and he pushed her down a bit harder now, as his head turned.

Suddenly, he felt her body stop and her head fell weakly into the crook of his neck. Taking deep breaths into his neck, she felt him fill the condom without so much a sound as he held her right through her orgasm.

She rolled off him, spent, as she heard him get up and then lift her body cradle style. She squealed with a bit of laughter wrapping her arms around him. "Fitz, where are you taking me?"

He opened a door from the bedroom cabin and saw a set of stairs. "I can't wait for this Livvie." He climbed the stairs and when he reached the top, they were on the roof of the yacht.

Before them was a magnificent hot tub, lit, with red and green lights, of course, as the jets were going full blast. Fitz took a step up, never letting her go, and as he stepped into the hot tub, his lips rested on hers and he sat with her cradled in his lap.

Liv felt the warmth of the water, but it was paired with the chills he was giving her, as her now wet hands rubbed his hair, bringing back the wet curl onto his forehead. They stopped and looked in each other's eyes and there was the lust that turned his eyes from blue to grey.

Fitz smiled. "You make everything so right, Livvie. Take a look." Fitz nodded toward the ocean and Liv turned her head.

What she saw took her breath away and she rested her head on Fitz's chest just looking at it. "Oh my, Fitz, this is breathtaking."

He pulled her a bit closer to him, "I know, that's why I wanted the boat moving and for us to have these two hours, just to take it all in. I could be here forever with you Livvie; all we're missing is our little girl." He stopped realizing what he said, our little girl.

Liv lifted herself off his lap and sat next to him, hearing the words he just used, and she could feel her heart melt in her chest. "Fitz, our?"

He put his head down, looked back up at her and with the moonlight hitting the water making her skin glow, he put his lips on her cheek. "You heard right," he moved his lips to her ear, "our" he repeated, and smiled. "Now look", he put his arm around her shoulders and moved her next to him. "Don't let that moonbeam go to waste."

Suddenly, this was the perfect night as Liv rested her head on his shoulder looking at the scene in front of them. It was a full moon, glowing onto the ocean as this beautiful yacht cruised slowly along the water.

The world stood still while they sat in the warm, soothing water and watched the glow of the moonlight show the currents in the water. "Did you ever think the moon was following you, Fitz?" Liv gave a little laugh. "Sometimes I would run up my block and try to beat it to the corner."

"Who won?" Fitz entertained her story.

"Hmm, it always seemed to end in a tie." Liv shrugged her shoulder, smiling.

"One summer night," Fitz began, "I was walking, holding Noelle's hand. We had just taken a quick walk to central park and on the way back she dead stopped in the middle of a busy street and looked up pointing." Fitz pointed like Noelle did.

"The moon was directly above us, and her head was tilted all the way up." Fitz shook his head. "I had to pick up her up before the busy New York street devoured her. What do you see, Noelle? I asked her."

"Circle," she said in her tiny voice. "She was just learning her shapes. She reached up, trying to pull it down and I had to laugh."

"Oh my gosh, that must have been adorable."

"It was," Fitz agreed. "I said, that's a moon, Noelle. Moon, she repeated. Daddy get?" Fitz laughed.

"Is that why there's a moon in the mural of her room?"

Fitz looked at Liv. "You noticed that?", he was impressed.

"I notice a lot of things."

"I told her not tonight, Noelle, but daddy will put the moon in your room." He shrugged, "so I did."

"The way you love her Fitz, it's so beautiful."

"There was a time Livvie I thought I wouldn't be able to love her. I was so scared, does that make sense?"

"It does." Their heads were tilted, touching, looking at the ocean, "from what you told me, it surely does, but there isn't a doubt you love her, and you don't spoil her, she understands giving."

He took a deep breath through his nose, "and the way I love you, there was never a question." He kissed her temple, and they both sank in the water up to their shoulders in the hot tub.

Liv rubbed the back of his hair, feeling the movement of the boat, and they kissed. A long passionate kiss, his hands going down in the warm, soothing water. His fingers found her clit, her entrance, and Liv couldn't believe this was happening. She moaned heavily into his mouth, kissing him, and then let her head fall back, closing her eyes tightly.

