Page 37 of Aria De Luca
"Ace!" I yell as I walk through the door.
I don’t hear him say anything, so I go upstairs and Emma winks at me before walking inside the kitchen.
Okay, weird.
I open the door to my and Ace’s room. “Ace? Where are you?” I ask noticing he isn’t inside the room.
"Bathroom," I hear him yell.
I walk inside the bathroom and when I do my face lights up.
I see the bath filled with bubbles and rose petals on the floor with candles along the tub. The smell in the bathroom is amazing. It smells like vanilla mixed with cinnamon.
"What is this?" I ask while walking closer to Ace who is standing in the middle of the room.
"What do you think,amore?" Ace says and walks towards me. He grabs my hands. “I’m sorry for acting like a jerk. I know you're going through a lot right now and you have a baby that's messing up your mood swings. I should have been more sensitive and should have known."
"Ace, it's fine. I shouldn't have been a bitch about it. It's nothing to be mad at," I speak.
Ace leans down and kisses me on the lips. I kiss him back instantly and I feel sparks fly in my stomach. I wonder if he ever feels the same things I am feeling as we kiss.
"Come on. Francisco didn't buy a shit ton of roses for nothing," Ace says as he breaks the kiss and pulls me towards the bath.
Ace and I get undressed, and he pulls me towards the tub so that he can go in first and then pulls me in along with him.
Eighteen
I walk closerand closer to the old building.
The area I’m in looks burnt down. The grass is brown and dry, the building looks old and dirty. It also looks like it is about to fall apart.
I found out where Dante's location was the day after Ace and I had sex.
It was pretty easy because I found a list of contacts who Dante had contacted. I called one of those phone numbers and told them that I wanted to meet up with Dante and that my name was Aria White. They easily told me where to meet them and here I am.
It's probably stupid that I am here without any backup, but Layna didn't want to come with me, and I don't want to have anyone else help me with this. I could have asked Cole but I'm afraid he would have told Alex.
Ace would have been a good partner, but he won't let me go by myself, for some weird reason that he won't tell me.
Last night with him was . . . I don't know what to call it.
I feel bad leaving him and lying. But I need to do this for myself.
Last night he was so gentle with me yet eager as hell.
Being with him, in his arms felt so familiar and warm. I know I have felt that kind of feeling he gave me before, but I don't know where from.
He gives me a familiar feeling.
And I feel like there is a secret everyone is keeping from me, and Ace is a huge part of that secret. There are times when I am with him where I see him looking at me with a loving and affectionate look. I always question it, especially right now.
When I woke up this morning and saw him wrapping his arms around me tighter as I was about to get up, I didn't want to leave him. I wanted to stay wrapped in his arms where I felt safe and secure.
But my mind went to Dante.
I need this closure.
I need to kill Dante.
