What do you do when...

What do you do when you feel like your husband doesn’t love you? When you feel like he just settled for you? Like when he says sweet things he’s just saying them to say them. I had told him I feel this way but he says it isn’t a true.

Back story: He has an old female friend. They talk almost everyday. However she and their past upsets him all the time. I feel like he keeps talking to her because he loves her and not me.

Divorce isn’t an option. I just want some pleasant advice. Thanks