"What am I doing to you Livvie?" He watched her as she tried, tried hard to hold back, but she couldn't. Her hand met his and she rubbed her clit with him, and she moaned as her body shook with orgasm. Breathing deeply, she looked at him, "You are exhausting me Mister, and their lips connected with some brief intervals to look at the moonlight. When the movement of the boat changed direction back to the marina, Fitz scooped Liv up again and walked her back to the bedroom.

He pulled a bathrobe from the bathroom and wrapped it around her body. "Did you enjoy that?" Fitz asked as he put his bathrobe around him.

Liv drew her body towards him and pulled him to a tight hug. "There is no where in this world I would rather have been than with you here tonight, Mister. Thank you."

"WAAAAAAAAAAFFLES" Noelle had no concept of the time Liv and Fitz returned. It wasn't a concern she should have after all. This was their vacation, and they were going to have fun. Marcus tried to stop her from running into the room, but she was too fast for him.

Noelle climbed, and crawled using her knees, onto the king sized bed. She crawled in between her daddy and her Ovivia. She sat with her back to the headboard and looked at both of them. "Waaaaaaaaaffles", this time it was a soft whisper and she looked waiting for something out of the two adults.

She leaned closer to Olivia's ear, and Noelle didn't notice the smile Liv had on her face. Liv didn't know how long she could continue to pretend to be asleep. Noelle's soft squeaky voice whispered just for Liv to hear, "so much syrup, Ovivia."

Olivia rolled her body, grabbing the little girl in her arms and letting her straddle her chest. She poked her tiny tummy, and Noelle gave a tiny squeal. "So much?" Liv repeated her words.

Noelle's head went up and down, nodding in agreement. "Let's get before daddy," she covered her mouth and giggled.

Suddenly Fitz's arm went around both of them, holding Noelle in place on Olivia as he sat up. "Who's trying to take my syrup?" he said it in a deep monster voice as he kissed Noelle on the forehead.

"Ovivia is." Noelle laughed now, pointing at her best friend.

Liv's mouth went open in shock. "Noelle, you told me to get it before daddy, are you trying to get me…"

It was too late, her and her father were poking Liv and tickling her, as her legs kicked and she laughed. "Tickle monster attack, somebody help me."

Noelle stopped. "I help Ovivia," as if she wasn't one of the culprits, and she pulled Fitz's hand off of Liv, holding her little hand up like a warrior, she said "STOP!" and Fitz fell backwards back onto the bed.

"Syrup warrior to the rescue," he pulled Noelle with him and had her sitting on his chest, gripping both her hands. "You ready for a great day today?"

"Again?" Noelle asked.

"This is vacation, we have a great day every day, Noelle." Fitz told her.

"Nice dress?" She remembered the party they were going to have.

"The most beautiful dress for the best three year old." Liv said, rubbing her back.

"Hair?" Noelle moved a strand that was getting to close to her mouth.

Liv looked at Fitz. "I know you always do her hair, but I can manage, if you want."

Fitz looked at her, his eyes smiling. "Yeah, that would work, I'd appreciate it. I have to get her dress though."

"No, you don't. I am having one delivered by noon." Liv's lips scrunched in a "ha ha, beat you to it look, and Fitz just shook his head.

"Oh, pretty." Noelle clapped.

"Noelle, you didn't see the dress yet." Olivia reminded her.

"Ovivia mommy always pretty." Noelle said, then smiled at Fitz. "Right daddy?"

"You two sit and argue that I'm going to see if Marcus needs help with breakfast. You have five minutes before I take all the syrup." Liv jumped from the bed.

"AHHHHH syrup monster." Noelle said as she watched Liv leave the room and looked back at her daddy.

Fitz sat Noelle up on the bed. "Did you have fun with the dolphins yesterday?"

"So much fun." Noelle agreed, nodding as she watched Fitz put his shirt on.

"There will be a big party tonight, many adults around, I need you to stay by Olivia at all times Noelle, Olivia or Marcus, ok?"

"Ok, daddy." Noelle agreed. "Marry?"

Fitz looked at her and took a deep, smiling breath. "Not yet, remember it's still a very big, secret, secret surprise, ok."

"Ok, daddy. You happy?"

