A Lifetime With You by Athrhteera

Chapter 36

Alena

Matteo was being pushed into the emergency room when we had rushed to the hospital. Luca drove fast, like we were going through an apocalypse and for once in my life, it didn't bother me. I wanted him to drive as fast as he could. husband's life was on the line.

My

So, we were sitting outside, pacing back and forth as we waited.

I understood how he felt when I was shot.

I just never expected to experience it this quick.

"Help me, Luca."

"What's wrong?" He asked, as he watched me.

My eyes were probably swollen and puffy from crying too much but at this point, I didn't care. All I wanted was to see Matteo coming out of there safe-not with devastating news.

"Convince me he'll make it out of there alive,"

Luca made his way towards me, cupping onto my face before staring straight into my eyes. "He's a fighter, Alena. He'll make it out of there alive and you know that. He won't leave you behind, he loves you too much. So, trust him with everything you got." "I'm just so scared. I don't know."

"Don't be. Let's just hope for the best,"

"The last time I hoped, things didn't end well."

My mind drifted back to my ex-boyfriend, the one who gave me so much hope and promises. Until the very end, I had hoped for him to be different, for him to prove me wrong, but I was proven wrong, just in ways I didn't expect.

He had the audacity to cheat on me with someone else when we had been in a serious relationship.

My trust was no longer there for anyone when I left. He wasn't supposed to affect me that much, but he affected my entire

ше.

life.

Then again, I didn't blame him. If he didn't cheat on me, I would've never met Matteo. If I didn't meet Matteo, I would've never been treated as good as I was now. I never realized just how spoilt I was until I married him. How he had given me everything. Especially after he told me loved me.

And now, I was on the verge of losing my lover, my husband.

"This I

is different. It'll end well."

Luca walked away to the seats, leaning his head against the wall. He had his eyes closed and I knew he wasn't quiet with empty thoughts. He was probably thinking, wondering, and even hoping as well.

"How long have you known Matteo?"

"A very long time. We grew up together."

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"Are you guys the same age?"

"He's a year older than me. So, that would make me thirty-four

"And when you guys met?"

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"Well, he was five and I was four. Our families were close. There wasn't a day where we didn't meet each other. I remember Maria cooking my favorite dish every day. When we grew up and went to college, things started to change. Matteo and I never changed though." "Did you two go to the same college?"

"Mm, we took business." He cleared his throat, "That was where he met Sofia."

"So, you literally knew her from the very beginning.

"Well, she wasn't much of a talker before. I never really talked to her much. She was always with Matteo and would follow him around like a lost puppy. It was annoying sometimes, but Matteo didn't mind."

I nodded, trying to imagine the younger Matteo in

She was s probably his first in a

It doesn't

teo in love.

his first in a lot of things. The first serious relationship he ever had because well, he did ask her to marry him. They were in love and would've still been in love if she hadn't 'passed away' in a car crash. If she didn't disappear. t matter though. He's in love with you now," he added. chuckled

"You're going to keep saying that every time he falls with someone new?"

He

"What? I

tried to interrogate Sofia. The love was long gone. There was guilt, but he was angrier

she was dead because she

You could've died that night and I would've seen a different version of Matteo. He just got you, and he's never letting

didn't change him or anything.... "You brought him back. There's a

few times, glancing down at my wedding ring before

hospital and when I was discharged, he had placed the ring on my finger again. He wanted everyone to

me to be known by everyone as

us realizing, we

Luca stayed still in his spot, even though

waiting for him if he was well. I just started

came out, looking

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"Are you Matteo Lerclerc's-wife?"

my head, standing up. "That's

a success. Your husband

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as they streamed down my cheeks, letting me let out a breath of relief before continuing

go and

him up to his room.

went back

Even

leaving a devastated wife and

to see him for myself. I knew he was going to be fine because Luca was right, Matteo was indeed a fighter. He did everything

began to stand up when I saw the nurses pushing him in. He had his eyes closed and an oxygen mask was placed over his mouth. The color of his skin wasn't pale anymore. Luca, on the other hand, stood still near the corner of the

heart could've thumped out of my chest from the way it was beating, but I kept

with me, and

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whispered, kissing softly

eyes, meeting my own. They were slightly red and droopy, but I could never miss the smile forming on his lips. A smile of my

slowly removed the oxygen mask, seeing his reaction. He was fine and I immediately wrapped my arms around him, crying my heart out. worried about you,

was

right here, baby. I'm right

rubbing in circles. He was good at comforting me, and just by being this close to him, it made me feel

"Does it hurt?"

bit, but I'm

Inodded, smiling at him.

room. He didn't say a word as he made towards

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warmed at the sight, knowing he was worried about his friend, too. He was just doing a

leave this

one of

When

in to see me. She had a small smile on her face as she looked at her

I asked,

he'll be recovering soon but I do have something to say about his

wrong with

come in a bit late. Luckily for him, we managed to save his leg but he's not able to walk for the next

Oh,

The bullet

off, "There is

""What is it?" wha

I was a doctor, and we had the exact same expression

be limping a little bit, He can't run. The best we could try is for him to not limp and walk as normal, but he won't regain the strength to run."

long as he can endure intense therapies, we can assure you that he'll be back to normal. We just

wasn't the news I had expected, but I

I muttered,

"I'm really sorry, Mrs.

Lerclerc but it's best to provide

I could've lost my life, but just hours ago, Matteo was shot, and he wasn't going to be able to go back to normal. His mafia depended on him and if he couldn't run, how was he going to prove to them

the room, seeing Matteo still

!

broke at

something was wrong because he couldn't stop looking at me. He was staring at my every movement, but he was also careful not to ask. As I made to sit beside

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Alena?" He asked, the question

not ready

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to tell him, but he respected my decision to

to leave. He pulled me

had left, it was only