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

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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 saw the look in his eyes, Alena. I was there when we tried to interrogate Sofia. The love was long gone. There was guilt, but he was

was dead because she

would've seen a different version of Matteo. He just got you, and he's never letting you go. Even when Sofia died five years ago, he lost himself.

him or anything.... "You brought

a few times, glancing down at my wedding ring before

safe the entire time I was at the hospital and when I was discharged, he had placed the ring on my finger again. He wanted everyone to know that I was married, and I belonged to him-he didn't like it when people assumed I was single. He wasn't too

me to be

into two and two hours turned into three. Without us realizing, we had waited for almost five hours. I was falling asleep

still in his spot, even though he

didn't mind waiting for him if he was well. I just started

came out, looking

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"Are you Matteo Lerclerc's-wife?"

nodded my head, standing up. "That's

was a success. Your

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let out a breath

go and

his room. You can wait

the doctor went

Even

a devastated wife

He did everything he could to survive. I knew he wasn't going to give up. The doctors did an amazing job, too. When we were waiting i in his

in. He had his eyes closed and an oxygen mask was placed over his

could've thumped out of

husband was here with me, and he

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softly on his

never miss the smile forming on his lips. A smile of my own began to form as well, letting me caress the sides of his face. "You're here,

reaction. He was fine and I immediately wrapped

was

baby. I'm

slowly rubbing in circles. He was good at comforting me, and just by

"Does it hurt?"

bit, but I'm

Inodded, smiling at him.

quiet ever since we got into the room. He didn't

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about his friend, too. He was just doing a

I'd leave

one of the strongest I

When

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 any noises,

there something wrong?" I

be recovering soon but I do

with his

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

Oh,

The bullet must've been

off, "There is also another thing, Mrs.

""What is it?" wha

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

can't walk as normal as he 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

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 kept quiet, standing still at my spot before

the news I had expected,

I muttered,

"I'm really sorry, Mrs.

it's best to

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 him and if he couldn't run, how was he going to prove to them

walked back inside the room, seeing Matteo still

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heart broke at the sight

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

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Alena?" He asked, the

shook my head, not ready to

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him, but he respected my

hours went by slowly 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