"When I ask Olivia, yes, I will be happy, but I am happy now too." Fitz reassured her.

Noelle reached out for his hand and interlocked his pinky with her. "Pinky promise." She jumped down from the bed and ran to the kitchen. "Ovivia, syrup monster."

While Noelle and Fitz were having their little chat in the bedroom, Olivia walked out to Marcus who was on the phone, his back to her making the waffles. "Denzel the car will be there in twenty minutes, you have the address right? Ok, yeah, Fitz just wants you around in case something is off. I'll see you then."

After plating the waffles, Marcus turned and stopped in mid motion seeing Liv standing there. "Good morning, Marcus, why is Denzel coming? Is Fitz expecting problems?" Liv crossed her arms and shrugged a bit with the chills.

"Uh, no, not really expecting. Fitz is always over cautious, especially when Noelle." He cleared his throat. "Especially when you and Noelle are involved. Randolph can be unpredictable and he may not go down with some resilience."

Liv gave a cautious nod, "I see, and why would he have resilience, I thought the man was going bankrupt."

"He is, definitely, losing millions a day. I think this is one area he thought he could save." Marcus explained, setting the table.

"But, Fitz is going for the kill." Liv understood.

"I wouldn't say the kill but the offer Fitz is going to make the developers tonight is too good to pass up. The dinner shouldn't be more than two hours. I think Fitz is annoyed having it at all." Marcus took a deep breath setting a carton of juice on the table.

"And, why is that?" Liv asked as she put the utensils down.

"This is his time with his family, when it comes to his family, well…."

"No interruptions." Liv said.

"Exactly, so Denzel will be here just to keep any peace that may be needed and to make sure Randolph doesn't try something stupid. The man isn't all there, Olivia, he's had bouts with mental issues before. Fitz always felt bad, but he never let the business aspect get in the way."

"Ovivia, did you use all syrup?" Marcuse stopped Noelle mid run and swooped her up, flying her in the air as Noelle giggled.

"I sure did. See," Liv spread her hand over the table, "no syrup at all."

Noelle's mouth went open in shock, as Marcus carried her to the cabinet. He opened it and there were three bottles of syrup. "There you go Girly Girl, all for you."

"Yay!" Noelle said as she grabbed two and Marcus used his free hand to get the other one.

When the turned around, Fitz was standing behind a sitting Liv as she held his hand and he kissed her cheek. Noelle covered her mouth. She whispered in Marcus's ear. "Daddy kiss Ovivia."

Marcus just smiled, sitting Noelle next to Liv as he walked with Fitz to the kitchen. They were deep in talk, and Liv watched but also cut Noelle's waffle before putting syrup on it. Fitz nodded to Marcus, shook his hand, and turned to the table.

He scooped up the syrup bottle and said, "Ready Miss Noelle?" He put a puddle of syrup on the side and a generous squirt on the waffle, as Noelle began eating.

Liv reached over and rubbed Fitz's hand. "Is everything ok?"

Fitz rubbed his thumb over her hand. "I'm not a people person Liv, I like behind the scenes better. I'm not looking forward to tonight, that's why I have Marcus here. I don't want any issues, but this is good, it will be a good profit if we get it and it will help the workers on the island."

"What did Randolph plan to do with the property?" Liv asked him as she put some syrup on her waffle.

"High rise office space. I plan to put 700 affordable housing units and a bus depot to get the workers to and from work on the island and to the ferry to Nassau. Let's see."

After breakfast, not having much time yesterday to show off the place, Fitz took Liv and Noelle around the outside. In the back, just before the beach, there was big, locked fence. Inside the fence was a beautiful in ground pool, complete with a diving board.

"Never alone." Noelle said pointing to the pool from Fitz's arms.

"That's right," he said, bouncing her, only with an adult holding your hand, always." He kissed her cheek. As Fitz locked the fence, on the side of the house there was a small building, almost the size of a shed.

"What's this, Fitz?" Liv asked as she was about to turn the knob. She opened the door to a dark, windowless room.

"WOW!" Noelle said looking around and jumping down from Fitz's arms. "Fishy, shark, Nemo." Noelle was pointing. "Christmas too, daddy."

