A Lifetime With You by Athrhteera

Chapter 53

Matteo

Angelo had managed to track down Alena's phone last night. The moment my call went through and it began to ring, I didn't waste any time to get Angelo-even though I couldn't stop calling Alena, hoping she was going to answer, it didn't matter because at the end, we

figured out her location.

I called Alexei, letting him know the good news.

However, he wasn't as excited. He seemed rather dull and faking his reaction which I instantly knew, he had figured out his sister's location all along.

He just didn't want to tell me. I didn't understand his purpose.

So, here we were, standing in the living room of my vacation-villa.

Alexei had his hands in his pockets while I stared at the note on the coffee table:

'She belongs to me now.'

Ever since we arrived here thirty minutes ago, I had been frozen in the exact same spot. Angelo guarded the door with my other two men while I tried to figure out the culprit. Angry. Upset. Disappointed.

towards my wife-more I didn't know which one to describe my emotions but I knew I felt them all at once but not towards myself. I was angry at myself for never checking out this place. I was upset at myself for not knowing my wife any better. I was disappointed at myself for letting this happen.

"Matteo..." Alexei called out, breaking the silence.

My hands were clenched into fists as I tried to hold back from hurting anyone. To be exact, I wanted to throw everything onto the ground and scream as loud as I could but I knew that wasn't a solution to this problem.

I needed to stay calm. As calm as I could.

"You knew. You knew but you didn't tell me," I replied.

I turned to look at my brother-in-law, feeling betrayed. I had came to see him and begged for his help-believe me when I said it, I had never begged for anything or anyone in my entire life but I knew my wife's safety was more important than my ego.

Now I knew, I had begged for nothing. I had embarrassed myself.

"She wouldn't let me."

wife, Alexei. I

to tell

Now her life's in

one. The very

I had found my wife, she was out of my grasps again. This time, every second mattered because it was a matter of life and death. Alena could be in danger right now and I was standing

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the note, trying to hold back my tears from falling-I had cried every night ever since she left me, couldn't even get myself

according to plan but I was faced with

me... this wouldn't have happened." I added, turning to look

of blood but a few drops of it was easy to tell it belonged to my dearest wife. She had been beaten up, probably punched or kicked and I was nowhere near to protect her. I had failed as her husband.

find her. And you'll be

My eyebrows furrowed at the sight of clothes in her luggage and a few scattered on the floor but what

calls from me and I knew she didn't even heard it when I called-she was probably downstairs when

could've made it to

was hours away

her clothes. I began to smell her clothes and before I knew it, the tears had fallen. As much as I wanted to hold myself from crying, it was a little bit too late.

had been weeks since I had smelt her again. The same vanilla and candy smell, the same smell that had seduced me from the moment she walked into my office and the same

her clothes, feeling my anger

breathed,

condition, he stood still in the doorway. He immediately reassured my

seeing me like this, yet he

are you?" I muttered under my breath, holding her clothes

I could lose her one day. Being in the mafia never reassured my own safety and I knew it could risk my wife's safety as well. Even her father had trained her to protect herself but she was never interested and she never continued the training once she

I was too eager on making her happy. I needed to show her how much I could trust her in which I did, I just didn't trust her to be safe whenever

feared

heart felt like it was

and I knew I had to start searching