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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news?"

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."

very straight right now. She came into my house in the middle of the night to look for God knows what and she shot my wife, Luca.

but she used to be your wife. Let someone else do the

"I want I

There's no one else better to hurt her

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 was instantly

seven months for

never liked her

Punched her face. She looks horrible now," he

she's breathing, right?"

"And conscious."

want you to help

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,

no problem in trusting my

oath. A blood

man. What

war.

I want you to give

behind my back, nodding to

here in our seats. Luca had fallen asleep sitting down with his arms Crossed while I kept

doors were pushed open, revealing

awaken from

walking towards our direction, and 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 stay calm. "Are you Alena Lerclerc's husband?" She asked, removing her face mask. dded my head, "That's

nodded

success. Your wife is stable

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

getting ready to bring her up," she replied. hank you so "Your wife's a

a fighter"

began to walk

going to let her be ever again. Her life was at stake today and I knew better than to let her

didn't take as long as it did in the operating room because within less than an hour, the nurses were pushing the hospital bed and I

soft skin looked slightly pale as she laid

check on her." One of the nurses

the room.

my wife, grabbing her hand and feeling her skin was ice

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I'll be back," Luca said before walking out, leaving me and Alena

to see her laying like this. There were bruises around her neck and on 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 eyes as I felt a few tears had

peaceful, and it was one of the things I loved about

the back of her hand, "Thank you for coming back to me,

ever happens to you ever again, I swear I'll lose my mind." I

in a deep sleep, her lips slight apart as her chest

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her go because I was afraid if I was going to lose her. The feeling of her skin against mine was soothing me a little bit

to attract me, but I was head over heels over

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of her hand on my face had slowly awoken me. I blinked a few times, trying to get