"All year round, Noelle" Fitz smiled. He looked at Liv. "Honestly, this is the first time I'm seeing this too, impressive huh?"

"This is amazing, Fitz, my goodness." Liv was looking at two huge indoor aquariums. Inside each one were about a dozen different fish. The one on the right caught Liv's attention. It was Christmas themed and it was so Fitz.

On the floor of the aquarium there were white rocks, making it look like snow. On either side of the tank, there were two Christmas trees, decorated with colorful blinking lights. The far back of the tank held a building that was a replica of Santa's toy shop. The fish were able to swim in and out of the wide windows and round the trees.

The fish inside this tank were dark colored and were easy to spot with the white rocks being on the bottom. "Look, Ovivia." Noelle's face was so close to the tank. "there Dory." Liv looked to see the little twin of the blue fish from Finding Nemo.

"yes, I see, this place is so cool, right Noelle."

Behind them, facing the tanks were two big reclining chairs and Noelle jumped on one, pulling the lever to lay herself back. She pointed to the ceiling as Fitz flicked a switch. "Lights." All three looked up as the lights began to blink in sync.

Liv picked Noelle up and sat her on her lap in the chair. Noelle rested her head on Liv's chest, pointing to the fish in both tanks. They seemed to be putting show on for their visitors. Fitz sat in the chair next to them and Liv interlocked her hand with is, as they smiled at one another.

"So peaceful and quiet in here." Fitz said, "I didn't realize how good this came out."

"I like it." Noelle said. She jumped off the chair. "We go now, pretty dress?"

Liv looked at her watch. "Should be here any minute."

As Noelle walked closer to the tank to get one last look, Fitz wrapped Liv in his arms. "Keep a close eye on her tonight, ok?"

Liv gripped him a bit tighter. "I will." She looked up as he pecked her lips.

"You two, go to the yacht and get ready there. There's more room and some guests may arrive early, so I don't want any distractions for Noelle. She's looking forward to dressing up. I'll drive you there and get you when you're ready."

While Liv was gathering everything to have for the yacht to get ready, Fitz was doing some things on his own. Very sure her and Noelle were distracted for a bit, he opened the safe and took out the familiar black velvet box.

Facing the window that led to the ocean view, he looked down at the box. "Tonight, Livvie, tonight after all the guests are gone and we head back to the yacht, that's where I'll ask you to be my wife." He looked up to the clear blue ocean and took a small breath. "Should I wait until New Year's Eve?" He was trying to convince himself.

Does she want to be my wife? He thought of his body in her arms last night. Fitz couldn't remember feeling so good, so calm, so at peace. The feel of her silky skin, her touch along his body, the way he woke up knowing she had watched him sleep. He needed her forever in his life, and he couldn't wait any longer. "Fuck New Year's Eve."

He rubbed his hand down his face, a bit nervous. It was true what he told her, he hated hosting parties, but this had to be done now while he was on the island. He was burning inside that this had taken away from his alone time with Noelle and Olivia.

Trying to imagine the dress she would be wearing tonight and thinking how he was going to concentrate on business was driving his mind into a frenzy. He knew for sure it was going to be difficult to keep his eyes off her.

Placing the black box into his front pocket, he pulled out his cell phone. "It's happening tonight, Jay, I'm asking her. Wish me luck buddy, because I may need to drink two bottles of water to get any saliva in my mouth." He clicked send. It felt good having Jay and he was the only one who knew he was going to ask Olivia.

"Oh man, that's great. You're going to be fine. Olivia loves you, there's no doubt in that. She may not like your snoring, but hey, we all have our faults. Deep breath, my brother, it's going to be magical. Was she impressed with your yacht?"

"Yeah, and by the way, we spent the night in the yacht alone last night. Marcus is here so he kept an eye on Noelle while she slept at the house."

"Yee haw, that's what I'm talking about. I'll be waiting for your text tomorrow. I'll let you celebrate more with Liv tonight. Go get your forever, Fitz, and don't chicken out. You know life has it's limits."

"Don't I ever. Text tomorrow, Jay." Jay didn't realize how much his blessing meant to Fitz. He still felt like it was his fault Jay lost his family. Noelle was as much a part of Jay as she was of Fitz.

