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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Mama was getting ready to leave with Igor and I was getting ready to follow my husband home. We were going to spend time together this weekend, the best we could until Sunday. Then, Igor was going to come pick me up again. "Call or

Thank

Igor had left the office, I heard them stepped inside the

just

down the elevator until we reach his car,

the car and Matteo drove

my hand the entire drive home, as if he was afraid if he could lose me again if he let go. I smiled as I continued

time more. We didn't have all of the time in the world like we had expected we would. Therefore, it was better to cherish and treasure these

kind of question is that?" He raised

my character, I was still a regular girl. A girl who wanted nothing more but love and affection from her partner. A girl who craved to be touched and held close. A girl who could spend hours

random one. Is it

ask those

before laughing,

and don't be sorry. You can ask anything you want and I'll answer them." He replied, tightening

simple gesture but I loved

I didn't have to ask the random questions for his answers because I could see from his actions. Men were always going to be

have reached home, the lights weren't turned on and it

stepping out. As I was about to open the door, he was quicker and helped me

the area as we stepped inside, entering

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

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his head, "Not really. I

before caressing the side of it, "You need to

you, Alena? Who takes

"I do."

You look exhausted," he

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

because I didn't want to

need to take better care of ourselves," I

run you a bath. So, you

bedroom. Everything was clean and in place, untouched. I slowly

seeing Matteo feeling the water with his hand. He was probably testing out to

and turned to walk out, he