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

I was there when we tried to interrogate Sofia. The love was long gone.

dead because she

version of Matteo. He just got you, and he's never letting

anything.... "You brought

glancing down at

my finger again. He wanted everyone to know that I was married, and I belonged to him-he didn't

me to be known by everyone

us realizing, we had waited for almost five hours. I was falling asleep because my body was tired

even

him if he was well. I just started

came out, looking for

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"Are you Matteo Lerclerc's-wife?"

head, standing

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beginning to form in my eyes as they streamed down my cheeks, letting me let out a breath of

go and

room. You can

doctor went back

Even

devastated wife and

to be fine because Luca was right, Matteo was indeed a fighter. He did everything he could to survive. I knew he wasn't going to give up.

oxygen mask was placed over his mouth. The color of his skin wasn't pale anymore. Luca, on the other

my way towards my husband, slowly grabbing onto his hand. My heart could've thumped out of my chest from the way it was beating, but I kept trying to calm

was here with me,

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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 own began to form as well, letting me caress the sides of

and I immediately wrapped my arms

was

right here, baby. I'm

hand to place on my back, slowly rubbing in circles. He was good at comforting me, and just by being this close to

"Does it hurt?"

little bit, but I'm

Inodded, smiling at him.

Luca, who had been quiet ever since we got into the room. He didn't say a word as

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about his friend, too. He was just doing a good job at

leave this world that

of the strongest

When

had settled down, and Matteo could drift off into a deep sleep, the doctor came in to see me. She had a small smile on her face as she looked at her patient-she didn't want to bother him with

I asked,

is stable, and he'll be recovering soon but I do have something to say

with

save his leg but he's not able to walk for the next few months, probably six to seven months. He'll need to undergo therapies to

Oh,

The bullet

is also

""What is it?" wha

was going to say. I was a doctor, and we had the exact same expression whenever we

did before. Even with therapies and physios, he might even 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

will provide with the best. You don't have to worry. As long as he can endure intense therapies, we can assure you that he'll be back to normal. We just can't assure you he will be able to run again." I

news I had expected, but I

I muttered,

"I'm really sorry, Mrs.

best to provide him

to walk away, leaving me standing here on my own. Just almost a week ago, I was shot, and 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

the room,

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broke at

knew 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

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knew he wanted me to tell him, but he respected my decision to keep

with Matteo sound asleep. Luca had stayed for another hour until he decided to leave. He pulled me in for a hug and after he pulled away, he had looked into my eyes-I

left, it was