"Hey Mister, we're all set." Liv looked at the door as the doorbell rang.

"DREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSS" Noelle said as she walked with Liv to get the door.

It was on a hangar, covered up and Noelle gave Liv these pleading eyes. "Well, don't you want to surprise your daddy with what it looks like? We'll open it on the yacht."

Liv caught Fitz trying to unzip her dress that she had draped over the sofa while getting the door. Liv gave his hand a whack, "don't you dare Mister Sneaky."

Noelle giggled, "Daddy, Ovivia dress a surprise, too."

"I know, my love. Don't forget UNI." Fitz reminded her.

"Mommy, Jilly and Kelly?" Noelle asked looking at Liv.

"Hmm, just one, ok, let one keep daddy company." Liv watched as Noelle ran to her room to get her things.

Fitz wrapped his arm around Liv's waist. "I love when she says mommy." Fitz rubbed the covering of the dress. "This better be conservative, nothing too sexy, I can't take not feeling you." He whispered up against her ear and she felt wet with his voice vibrating her ear.

He pulled her by the wall and planted a long hard tongue dancing kiss on her as his hand swiftly went down her pants. "I could tell how wet I made you." He said as his fingers swirled around her clit.

"Fuck, Fitz." Liv pulled his face back to hers and she held his hand in place as she continued to kiss him, mainly to muffle the sound of the moan that was about to come out.

They heard the pitter of tiny feet running back. "DAAAAAAADDYYYYYYY, I have UNI and Kelly!" Noelle announced as he pulled away from Liv and greeted his daughter.

Liv was still against the wall, breathing heavily, calming her body and cursing Fitz for doing this to her. Fitz looked over at her. "Just a reminder, Liv, conservative." He smirked as he washed his hands in the sink.

Liv wrapped her arms around him from behind. "You are going to pay for that, mark my words." She licked his ear and grabbed his still slightly erected dick.

Denzel arrived shortly after Fitz returned from dropping Liv and Noelle on the yacht. "Sir, I have location on Randolph. He is in the Bahamas, but not yet on Lyford Cay. He hasn't been to the construction site either."

Fitz nodded. "Thank you Denzel, just keep me posted and do not lose location on him." Fitz retrieved to his room to get himself ready. He changed up his style for tonight. Still using enough Creed to drive Liv insane, he chose his Gucci double breasted two piece suit. Fitz was going to be sweating, he was sure, but he also needed to impress these developers.

Figuring a $5,000 suit would be just half of the amount of the suits the others were wearing, Fitz didn't mind settling on this one. Besides it was when he was going to take it off, that's what he was thinking about. Hopefully he would be an engaged man by then. He turned on the shower and anticipated the night ahead for them.

Marcus was greeting the caterer, directing where everything should go, and stepped away to get ready himself. He was sure this was a shoe in, and the profit Grant Enterprises was going to make from this would be phenomenal. The least Marcus was figuring was 75 million, and that was the LEAST. He clapped his hands, "We got this Fitz." He was about to step into the shower himself, when Denzel called him.

"I can't get Fitz, I have Randolph at the site, I am heading there now. I will be turning my phone to silent and I'll keep in touch as much as possible."

"Keep him away from the house. Fitz is in the shower which is where I am heading too." Marcus gave a nervous rub to his face. "This has to work out. Fitz is giving up too much family time for it not to." He let out a long breath and stepped into the shower.

One thing Noelle did not inherit from Fitz was naturally curly hair. Sure, with all the braids Fitz put into her hair, it had it's curls, but they would fade away. Tonight, Liv decided to give Noelle some curls. Her beautifully, naturally highlighted sandy hair fell just below the shoulder and Liv used her curling iron to make the hair wavy with spiral wide curls.

Noelle took one look at her hair and said "pretty" as she rubbed the mirror at her reflection. "Dress now?"

Liv unzipped the cover of Noelle's dress and revealed what was inside. Michael Kors was always a favorite of clothes for kids, Liv used so many ads for it in her magazine. She loved one in particular and couldn't wait to have it shipped for Noelle.

It was a black flounce dress, just above Noelle's knees. The dress had a shimmering effect with silver metallic. The puff sleeves came out on the bottom her wrists, and when she twirled, Liv had known she had picked the perfect dress.

