A devastated Jellal couldn't even sit down and calm for a moment, of course, not with his wife and daughter packing their stuffs and ready to leave tomorrow morning. Jellal couldn't even finish the glass of milk he's making for Erza and the baby. Now that he wanted to show Erza he do care for her and the baby, she doesn't even want to listen to him. All she could think of is to leave him as soon as possible. Erza is the type of person that will do everything to do what she wants, so this is one problem for him. She locked the door of their bedroom so no Jellal will stop her from doing what she have decided.

Walk here, walk there, while scratching his head annoyingly. He wanted to kick everything around him, but of course he wouldn't. He won't let Erza find another reason to leave him. What's worst is that Erza's taking his daughter too. "Shit! Jellal, you're really the stupidest human being!" He gritted his teeth as he suddenly banged the kitchen counter with his hand that he doesn't even care if it kind of hurts. "Daddy?" He heard Wendy's voice behind, so he turned around to see his daughter. "Wendy?"

Jellal quickly approached his daughter by kneeling in front and embracing her. His conscience is starting to attack, especially when it's not just Erza who's affected, but his children. Wendy has still no idea that her beloved unborn baby brother almost died because of him. He pulled away from her and asked, "Is there anything you need from me?".

"Mama threw this." The little girl opened its palm and showed his father a golden ring. Jellal felt his whole body weakening, realizing how much Erza despises him for now. Wendy took his hand and handed him the golden ring. "I know it's expensive, I thought you might wanna keep it." Then, she was about to run back upstairs, but Jellal stopped her by holding her arm. "Wendy, wait!"

"Not now, daddy. I still have to pack up my clothes." The little bluenette said innocently, unaware of what happened between her parents.

"Wendy, why are you going with your mama?! You want to leave me too?" Jellal cried.

"Mama said it's for my baby brother's good. We'll take care of him. Besides, I also wanna see my grandparents."

"Wendy, I'll take care of your brother and your mama. Just please don't leave! Tell your mama not to leave. Tell her I wanna talk to her." Jellal pleaded.

"Daddy." Wendy sighed. "Mama doesn't want to talk to you. She said she wanted to be alone for a moment, and she said you'll only hurt her and the baby." It totally ripped his heart apart. Even him right now despises himself. He's starting to realize what a monster he has become. The only thing he could say is, "Is that so?".

"Wen-"

Knock! Knock! Knock!

"Who is it?", he muttered annoyingly. "Who would come over by this late?" Jellal lets go of his daughter as he stood up to make his way to the door. Wendy ran back upstairs to her bedroom, while Jellal annoyingly walks towards the door. "Coming!" He yelled after another series of knocks.

Jellal clicked the doorknob to open, and was surprised to see his pink-haired co-worker, Meredy. "M-meredy? W-what are you doing here?" He asked. "I came here to discuss something important. I won't stay for long, I'll be quick. Uh, did I disturb you?" The pinknette said, while holding a manila envelope.

"Not really." Jellal answered, scratching his head for he couldn't do anything because it has something to do with his work. "Come in." He invited, and so the pinknette followed him inside.

Meredy wandered her eyes throughout their house, finding and thinking of a way on how she'll execute her plan. She has three options. First is to spray the potion throughout the room, so once the two have sniffed it, the potion will immediately take effect on them. The only problem with her first option is that what if Wendy also sniffed it. Of course, she doesn't want Wendy to get involved with her plan for the two. It'll be a mortal sin. Okay, so she moved on to her second option. Wherein she'll make the two drink it, while sleeping. But obviously, the two are not yet asleep. And, it is clearly impossible for her to make the, drink the potion while sleeping. If someone saw her doing it, that person will probably think she's a robber or what. So, moving on to her last option.

"You wanna have some coffee, juice or what?" Jellal asked who's about to head back to the kitchen. Perfect! Meredy squealed inside her. "Sure. You might wanna join me, while I discuss these reports and paperworks to you." She said. "Yeah, okay. Let me, make some coffee for us." Then, he headed inside the kitchen, leaving the pinknette in the living room. Third option, to mix the potion in their drink. That was the easiest for now. This is her only chance to do her plan. She must not fail this time.

