A Lifetime With You by Athrhteera

Chapter Matteo

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I had been staring at the doors to the operating theater for the past three hours. My hands were trembling, and my heart hadn't stopped beating fast ever since it happened. Everything was happening too fast because the last thing I knew, we were in bed. She was supposed to stay in bed. She told me she was going to the bathroom, and that was supposed to be it.

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There were a lot playing in my mind; from her surviving her injuries or dying and leaving me forever. We were at the beginning of our highs, starting the marriage of with a lot of possibilities. There was nothing more than happiness. I knew I had a lot of enemies, and I was bound to keep them out of my life especially away from Alena. It didn't matter to me if I had to deal with them every day as long as my wife, Alena was safe and sound. I knew of her background. I knew she had the skills to fight because Mikhail had taught her when she was younger, but she hadn't encountered a dangerous situation like that, and it was impossible for her to be fully prepared. I felt like something was wrong when she was leaving the bed.

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I should've asked her to stay in.

As I began to pace back and forth, I was silently praying for a miracle. It was ironic for a sinner like me to pray but I had no other choice-I was truthful to Alena, and I needed to have more hope that she was going to survive. She was never going to leave me.

Memories of f her began to cloud my mind, from the way she smiled, the way she talked, the way she moved, and even the way she looked. Those beautiful green eyes were always going to be death of me; she had the most mesmerizing pair of eyes. Every time she looked at me with those eyes, she could bewitch me.

I sat down, my head in my hands before closing my eyes.

My body was growing restless because I couldn't wait any longer. The waiting had gotten me anxious of what was happening inside. Was she having complications? Was she going through something awful?

I needed to know.

"Matteo," someone called which caused me to look up, seeing Luca..

He was wearing a black hoodie with black sweatpants as he sat down beside me. There were dark circles under his eyes, and I was confident my dark circles were much more obvious-I had been crying ever since they took her inside the operating theater.

If it was taking any longer for me to see my wife, I was about to lose my mind.

"How long has she been inside?" He asked, breaking the silence. "Three hours."

"No

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shook my head, sighing heavily before running my fingers through my hair. It didn't bother me anymore if I looked like a mess because that was a fact. My mind was a mess, I couldn't stop thinking Chapter 30 @65%

about Alena or about Sofia. I was thinking about Alena's condition but when it came to Sofia, it was about torturing her. "Who is she with?" I asked, referring to my ex-wife, Sofia.

"Angelo and the others. You told to wait for you,"

"Because I want to do the killing."

Luca sighed, placing a hand on my shoulder. "Do you think that's a good idea, Matteo? You're not thinking straight right

now."

to look for God knows what and she shot my wife, Luca. She knew not to mess with me, but she decided to hurt the only person I cared most. She was asking

your wife. Let someone else do the dirty

"I want I

what Alena felt. There's no one else better to hurt her than me," I spoke before running my hands

I married Sofia, and at the time, he was also skeptical-he knew he wanted nothing more than for me to be happy. When he met Alena, he didn't question much, and he

took almost seven months for Luca to start

liked

broke her legs. Punched her face. She looks

she's breathing, right?"

"And conscious."

you to help me,

was looking straight into his eyes. There was no one else in the mafia that I trusted most than Luca-if one day, he was going to betray me, he could because he knew absolutely everything. He knew the details, the plans, the strategies, but he was

problem in trusting

made an oath.

What is

war.

who is responsible for all of this. Look back for the data from five years ago when Sofia disappeared. I want you to

nodding to every

arms Crossed while I kept praying for a miracle. I began fidgeting, something I hadn't done since I was younger, but

pushed open,

turned to look, awaken from

I immediately stood up, trying to read her expression but I was left confused. I could feel as if my heart was thumping out of my chest, yet I managed to

nodded

a success. Your wife

for reassurance. Tears were pooling in my eyes before they began to stream down my cheeks, and I hadn't realized just how relieved

her up,"

a fighter"

to walk back into the

safe. She was alive and well-she didn't leave me. I was never going to let her be ever again. Her life was at stake today and I knew better than to let her encounter a situation like this. When Luca and I reached her room,

in the operating room because within less than an hour, the nurses were pushing the hospital bed and I was

looked slightly pale as

rest and when she wakes up, we'll check on her." One

the room.

grabbing her hand and

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a smoke. I'll be back," Luca said before walking out, leaving

her face along with a few cut marks, but she was safe and that was all that mattered. I carefully leaned in to kiss her forehead, closing my

she was looking peaceful, and it was one of the things I loved about her. There

"Thank you for coming back

you ever again, I swear I'll lose my

was in a deep sleep, her lips slight apart as her chest moved calmly. Chapter

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scared of letting her go because I was afraid if I was going to lose her. The

didn't do much to attract me, but I was head over heels over

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realize how long I had fallen asleep yet the touch of her hand on my face had slowly awoken me. I blinked a few times, trying