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

shaking his head. "I saw the look in his eyes, Alena. I was there when we tried to interrogate Sofia. The love was long

dead because she betrayed

you, and he's never letting you go. Even when Sofia died five years ago, he lost himself.

or anything.... "You

blinked a few times, glancing down at

ring on my finger again. He wanted everyone to know that

wanted me to be known by everyone as his

waited for the next hour. An hour turned into two and two hours turned into three. Without us realizing, we had waited for almost five hours. I was falling asleep because my body

stayed still in his spot, even though he was

mind waiting for him if he was well. I just

of the doctors came out, looking

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"Are you Matteo Lerclerc's-wife?"

head, standing up.

operation was a success. Your

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

and see

room. You can wait for him

the doctor went back

Even

wife and a relieved

the surgery was a success, I wanted 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 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 room, The

was placed over his mouth. The color of his skin wasn't

could've thumped out of my chest from the way it was

me, and

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whispered, kissing softly on his

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

and I immediately wrapped my

was

baby. I'm

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

"Does it hurt?"

bit, but I'm

Inodded, smiling at him.

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

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

think I'd leave this

one of the strongest I

When

smile on her face as she looked at her patient-she didn't want to bother him with any noises, so we were outside the door, talking. Luca was inside, waiting with Matteo in

I asked, feeling slightly

recovering soon but I do have something to

wrong with his

walk for the next few months, probably six to seven

Oh,

understand. The bullet must've been quite

cut me off, "There is also

""What is it?" wha

well about what she was going to say. I was a doctor,

can't run. The best we could try is for him

therapies, we can assure you that he'll be back to normal. We just can't assure you he will be

had expected, but I knew there

you." I

"I'm really sorry, Mrs.

best to provide

I could've lost my life, but just hours ago, Matteo was shot, and he wasn't going to be

inside the room, seeing Matteo still

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broke at the sight of

was wrong because he couldn't stop looking at me. He was staring at my every movement, but he was also

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him, but he respected my decision to keep

another hour until he decided to leave. He pulled me in for a hug and after he pulled away, he had looked

it was only me