"Wendy!" Jellal called out. "Could you come down here for a sec?"

Now, how do I make Erza drink the potion too?, she thought.

Meredy could hear Wendy's footsteps from the staircase who was running downstairs towards the kitchen. Wendy reached the kitchen and asked her father, "Yes, daddy?". Meredy quietly peeked inside the kitchen, and there she could see Jellal making coffee and a glass of milk. "Can you uh- give this milk to your mama?" Jellal askedthe little bluenette. "Just a sec, after the water boils."

Perfectly perfect!

Now, Meredy has made her final decision already. Third option.

"Okay," Wendy nodded. "I'll go pee at the bathroom for a while." Then, she skipped towards to the bathroom just next to the backdoor.

Now, all she has to do is to get Jellal's sight away from the mugs, so she could succeed in pouring the potion. Hmm, maybe she could send Jellal out of the kitchen, like going in the bathroom for a minute. "Do you have the papers for the investments?" She asked. Jellal nodded, who just took the kettle from the stove. "Yes, I have. Why do you need those?" He asked, while pouring the hot water to the mugs and half at the glass. "Yes, I need those actually. Ultear asked me to get those from you." She lied.

After Jellal poured half cold water on the glass to make the milk warm, he said, "Sure, I'll just go get my file-case at the car." Meredy was like, "Yes!", the moment Jellal left her alone in the kitchen.

The other mug of coffee has a floral design, while the other is just plain white. She took the plain white mug for her. She pulled out the small vial from her pocket and was ready to pour the pink liquid down the coffee. Jellal, Erza...this is for you two. For your marriage and Wendy. Then, she finally poured half of the liquid inside the vial, and as for the remaining liquid, she poured on Erza's milk. She took the teaspoon beside the mug and mixed the pink liquid along with coffee and milk.

"Meredy." She almost jumped in surprise as she heard Jellal's voice who was back in the kitchen. "Here are the papers." He said, then Jellal noticed she was holding the teaspoon that is dipped on his coffee. "What are you doing?" He asked, which made her heart beat faster nervously. "I-ugh, just adding a sugar to your coffee. Just like how I make your coffee every morning at the office." She lied and plastered a fake smile.

A toilet flush can be heard from the bathroom, and there Wendy finally came out from the bathroom. "Wendy, give this milk for your mama upstairs." He ordered and carefully handed the glass of warm milk to Wendy. Right after the little bluenette took the glass, she made her way back upstairs, leaving the two alone.

"What do you wanna discuss?" Jellal asked, taking the coffee in the floral mug, that was mixed with the Sensory link potion.

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Knock! Knock!

"Mama?" Wendy opened the door a little, calling her mama. Erza, who was laying on the bed at gawking at the ceiling as the same time, sat upwards as she heard her daughter. "Wendy?"

Her daughter who was holding a glass of milk came inside and walked towards to her. "Daddy told me to give this to you." She said. Erza suddenly remembered what the doctor reminded her earlier, to drink a glass of milk and take her vitamins to safety the baby inside her womb. Wendy placed the glass on the nightstand and sat beside her mama on the bed. "Mama, are we really leaving tomorrow?" She asked, thinking of leaving her daddy alone.

Erza paused for a moment before she answers her curious daughter's question. "If we leave, are we still going back?" Wendy added. Actually, she has no idea. Pain, anger and hatred has been stuck in her heart and mind as the same time. All she could think about for now is to leave Jellal. This time, she won't give him another chance anymore, not after she already gave him but all he did was to push her away and act coldly. This time, she'll just think of herself and her children instead.

Erza pulled her daughter for an embrace, and leaned its head against her chest. "I...I'm not sure. Wendy, of course, I never wanted to leave your daddy, but it's just that...it's not working anymore. I tried reaching him out before, but he's so cold and pushing me away and I don't know why. But now I already know why. I just want to protect your baby brother from him." She said as a tear fell from her eye without her daughter noticing it. "I just can't take it anymore, and I hope you won't hate me for wanting to leave your daddy. I'm sorry."

"Mama, did daddy hurt you again?" Her daughter asked worryingly.

