A Lifetime With You by Athrhteera

Chapter 72

Alena

"A few times, actually but I don't think we'd get far."

My answer was short and realistic.

It was disappointing to give that kind of answer but I knew what Papa and Alexei were capable of. They weren't going to simply let me run off with Matteo. If he couldn't get ahold of us, he would destroy everything that Matteo had built. The two of us couldn't be selfish when it came to moments like this. We had to think about other families we could destroy if we decided to prioritise our marriage-we could put the lives of Matteo's men at risk and in danger.

Papa had enough of my rebelling. Now, he just wanted control.

"We wouldn't, would we?"

I shook my head, "No. We'd risk a lot of things,"

"Seems like that's the only choice we have left."

"No, we can't just give up. We have to consider other options."

"What kind of options, Alena? The longer we consider, the further I am from you."

Matteo grabbed both of my hands as he held them close to his chest, making me feel his heartbeat. It had been awhile since I counted his heartbeat, one of my favourite things to do whenever we cuddled because it calmed me down every time. I always loved how steady his beats were.

"Matteo... your men, your empire, everything you've built. You can't risk all of that just because of me. Besides, we're talking about Papa, there has got to be another way." I replied, turning to look at Mama who seemed to be out of words. However, Mama took a few steps forward as she slightly smiled.

"It's best if you two enjoy the weekend together. We'll think about how to settle this later. How does that sound?" She suggested, nodding a few times-she knew we were going to get heated up in an argument if we decided to keep discussing.

All I wanted at the moment was to spend time with my husband after being separated. We needed some alone time together because time wasn't on our side, we couldn't simply let it fly.

"Great idea, Mama." I responded, smiling back at her.

"Igor will take me home. And here's your phone, Alena."

I looked down at my phone with a frown, "Where did you get this?"

"I knew the passcode from his lock. I took it when he left," she replied.

My eyes

watered immediately as I went in to wrap my arms around Mama, pulling her in for a hug. Despite the situation we were in, she had always prioritised me first-the risks and the problems never seemed to bother her even though she knew Papa was capable of a lot of things if we got caught.

"Thank you, Mama." I muttered near her ear, snuggling closer.

She chuckled, "Don't worry about it, sweetheart."

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this weekend, the best we could until Sunday. Then, Igor was going to come pick me up again.

Thank you,"

Igor had left the office, I

just Matteo

steps to stand beside me before grabbing onto my hand, kissing the back of it. Then, we were heading down the elevator until we reach his car,

car and Matteo

as if he was afraid if he could lose me again if he let

we would. Therefore,

is

and affection

one. Is

just never ask those kind of questions

before laughing,

you a lot, Alena. I missed you so much and don't be sorry. You can ask anything you want and I'll answer them." He replied, tightening the grip

gesture but I loved

kissed me, the way he made me feel, it was all clear on how much he loved me. I didn't have to ask the random questions for his answers because I could see

home, the lights weren't turned on and it

parked the car before stepping out. As I was about to open

the area as we stepped inside,

watched as he turned on the lights and I could see our home clearer. Everything was still in place just like how it was when Neft but it also seemed as if nothing had moved. As if the maids came to clean the house and left, as if Matteo never touched anything afterwards. "Did you not come home at all?" I asked, closing the door behind

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shook his head, "Not really. I only came

of it, "You need to take care of yourself, Matteo. You'd get sick if you

you, Alena? Who takes

"I do."

You

himself but I had ignored my own health-ever since I was forced to

I didn't

take better

you a bath. So, you

and I followed behind him until we reached our bedroom. Everything was clean and in place,

with his hand. He was probably testing out to see if it was warm enough for

and turned to walk out, he