"Noelle, you look absolutely beautiful." Liv stood behind her in the mirror, fastening the button in the back. Your curls are perfect." Noelle sat on her bed as Liv got ready. She was holding Kelly in her arms, and was brushing her hair.

"Mommy give curls." Noelle swayed her head from side to side. "See." Noelle said to her doll. "I love mommy." Noelle kissed Kelly's head.

When Liv appeared all dressed up, Noelle looked at her and said, "wow!"

Liv smiled. "You like it?"

"So pretty, Ovivia. Daddy surprise."

"Yes, we will both surprise him. I don't know if he can think of a better surprise than our dresses tonight." Liv smiled.

Noelle just nodded as she took Liv's hand. Fitz wanted conservative, but Liv wanted easy access for Fitz. Deciding on both getting their way, she went for a one piece, above the knee dress. It was sleeveless, but covered the shoulders and the cleavage. With a v neckline, she imagined his lips going in between that V and eventually working their way towards her breasts.

Her curves fit perfectly and she was waiting for his hands to wrap around her waist and feel up and down to her exposed shoulders, where his warm saliva would be shortly. She took a deep breath and waited with Noelle.

When the door to the yacht opened, Fitz walked in, and Liv lost herself. The immediate smell of Creed hit her hard, and his suit just fit his body in a way that she imagined all his features. Their eyes met, and Noelle watched both of them and smiled.

"Daddy, Ovivia pretty."

"Beautiful, Noelle, so beautiful." He looked down at her. "And you are just as beautiful, look at your hair." Fitz went eye level with her, but not without looking at Liv's thighs.

"My little girl looks so grown up." Noelle wrapped her arms around him.

"Nice clothes, daddy." She hugged him, "I love you, we go."

He stood back up. He kissed Liv delicately on the lips. "We go." Noelle headed to the door and Fitz held Liv back momentarily.

"Under the blinking lights in our yacht bedroom, this dress will come off and the things I'm going to do to you will blow your mind."

Two could play at this game. Her hand cupped his hardening cock. "Easy boy, we can't do anything now, but that was my intention. Undress me with your eyes all night, because I can't wait until your hands do it for real." He moaned as she walked away to catch up to Noelle.

Before walking behind them, Fitz reached in his pocket, feeling the black velvet box. He smiled. "Oh, you have no idea, Livvie." He began his way to rush through this unexpected night.

Randolph Barr was unstable at the present moment. He was touring what would have been his newly developed high rise, but now he was losing it to Grant Enterprises, and he felt a knot in his throat.

He wasn't mad at Fitzgerald Grant, he understood the business, Randolph was mad at himself for letting it get this bad. He had lost everything and this was going to Fitz to the lowest bid. Word had circulated that Fitz would be entertaining the developers at his mansion in Lyford Cay, and Randolph couldn't blame him.

If it was the other way around, Randolph would do the same thing. He just didn't understand how he hit rock bottom so fast. A good man like Fitzgerald deserved it though, and deep down, Randolph was glad he was losing it to Fitz.

Fitz stepped in and took over the children's event so those terminally ill kids could have a Christmas, for that he was grateful. That was a reason he pulled out of it, he knew Fitz would take it over. Anger was not overtaking him, depression was, and Randolph didn't know how much longer he could go on.

Denzel had total focus on Randolph who was oblivious he was being followed. Denzel was about to approach him, but stepped back as Randolph pulled out a gun and held it to his own temple. Denzel bit his finger, "shit, he whispered, don't do it Randolph." He gave a relief sigh when Randolph put the gun down and looked around.

"It can't be here. It would stop development becoming a crime scene." Randolph said out loud. He needed to do it in a better place where he would be found by people who once cared about him. That's when Randolph decided to head to the Grant mansion where the developers were.

Taking one last look around his construction site, he took a knee and looked towards the sky. "Good luck, good bye, and I'm sorry." He gripped his gun, pulled it out and headed to his car, he had a party to get to.

Once Randolph's car pulled away, so did Denzel, staying close on his tail. Randolph was unstable, and he had to let Marcus or Fitz know as soon as possible.