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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her hands were starting to grip around 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

a broken glass, I quickly ran it over her hand to

run away. I didn't bother to look behind me because I knew I needed to get the

stairs, but she managed to pull

of my hair, I felt something cold near my waist. I didn't have to look to find out it was

gun.

gun.

away, using all my strength before she fired

and on my hand. Pain was starting to kick in, too as I slowly fell onto the ground. My

me before running her fingers

you think you can easily replace me?"

as I tried to look around, finding another alternative to escape but I was growing weak. There was no way I could make a

at the

someone behind

sight of

widened at t Loud noises were heard as she ran away, Matteo

He shouted,

was losing a lot of blood and I

me?" Matteo came,

because nothing was leaving my mouth. I could feel him touching me, pushing my hair away from my face but I didn't

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were never too

as tears were forming in his

a few times, reaching out to

he was calling Angelo and Luca. He made a run to the front door to sound

to sit beside me, holding tightly onto

to stay awake, Alena. Come

my hardest to stay

The leather seats were white, and I was staining them with my blood but now, he didn't seem to be bothered by that. "I called out,

Matteo

hospital now." He started the engine before quickly driving down the road-the car was moving fast, and I knew he was

"Stay with me, Alena!"