A Lifetime With You by Athrhteera

Chapter 29 Alena

My eyebrows furrowed at the sound coming from downstairs. I had fallen asleep when we got into bed-Matteo's arm was draped around my waist, sounding asleep as his face was planted at the nape of my neck. ! I was a light sleeper and when I heard noises, I immediately woke up.

Matteo, on the other hand, was already in a deep sleep and I didn't want to wake him up for nothing. He had a tiring day, having to deal with work related things and now, Sofia. He needed all the rest he could get to maintain his health, too. I had an early shift tomorrow, but I was used to it.

My eyes glanced at the clock on the nightstand, looking at the time exactly four in the morning.

As I slowly moved away from Matteo, it seemed to have woken him up.

"What's wrong? Where are you going?" He asked, half-awake.

It

a cute sight to see. His eyes weren't even fully opened but he managed to grab my wrist, wanting me to stay in bed. I tried to hide my smile, "I'm going to the bathroom."

was a

"Okay,

come

back."

I did go to the bathroom b

once I was done, I still heard noises coming from downstairs. Instead of ignoring it or letting Matteo knew, I stepped out of the room and decided to look.

It could be nothing. It could be the wind.

It wasn't before I glanced at Matteo, seeing him sleeping.

I walked down the stairs, one by one as I followed the sound. The lights were turned off and just by that had raised my suspicions. If I remembered correctly, some of the lights were being left turned on because if either one of us wanted to go downstairs, it wasn't going to be dark. My heart was starting to beat fast, making me anxious.

I hesitated on continuing to check for the sound. I slowly made my way to the front door, looking at the alarm system- everything was locked, nothing was breached. It meant that nobody broke inside. Unless the person managed to pass through the alarm. It didn't make

any

sense.

I began to walk to the kitchen, where the sound was coming from. As soon as I stepped inside the kitchen, I caught a glimpse of a woman. Her hair was being left down, covering the side of her face as she continued to search around in the drawers. She hadn't seen me yet.

And I was going to let it be that way.

Until she stopped and decided to turn around to look at me.

It was Sofia.

My eyes widened at the sight of her, completely surprised to see her here. As I was about to make a run upstairs and wake up Matteo, she lunged-forward towards me which caused me to be knocked down. 08.36 Fri, Oct 18

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the floor, hitting one of the glasses in the

before trying to still make a

she was stronger. She

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my neck, making me choke. My legs were kicking out as my own hands were trying to pull hers away. She didn't even move a bit and instead of her grips loosening, it began to tighten. I was gasping for

of a broken glass, I quickly ran it over

away. I didn't bother to look behind me because I knew I needed to get the hell out of there. Even though my body and neck were hurting, I wasn't going to think about that now. "Matteo!" I

the stairs, but

a tight grip on a fistful of my hair, I felt something cold near my waist. I didn't have to look to

gun.

gun.

away, using all my strength before she fired

widened at the sound, looking down and seeing blood starting to pool on my shirt and on my hand. Pain was starting to kick in, too as I slowly fell onto the ground. My other hand reaching out to grip the stairs before I began

leaning into me before running her

you think you can easily replace me?" She

was beginning to blur as I tried to look around, finding another alternative to escape

at the

someone

sight of

t Loud noises were heard as she ran away, Matteo

He shouted, "What did

lot of blood and I was going to pass out any minute now, but I wasn't going to give up that

you hear me?" Matteo came, sitting

word because nothing was leaving my mouth. I could feel

too.

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were never

as tears were forming

times, reaching out to

phone. Then, he was calling Angelo and Luca. He made a run to the

beside

need to stay awake, Alena. Come

eyes, trying my hardest

me at the backseat of his car. The leather seats were white, and I was

Matteo

down the road-the car was

"Stay with me, Alena!"