We. sit in silence as we drive home. Why did Ace get so defensive all of a sudden? And who was that man who was with him? But then I remember promising never to doubt him again. He lays his head on my lap, and I run my fingers through his hair. He was definitely stressed out, because that was the aura he released, and it affected me really badly. He stared up at the car as he took slow breaths. I immediately figured that if I was to ask him anything, it might worsen the situation and I wouldn't want that, so I just keep shut about it. Once we reach the house, he immediately takes me to the room and shuts the door.
"Are you okay Ace?" I ask concerned.
"You remember the grievous mistake I told you about?" he asks, as we both sat on the bed.
"Yes, what about it?" I ask.
"He is involved in it. I betrayed him for our love. And he is the most powerful mafia Alpha and his son is a psycho maniac who can only feel nothing but anger, pain and frustration. He has no humanity left in him and he does not know forgiveness. And I betrayed him. If he finds out it was me, then his son will give me one of the most brutal deaths. But he knows that I don't value my life as much as value yours. So if you go there again, he will use you in order to hurt me." He says truthfully.
I saw the distraught in his eyes and I sat on his lap, then pulled him in for an embrace. He wrapped his arms around me so tightly and I could feel his whole body tremble.
"Are you afraid?" I ask him.
"No. I'm not." he says with a tremor in his voice.
"The fact that you are scared doesn't make you a coward. It makes you human. All humans feel fear. But if you want me to help you, I need you to be honest with me Ace. I am your wife. I need to know all your emotions because your problems are our problems. And we will get through this." I tell him.
"Well," he sighs, "I am scared. I am scared that very soon I might lose you for all eternity, and I can do nothing about it." he says.
"You are never going to lose me." I say.
"Iris, I am so sorry if I have ever wronged you..." he starts, but I shut him up with a kiss, to which he relaxes.
"I will never leave you period. We are adults, and if you have wronged me, then we will talk it over. Besides, you had good reason to betray them, they didn't do right by you. Stop giving up on me and instead make sure that we never get separated." I say, and that seemed to spark up the determination in his eyes that I wanted to see.
"You are right princess. I shouldn't be giving up on you, rather I should be fighting for you. What had gotten into me?" he says and pulls me in for a kiss, but this time, it had anger and determination in the kiss and his aura had gone bach to the original Ace that I know. He then went in to get a shower and I headed down for something to eat. As I was heading downstairs to eat something, the woman who I met the other day and threatened with a knife walked in and I quickly turned around to face the wall.She just chuckled sweetly after seeing my reaction when I saw her.
"It's okay. You don't have to be scared of me. I'm really friendly." she said and I slowly turned to face her.
"I'm Elizabeth." she says. "What is your name sweetheart?"
"My name is Iris Accardi." I say. That was when I observed her features. She had a few strands of silver hair. She was more of a mother figure and she gave me those motherly vibes. I started lowering my guard as she engaged me in a conversation.
"Well, Iris, how long have you been married to Wallace."
"A year and some months. Why?" I ask.
"Well, I think he wanted it to be a secret because he didn't tell his family about it." she says chuckling nervously.
"Wait, he has a family?" I ask.
"He never told you about it? Well Accardi is a very powerful name..." before she could continue, Ace walked in on us.
"Well hallo Elizabeth." he greets.
"Master Wallace. How now?" she responds.
Somehow, their matching Scottish accents makes me laugh.
"I'll leave you two to it." I say heading out.
Immediately I left, Wallace switches to Italian but then Elizabeth stops him.
"It's okay, I understand English sweetheart. Stefano and Raul said they are coming to stay here for a while, until they clear up the mess that one of the managers at the company made. They wanted to come in unannounced as usual but I thought it was wise that you should know." she says.
"Ayy, thanks mom." he says.
Wait.
MOM!
I just keep shut, as they now switch to Italian again. I head back to my room, thinking really hard about what Elizabeth has asked me and what she was trying to achieve. What did she mean that Ace didn't want his family to know about me. Was I the second wife or something? And what did he mean Accardi is a powerful name? I quickly got on my phone and searched the name, but apparently, I couldn't get anything. Not even the company. That was strange. Accardi is one of the biggest tech companies, yet it's not in the internet? How could that even be possible. That was when it hit me that Ace had put some sort of filter on my phone. What was he trying so desperately to hide?
When he was done talking to Elizabeth I offered to escort her and Ace agreed.
"Well Elizabeth ma'am," I start, but she interrupts me.
"What? You are my master's wife. I should be calling you ma'am. But I remember, you told me to just call you Iris." she says, lost in. trance.
"I wanted to borrow your phone please." I say with a smile and she draws out her phone without hesitation.
I nod at her and quickly search the word Accardi, and what I saw made my heart stop. Lost in shock, I just handed the phone back to Elizabeth. I walked away without a word. What the hell.