A Lifetime With You by Athrhteera

Chapter 52

Alena

When you were in love, you were bound to risk your life. In every love story, there were going to have two different endings: the good and the bad. None of us knew what were bound to happen when we fell in love, we were just too stuck on the high, we overlooked the

risks.

I had fallen in love twice. The first time was a lesson.

Yet, the second time, brought me peace.

It gave me the real meaning of true love. The love that came unexpectedly but showed me how perfect my life could be-l never experienced that kind of love before and I was very grateful for experiencing it now. Matteo was my knight in shining armour. Instead of prince charmning riding a white horse, he was the mafia driving a black Aston Martin.

When I first met him, I thought it was a life sentence of death. I had surrendered my future to an unknown man, to uncertainty. Yet, the moment I married him, the moment we were pronounced as husband and wife, it began to be the best moment of my life. I loved Matteo, with all of my heart. Forever.

If I was given a chance to get to know someone better, I just knew there wasn't going to be anyone better.

As I packed through my clothes and throwing them in the luggage, I had grown eager to leave this house. Two weeks ago, I wanted to be here more than anywhere else but now, I wanted to be in my husband's arms.

The two weeks were dreadful, I just didn't realise that until now.

When I saw Matteo during his press conference, my heart was stabbed and broken into a million pieces. I had expected him to suffer but I couldn't believe what I saw. As he was suffering on his own, I had began to heal and unknowingly, it was a selfish act. Why did I do that?

How could I do that?

Those questions kept replaying in my head and I didn't have the answer to them.

I was reaching out for my clothes in the wardrobe when I heard the doorbell ring.

It was late and I wasn't expecting any visitors, neith

Mama or Alexei. My dearest brother had left in a hurry when I asked him to, he wasn't going to come back for the next few days. As for Mama, she was always here early in the morning Never late at night.

The doorbell rang twice and I slowly made my way down the stairs, glancing at the security screen on the wall. The camera would've showed me the figure but the front door was empty, showing no one. My eyebrows furrowed, assuming there was something

I went to the front door, grabbing onto the doorknob but I was immediately being thrown backwards as someone pushed the door. I had fallen onto the ground with a loud thud and it took me awhile to regain my composure.

The unknown figure continued to stand in front of me, covering his face with a scary mask.

I blinked a few times as I tried to increase the distance between us, my hands reaching out for anything I could grab but to

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my disappointment, nothing

knew about my

I

rib, knowing it was going to leave a dark bruise in the morning. I had taken quite an impact but I only

deep and slightly husky. It was not a surprise that

man.

hell are

you're

imagine his sinister smile as he stared

and there was no one out there to save me even if I screamed as loud as I could-the villa was further away from anyone, we

on running away from Matteo because if he was here, he would've kept me safe. At least, if he knew about my location, he would've sent out Angelo

someone was out there running after me, to torture him, to destroy the mafia and

not alone." I panicked, continuing to move further away

you've been here all by yourself for the past two

at his hand, seeing him holding a knife. My body

me, he was doing it on purpose. watched me bleed

scare me.

say the least, it was working the way he

am?" I asked, trying to catch a glimpse of his face but he was doing a really good

quite the princess, Alena. You worth more than you

lurging towards me which caused me to let out a scream. He immediately slapped me across the face before shutting my

He said through gritted teeth, gripping hard onto

hair, making

Cream.

His rough hand slapped across my face once more, not once but twice. I felt the stinging pain

my lower

legs out, trying to free myself but he was stronger and

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to work.

me!" I shouted, as

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me to lose my breath for a few seconds. The pain was too much and I slowly started to cry-I didn't want to let the tears fall