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

it? Did

looked at each other, somehow wishing we could've given a different answer. It was

resumed our lives but everything was on hold

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shook my head, "Mikhail and Alexei are out of the country for the weekend. Alena's mom helped her sneak out. She has to go back

it was a deal I had 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

grabbed my hand before slowly rubbing the back of

everything just happened the way it did. We had the biggest heartbreak when we lost Marco and we both needed time to heal. Then,

we were facing a problem

we just had each other, we

haven't heard that word in

out. Are you

known to be sarcastic whenever he could. He never liked it when things were serious-he was the jokester sometimes. Yet, he was a killing machine, he had no mercy for anyone

"You're a

face before he

out yet? Between

meantime, we can only cherish the time we have." I replied, rubbing

her up and she was going to return back to Mikhail's mansion. We were going to

for awhile, not knowing when we could see each other-there were

could turn out and I was considering a

not allowed?"

we're talking

shittier brother," he replied to Alena who

even if she wanted to back them up. She loved her family with all of heart and she 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

nodded, "You'll

"Always. We'll settle this."

"Thanks, man."

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gotten a good sleep. The past few nights were tiring but I couldn't sleep even if wanted to-I couldn't function properly during the day because was exhausted. However, the thoughts came rushing in at night and I spent hours

had Alena with me last night, it

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 if I could lose

and we needed to be together, spending

I was going to miss her. Mikhail