•That's my Ex-wife•

Chapter 10

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Lucy's P.O.V

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It was really hard for me to tell them about this secret of mine. I've kept it for so long, to the point where I actually contemplated whether I would keep this a secret forever. The odds were not in my favor at all.

Erza placed her hand on mine and started rubbing small circles on it and looking at me with eyes that held the emotion of pain and sadness. She was there throughout the time I needed help, the time where I isolated myself from the entire world, the public just to give birth and raise my beloved daughter. Despite all that pain and hopelessness I had went through, I would have never given up my darling angel.

"Lucy, why did you keep this all to yourself?". Lisanna spoke, her face contorted into the look of hurt. I am at fault as well, thinking that shutting them all of from this reality of mine would be good for everyone's sake. Clearly, I had thought wrong.

I couldn't help but let the tears fall down my cheeks, tainting my make-up, and letting them flow free. This was the third most vulnerable moment of my life, finally being able to release all that pent up emotions I had been storing for years just for the sake of being someone "strong" for them, for my daughter, but mostly it was for me as well.

"I couldn't help it, if the public knew, if Natsu knew about this. I don't know what I would do." I spoke out, releasing a few hiccups as I cried. "He would take her away from me, at that time he had more power than I could ever muster up with what I had." I continued, wiping away my tears and a bit of my make up away.

"Lucy," Lisanna bit her lip and held her mug tightly. "We would always be here for you. No matter what the situation would be". She walked closer and placed herself a seat close to me and squeezed my hand. "But, I understand that you were not ready."

"Oh Lucy, it was not your fault. He dug his grave and chose to cheat on you." Erza said, trying to comfort me despite knowing that it is pointless. She knows how long I have kept these bottled emotions in me. She had helped me get back on my feet and rise from the darkness I had been surrounding myself with. I allowed myself to succumb to the darkness, one that seemed to be an endless limbo.

"How could you not have told us about this?" Levy burst out. All heads turned on her, gripping her mug tightly and her face evident with the emotion of anger. "How could you keep something this big from us?" She yelled, slamming the mug on the table with a loud "bang".

"Levy, please. Now's not the time." Mira said, walking up to the Levy and trying to ease her. Levy wasn't seem to be giving in to Mira and gave her a light push aside.

"No, why can't you see that we would always try to help you. Why can't you see or even acknowledge the effort we put on trying to help you? We've been friends for so long and you didn't tell us a single thing." Levy stated, a few tears running down her cheeks. I couldn't help but cry along with her because what she had said was all true. I had pushed everyone away, selfishly wallowing in self-pity.

"I know I am at fault". That was all I could muster up to say. I was honestly loss for words. They had every right to be disappointed and upset with me. Instead of accepting the help they had offered to me during those times, I either pushed them away or ignored their efforts and just gave them stupid excuses just so that I can get away from them.

"I need some fresh air." It was all Levy had said, before she turned her back and left the living room.

I had known Levy for such a long time even before I entered the company and became fully well-known in the industry. I know how much I had hurt her by not opening up to her or acknowledging the effort she had showed me. I just didn't know what to do or how to tell her, she knew the basic information but I never really went into detail what had happened. Those were hard times for me. No matter how much I wanted to tell them the truth, my heart and mind were not in the right place to tell them what I had been going through. I was very thankful that Erza had kept the secret as well, out of respect for me. Although, I know she had that nagging feeling to talk to me about opening up about it sooner or later.

I could see Mira sigh from the corner of my eye. "Let's give her some space, Levy won't stray far away from the building." She gave out a small smile and started collecting the vacant mugs on the coffee table. "It's just hard for her to take in this information at once. Nevertheless, I know you've had it rough. Despite the circumstances, we're here for you".

I couldn't help but felt a large burden had been lifted off my chest and my heart. I was grateful the rest had stayed calm and relaxed throughout this.

"Is that all that you have been trying to store up from us?" Lisanna asked slowly, raising a brow at both of us. I shook my bead slowly. My tears had finally stopped and I felt a bit relaxed yet I wanted to stand up and rush to find Levy. She deserved to hear an explanation from me because aside from Erza, she was the one who persistently tried to reach out yet I had not opened up to her but instead I bottled it all up.

"Do you want to talk about this?" Mira asked slowly, offering me the small piece of the teared paper and the box that came with it. I sighed heavily and set them down the table. The contents of the box were photos of I and my daughter, a copy of my pregnancy ultrasounds and documented files regarding my pregnancy and disappearance when I had to raise Nashi.

"Nashi Heartfilia or Nashi H. Dragneel. She's currently being hidden away by Ms. Porlyusica far away from the city. I could not keep hiding otherwise the public and the press would begin to question my long disappearance. Luckily, Erza had assisted me with the situation and we haven't had trouble with the press." I finished and looked over at Erza.

"It was all well until now," she said with a heavy sigh. "The press will be wondering why the event earlier was cancelled. I have devised a plan to benefit everyone and the companies as well." She explained, grabbing her cellphone from her purse.

"We're here for you Luce, don't worry about it. Now, that we know about your situation we have to find a solution especially since someone else knows about this". Mira added, eyeing the documents I had laid on the coffee table.  "If this was so tightly kept, how did they get a hold of all these information? You only visit one doctor, right?" Mira questioned, coming closer and viewing the documents. She picked up a few and looked at them closely, shuffling them as she viewed each one.

I was about to speak up when a loud bang was heard. Levy rushed in and slammed the door shut, locking it up in the process before rushing towards us. She looked like she ran a marathon, she was panting heavily and sweating.

"Levy, what's wrong?" Erza asked, leaving my side and walking towards her. "Wait, just give me a moment". Levy replied, raising a finger at Erza as she grabbed onto the table for support.

"Levy, what happened?" Mira questioned, her brows furrowing in worry.

Levy looked up and at that moment I knew that there was something wrong.

"Natsu's in the building."

I felt my heart stop.

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