Page 36 of Aria De Luca

"Are you sure it's not just that you are being a mean pregnant lady?" Layna jokes.

"No. Why would you think that?” I furrow my eyebrows at her.

"Well, that's a very stupid reason to get mad at someone," Layna shrugs as she eats her eggs.

Is it stupid?

I didn't think that it was a stupid reason but now that they are mentioning it, I can see how they are right.

Oh my god, I have to apologize to him.

He probably hates me now.

I think Layna can tell what I’m thinking because she says, "Don't do it now. Give him a little space. Besides, Mark is almost here. You need to get food in your system before you go all pregnant lady on me instead of Ace," Layna chuckles at the last part.

"Whatever. Screw you guys," I roll my eyes at them but agree.

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“Okay, I think that nude dress would look amazing on your body,” Emma says as she walks next to me.

She said we should go shopping to find a dress for me to wear for the party. I also was talking to her about doing a maternity shoot, but obviously I wanted to talk to Ace about it.

“I like it. I think I am going to curl my hair-” I get cut off by the sound of my phone ringing, so I dig through one of my bags and get it out.

I see it’s Ace, so I press the answer button. “Amore?” I hear from the other side of the phone.

“Hi,” I say softly, and I hear him let out a relived sigh.

"Hey. What are you doing?" he asks.

Ace and I haven’t talked since this morning. I was trying to give him space and I think he is doing the same.

"Shopping with Emma. Are you home?" I ask.

"Yea just got here. What time are you going to be home?"

"I don't know. An hour? Why?"

"Just asking. I'll see you when you get home,amore," he speaks.

"Okay. I love you," I speak.

"I love you," he says before hanging up.

“Ace?” Emma asks and I nod my head. “What did he want?”

“He wanted to know when I will be home.”

“Oh why?”

I shrug. “No clue.”

“Well, then let’s get you home to your hubby,” Emma says and then pulls my hand towards the car.

During the drive, it’s quiet. The music is playing on the stereo, and I am just texting Layna on my phone about what I bought at the mall with Emma.

Once we get home, Francisco comes outside, and he gets all of the bags out of the car to put the bags inside.