A Lifetime With You by Athrhteera

Chapter 58 Alena "Mummy?" A voice called out to me and I immediately turned around to see my son, Marco. He was standing by the wall in his pyjamas, his right hand holding onto his teddy bear while the other was behind his back. "Sweetheart, what's wrong?" I asked, making my way towards him.

It was exactly ten fifteen at night and I was cleaning the kitchen after putting my son to bed, thirty minutes ago.

Matteo was still at work when I called him earlier but pretty sure he was already driving home by now. He was never out until eleven ever since I had gotten pregnant with Marco, even if he had unfinished works at the office, he would bring them home and finish them up later.

After giving birth to Marco, he became overly-protective. Whenever it came to housework, he had hired someone to take care of them and if it was just us, he did the rest. At first, he didn't even let me go back to work because he was worried if I wasn't fully healed. I remembered him saying, 'Childbirth is hard on your body. You need to take the year off.

It was tempting and as much as I wanted to take the year off' like he said, it wasn't an easy or available option in the first place. I could use a few more months off but the year off was probably too exagerating.

It wasn't about the money. It was never about the money.

into my Truth be told, ever since I married Matteo, I had stopped using my own money. All of my salary were being put own savings and I had only used Matteo's money for my spendings; it didn't matter if I wanted to shop or pamper myself, he paid for everything. Every week, he made sure I sure I had received twenty-five thousand dollars from him. He wanted me to spend the money and if I ran out of it, he was going to transfer more but I never used more than ten percent of that money. The reason why? We went out shopping together. Basically, we went everywhere together and he ended up paying for card or used the money unless I was at work or at home. everything. I never touched my

Also, the reason why? Becaus

Because he

he wasn't around.

Well, when it came for online shoppings, he had inserted his card details. It was to make it easier for me to pay for anything I wanted; it was a blessing, honestly.

I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth. I never had to work for anything except for when I pursued into medical school and decided to stay alone in my own apartment-Papa still transferred money into my account until I told him not to. Pretty sure he was still making those transfers to a different bank account.

The last time I checked, the amount had shocked me.

Matteo just wanted me to stay at home for a little longer because he wanted me to get as much rest as I could-even though I knew I had enough. I enjoyed working and I loved helping people, it never occurred to me as troublesome.

"Sweetheart?" I was on my knees as I looked into Marco's eyes. "Baby?"

They were slightly teary and red. I couldn't overlook the pout either.

had a nightmare, mummy."

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Marco nodded, wiping his-eyes.

Just like that, I had held onto his hand and we walked back into his bedroom. My precious Marco had turned five last month and I swore, it felt as if he grew super fast. I still remembered the day I gave birth to him, hugging and kissing him for the first time-it all felt like yesterday. Those beautiful moments were something I could never get back even though if I could, I anted to.

The first time experiencing a different kind of pain and knowing it was all worth it.

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I remembered waking up and seeing Matteo holding onto Marco as he sang him a lullaby. It was my first time seeing him holding onto a newborn baby; it felt even more s special because it was our baby. He had shown the greatest love and I knew I had chosen the right

one.

right husband for myself. The

son.

little Marco was everyone's angel. Everyone loved

him anyway and Marco ended up getting new collection of toys. As I laid beside Marco in bed, I had already tucked him in and made sure he was snuggling closely

go to sleep now," I whispered

to close his eyes, wanting to fall back asleep. He was the perfect resemblance of Matteo; the same pair of light brown eyes, the thick and long eyelashes, the same nose. They even had the same hair.

didn't matter because my husband was perfect and so was my

H

him to look like Matteo because I knew, he was going to

back as I

Mummy es,

"What

do you think of

I

big.

I'm actually scared if they might

"That wouldn't happen, mummy."

"Why is that?"

he smiled, those perfect brown eyes piercing into my dark green eyes. "I won't let them hurt

""You won't?"

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protect you, mummy.

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knew they were tears of joy-I never wanted to cry in front of

like how

you."

beautiful son; sometimes, it was hard to believe he belonged to me. He was mine. He was forever mine. I hadn't realised falling asleep beside him with my hand wrapped around his body until Matteo came in,

sitting up

at me before

got the same look in his eyes. Whenever he looked at us, he just stared at us in awe but whenever I asked him, he said it was nothing. I knew he loved us with all of his

the sake of Marco's safety. Matteo had left the mafia. Luca was in charge of everything now but whenever he needed Matteo's help, he came to visit us. However, Matteo had stopped taking risks or putting himself in danger because he said, he wanted to live a long and sure me

only busy

since I saw cuts on

asleep," Matteo said before

fell asleep with him."

"Yeah. I fell Teal

my hand before kissing the back

with a father.