The Family

𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝟾𝟷 - 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚛

Ace has been distant the past few weeks, he has been working harder. I think him throwing himself into his work will stand as a distraction but it is putting a lot of stress and strain on our marriage.

I go to sleep without him and when I wake up he isn't there. These last weeks I have been alone, I don't talk to him much. He's made it his life's mission to kill anyone who ever laid a hand in me and there is just one man left. he can't find Xavier and it's killing him.

I think he believes when he's died everything will be ok but he's not dealing with it. He isn't dealing with the fact that we are never going to have children. I thought that when I finally told Ace he would comfort me and stay with me but he hasn't. He's distanced himself, I know I let him down but I didn't think he would do this.

We are having dinner at Aces parents house today Ace called a family meeting last night, this will probably be the longest I've seen Ace in around 3 weeks. He doesn't even touch me anymore, when we do go to sleep he stays on his side, this just makes me feel even more shit.

I walk out the closet wearing high waisted Faux leather trousers with a plain black belt. I have tucked into the trousers a satin maroon shirt with the collar open. For shoes I have one just some black high heels which match my purse.

I walk into the room and Ace is sat in the bed going through his phone. I look at myself in the mirror and run my hands through my hair.

"You look pretty." He says in a distant voice as he stares at his phone.

I just hum in response and walk out the room. He hates me. He can't even look at me anymore, I know I am the one that ruined this marriage and he isn't making that hard to see.

He follows me out the room and i walk down the stairs. I reach the bottom as I hear his steps, he gets to the bottom and walks passed me to the door. He opens it for me and I walk out the house and straight to his car. I climb in and shut the door, I am in the car before Ace has even left the house.

I take a deep breath and look out the window, his car door opens and he climbs in. He starts the car and begins to drive in silence.

Ever second that goes by in silence shatters my heart a little more. This ain't a marriage anymore, we just tolerate being around one another. I don't know how to fix it, but I do know that I love that man with everything I have. I know he loves me, but our love isn't enough to heal the hole that has been created by the bombshell me have upon us.

I blink away my tears as Ace drives to his parents house. We remain in silence for the full journey and by the end I have grown to hate myself as much as Ace does. I'm the reason we are in this mess. I am the one who can't have children not Ace, I can't even do that right. It's the one job women are supposed to do and I can't even do it. Everyone is right, I'm just a mess.

As we get to his parents house the tension between me and Ace is heavy in the air. Ace hasn't told his parents and I assume Harlow hasn't told anyone since Antonio hasn't shown any signs of knowledge. I just don't want his family to notice the distance between us, they will ask questions and I don't want them to know just yet.