Forced To Be With Him 24/7

Chapter 85

Jace turns to look at me as I turn to look at him. We both stare at each other as Mia and Marco look at us with wide smiles and hope filled eyes. I can guess that this is the first time any of their boys brought a girl home and they are very excited about it. 

Marco, who is as serious as they come with his huge built and strong frame, looks like a child in Christmas morning, ramping under the tree. The small and lovely woman that Mia is, with this wave of rush, look even more cute with her flushed cheeks and grin. 

I am more concentrated on evaporating rather than digest what the fuck is going on. I guess Jace didn't tell them very much and they clearly don't bother with the magazine sections.

"Uhm, its too early to know anything." I blurt. I don't know what I'm doing. 

"I just missed my... you know. I'm not drinking just in case." I say, not having it in me to break these twos hearts. I mean the woman cooked enough food to feed and army just because I'm coming and Jace has always been there for me when I need him. The least I can do is spare them the heart ache by telling them I'm pregnant with a kid from someone else. 

I turn to Jace and he has an even more mortified expression on his face. He seems to stunned to talk. He didn't see that coming thats for sure.

"So when is the wedding? Can we do it here darling? The vineyard is surely big enough to have any American family of yours. Beside Italian weddings are always so much-" Mia starts to ramble while Marco grins proudly.

"Mamma, Alex is only 20, we don't think on getting married soon." Jace chimes in and I'm grateful that he is because whenever I think about the baby or a wedding my mind goes to Harry and tears pool my eyes.

"Oh si!" Mia says and giggles as she digs into her food, nudging Marco and laughing secretly with him staring at me and Jace. 

I throw Jace a small smile as I dig into my food, red and happy that I didn't make these two very good people sad.

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Dinner ends and I try to help Mia with the dishes but she says I need to rest, eat and have fun when I'm here and I can do all the dishes when I'm back at my own house. I kiss both of her cheeks and play with the lab before the sun goes down and the family settles on the front porch, a light breeze cooling the hot summer air. 

Luca talks to me about my university and tells me he wants to study biology in Germany. Jace keeps his distance from me enough to not invade my space but close enough so we can be seen as lovers in love. Mia makes me eat pies for desert and tells me I can come over in the night if I feel hungry. 

"We're not staying here?" I ask suddenly which makes Jace laughs.

"You didn't think I was living with my parents did you?" He laughs and I nod, never thinking there was a second home around here. 

Mia and Marco sits hand in hand as they drink more wine and Luca plays with the dog and texts someone on the phone. I watch them as they kiss and Marco strokes Mia's dark gray hair on her back and kisses her hands. My heart breaks. 

Mia stares lovingly at her husband and Harry and me come to my eyes. We had that. We could have had this years worth of love, surrounding ourselves with our children. I just feel like we missed that opportunity now. I still feel like he hasn't cheated on me but if he has, I will never ever go back to him and will have to raise this child by myself.

I will never have what Marco and Mia has now.

"You okay?" Jace whispers to me as time rolls around midnight.

"Yeah. I'm kinda tired." I admit and he gets up and I follow.

"Vado a dormire." Jace says to his family and all of them turn and smile at us. I interlock my hand with Jace before we get out of sight so they see it.