Lies and Love (Graylu)

Peace in Paradise

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Lucy eyed the boys curiously. They were back home now and still the looks on their faces puzzled her to a high degree.

Ever since they entered with Natsu and Mira into Natsu's office, they had looked very happy over something then in the next minute, they looked almost distressed. After a couple of minutes, they looked quite happy again. Their intermittent facial expressions worried her, more so than it amused her.

"Boys, is there something you want to tell me?" she asked, as she took off Layla's jacket and hung it up by the door while Mira did the same for the boys.

The two looked at her and shook their heads.

"Why do you ask?" they questioned in unison.

"You two look like you have a lot of things running in your mind," Lucy pointed out.

"It's nothing..."

"...we're just tired..."

"...that's all."

Lucy raised a brow at them, still doubtful and suspicious but nodded her head. "You three go change then while Mira and I start dinner, we-" she stopped abruptly as the doorbell rang through the house.

Looking behind her curiously and without moving a single step, Lucy reached for the door and opened it.

If she had opened the door alone without the rest of her family beside her, she knew she would've willingly fainted on the spot.

Right there, standing on the front porch, was Gray looking as handsome as ever. This was probably the only time Lucy had ever seen him up close in person looking so strikingly formal and good-looking. He was wearing a jet black suit, with a snowy white undershirt, a thin black tie and a red rose in his front pocket. All this would've looked normal on any man on business, but on him, he looked almost mouth-watering. He looked absolutely gorgeous and it fitted him perfectly.

Lucy felt her mouth dry. She had to grip on the door handle even harder just to keep herself up straight since her knees were taking the worst of his presence.

"Oh my," Mira whispered somewhere behind her.

"Wow!" the boys exclaimed with identical grins.

Layla had merely looked up and was openly staring at him, with a much similar look as Lucy's.

Gray raised a brow at Lucy's obviously surprised look and nodded at her without a word.

She immediately snapped back to her senses at this.

"C-Come in," she muttered, stepping aside.

"Thank you," he said before stepping inside and letting himself get pulled towards the living room by the boys, with Layla trailing after them.

Lucy looked back after them, a slight blush creeping up her cheeks before she turned to the door. She noticed a man outside, standing by a limo that was parked just in front of their gate. The man nodded at her and she nodded back with a smile before closing the door.

"I swear, that man is getting even more handsome by the day," Mira commented casually as she took of her coat and hung it beside Lucy's. "Sometimes I forget that he's a hot-shot actor whenever he's here with us."

Smiling back at the nanny, Lucy followed her into the living room where the kids were openly admiring his suit. Indeed, Gray has been with them for months now, but has always easily blended with them so easily that you somehow forget his actual status. But now, looking and dressed like this, reminded her of just how different they were now from before. This man isn't her old, simple boyfriend; this man is a famous, sought-after, and wealthy actor.