A Lifetime With You by Athrhteera

Chapter 75

Matteo

had overslept this morning and when I woke up, I couldn't find Alena beside

1. me.

Panic rushed in and I immediately went ahead to check the bathroom until I heard laughters and chatters coming from downstairs. I went down the stairs until I reached the kitchen, seeing Alena and Luca were having a conversation-my wife was sitting on the stool while my friend stood near the kitchen counter.

As soon as they saw me, they turned to look.

""You're awake," Alena said, smiling.

I made my way towards her before leaning in to give her a kiss, like I always did. My hand rested down her back as I stood beside her, "I'm sorry, I overslept. Why didn't you wake me up?"

"You were tired. I just wanted you to get some more sleep," she replied.

I kissed the top of her head, nodding. "Thank you."

Luca took a sip of his water as he watched us. It was a normal occurrence for him to stop by whenever he wanted to but for the past few days, he didn't have the chance-I was always at the office. He enjoyed eating the snacks I had and the food in the fridge, even though he could buy them on his own.

When Alena was around, she somehow got used to it. Actually, it never seemed to bother her whenever Luca stopped by because he would always bring food and today was not an exception either, there was a paper bag on the counter.

"Good morning. I bought us breakfast," Luca said.

"How did

you know Alena would be here?"

"I didn't. I only bought two,"

"You can have mine," Alena interrupted.

I shook my head, "No, baby. You and Luca should eat, I'll order something else."

Alena continued to look at me as a way to ask if it was really okay for her to eat my food. I knew she was starving because we didn't eat anything last night and I should've woken up earlier this morning to cook for her, I just didn't expect to oversleep. "Are you sure?" She raised an eyebrow, waiting for my answer.

"Yes, you can eat mine."

The sides of her lips curved up into a smile as she nodded.

Luca brought out the food before giving one to my wife. It was a six-inch sandwich, something he had always enjoyed eating in the morning.

"You didn't tell me Alena was back," he said.

here for

Did

other, somehow wishing we could've given

things with Mikhail and resumed our lives but everything was on hold until

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shook my head, "Mikhail and Alexei are out of the country for the weekend.

to follow. I didn't want another fight with Mikhail or Alexei, it was best to come out with a better plan next time. Time was our enemy

grabbed my hand before slowly rubbing the back

I never blamed her for what happened because it wasn't her fault to begin with, everything just happened the way it did. We had the biggest heartbreak when we

facing a problem

just had each other, we

heard that word in awhile." Luca replied, smirking. "Which

out. Are you

it when things were serious-he was the jokester sometimes. Yet, he was a killing machine, he had no mercy for anyone who crossed his path. He

"You're a dick, you

from his face before

you figured things out yet? Between you and

it. In the meantime, we can only cherish the time we have." I replied, rubbing Alena's back

up and she was going to return

not knowing when we could see each other-there

was considering a few options, still opting

not

we're talking about Alena's

have a shitty father. And a shittier brother," he replied to

never wanted any harm to come to them but she had grown frustrated in trying to follow their ways, she deserved freedom to live and choose. "Well, you can't just back off. If diplomacy is needed then, it's what you should do." He added, this

nodded, "You'll be with

"Always. We'll settle this."

"Thanks, man."

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to-I couldn't function properly during the day because was exhausted. However, the thoughts came rushing in at night and I spent hours thinking about ways to get

night, it brought

grabbing a bottle of beer from the fridge. I couldn't keep my eyes away from my wife even if she was doing nothing because I was scared

be together, spending

waste time by being away. Even if we were just laying down and doing nothing, it was better than having to do something without each other. Everything else could wait for the next few hours while Alena was with me because I knew, I was going to miss her. Mikhail had things planned out for his daughter, he was determined to marry her to Viktor. However, it wouldn't be as easy as he thought. I wasn't going to sign any divorce papers and his