Page 34 of Aria De Luca
"Doesn't mean I won't protect her," I argue.
"Then go protect her but don't stop her. She needs to kill Dante herself."
Seventeen
PAST
"Ace? What time is it?"I ask once I wake up.
Ace removes his arm from around me and grabs his phone from the side table. "Twelve-fifteen," he says in his morning voice that I love.
I swear my hormones have been bugging even more since I found out I was pregnant. I literally want to jump his bones every second of every day.
Ace turns back around and wraps his arms around me then snuggles into my chest.
"Stop. I can't get comfortable. I have a lot to do today," I say as I run my fingers down his tattoo-covered arm.
I want to push him off, but I can't. I’m just too comfortable.
I have a lot to do today. I have Mark coming over to talk a little more about the wedding. Emma and I are also going to start planning the baby shower since it’s in a month.
It’s been a month since the failed Dante mission. For the past month Ace has been trying to figure out where is he because Dante went into hiding so now, we don’t know where he is.
But onto happier things, Emma gets to find out the gender of my baby in a month and the wedding planning is going good.
Ace is super anxious to know as well.
"Why? What do you have to do today?" he lifts his head off my chest to look at me.
"You don't remember? Emma and I are going to start planning the gender reveal and then Mark is coming over too for wedding stuff. We are going to go over the guest list," I say before getting out of bed and walking towards the closet.
Really funny story. We were going to do the guest list a few weeks ago but I was super hungry that day so long story short, Mark took us to try out some desserts. They were all delicious and we ended up eating almost all the samples.
My mom and Layna came along. It was super fun. Emma couldn't come though because she had to watch Alexander. I mean I understand why she would want to stay with Alexander instead. He is only a few months old. He is getting older every day and Emma wants to spend as much time as she can with him.
"What time is Mark coming?" Ace asks while still lying in bed.
"In like an hour. So, I have to get ready. Emma and I aren't going to start planning until the late afternoon. But I'm not sure how long the planning with Mark is going to take."
"Oh okay."
"Why?" I look back and ask Ace with furrowed eyebrows.
"Nothing," he says and then gets up from the bed and walks towards me.
"Are you okay?" I ask him.
"Of course,amore. I'm always okay when I'm with you." He leans down and kisses me then heads towards the bathroom.
Strange.
I go back to getting ready again.
My clothes now consist of sweaters, oversized shirts, and sometimes leggings.
I look through the closet to find a shirt and shorts while I hear Ace's shower start.
I end up finding an oversized turquoise shirt and then white ripped shorts. I just put black socks on ‘cause it's not like I'm leaving the house. I put my hair in a ponytail while I hear Ace's shower turn off.