"It doesn't matter. We're leaving tomorrow. But if you wanna be with your daddy...it's okay. I mean, he's still your father and you have the right to choose to whom do you want to be with. I just want to protect your baby brother." Erza slowly pulled away from her.

"No, mama." Wendy shook her head. "I want to be with you and my baby brother." She said and embraced her mama's big belly.

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"You have to finish this one by Monday, and this one by Tuesday. Hey, are you listening?"

"Oh! Right, I'm sorry!" Jellal sighed. But actually Meredy doesn't really care if he isn't listening. Because she just really came to make the two have the potion. Jellal hasn't take a sip from the coffee yet, so Meredy just kept on talking. She wanted to see to it how the potion will take effect on Jellal.

"You're thinking of something else, right?"

"Y-yeah...sorry. It's me and Erza, we had a fight earlier."

Meredy let out a soft chuckle, "Is it just fight or she had a threatened miscarriage earlier?". Jellal's heart skipped a beat, wondering how did Meredy found out about it when he didn't even get to call someone from his office. "H-how did you know?" He wondered. "It doesn't matter. But, I'm telling you that you're lucky nothing happened to your unborn child." She told him, which made him feel guiltier.

A long pause occurred between them. Jellal could only think of Erza, his family. By now he's wishing for a device wherein he could turn back the time to undo everything. But this is the reality. All he could do is to clear his mind so he could think of the best way to approach and make up to her shattered wife. "I know. I didn't mean it." He said and was about to drink the coffee, but then he placed it down back.

Meredy clenched his fist. Drink it already, you son of a bitch! I wanna go home!

"You didn't mean it? I already talked about it with you before. I don't wanna tell you this, but if just did the right thing as early as possible, Erza wouldn't be pushed to leave you."

"How did you know she wants to separate with me?"

"I told you it doesn't matter. What you need to do is to make yourself do the right thing. It may be hard, but always remember that your wife is one of the important things you have in your life. I'm sure you don't wanna lose Erza." Jellal suddenly pictured the next morning, Erza leaving. He managed to lose his own parents and heir just to be with Erza, is his sacrifice just going nowhere just because of his stupidity, coward-ness and ego?

Meredy started jumping and squealing at the same time when Jellal finally lifts the mug to take a sip from his coffee. This is it! This is it!

Jellal swallowed the coffee along with the potion all the way down to his throat. Then he placed the mug down to the counter. He didn't feel a single thing actually, just the bitterness of the coffee, which worried Meredy. "As usual, your coffee tastes good." He forced a smile on the pinknette.

"Jellal, maybe I should just discuss your work tomorrow. When your mind is nolonger being diverted in something else." Meredy took the manila envelope and folder from the counter. "I hope you'll be able to think of the right thing. Clear your mind for a while. Just this time, try to divert your mind away from work, and start thinking about your family first. Good night." Then, Meredy was about to leave him alone in the kitchen when she suddenly hear Jellal moaning.

"Uhh...my...I'm dizzy." Jellal moaned, while clutching his head. All Jellal could see is his world whirling. He felt like as if he whirled his body as a ice-skater or ballerina. He could barely stand straight nor open his eyes. Meredy approached him right before he lost consciousness and fall onto the tiled floor of the kitchen.

"I'm sorry, Jellal. I just want to help you out. I want to remind you how to be a husband and father..."

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While caressing her big belly, Erza took the glass of warm milk from the nightstand before she sleeps. She thought maybe could help her sleep despite her messed-up mind. As the glass touched her pale lips, she swallowed half of the milk all the way down to her throat and gulped right after. In less than a minute, Erza felt dizzy as Jellal. Her eyesight is whirling and she could barely see or sit straightly on the bed.

What's going on? Am I gonna die?

Then, the pregnant redhead lost its consciousness, her head landing on the pillow.

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Sorry for the short update. I've been totally busy these past weeks. We've been doing film reviews, book reports, poems and storytelling in English class. Plus, reporting about Trigonometry in Math. I'll be updating the red string of fate or the perfect time next. Thanks for those who reviewed on the previous chapter. I hope i'll get a lot of reviews so would be more encouraged to update this story faster.

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