A Lifetime With You by Athrhteera

Chapter 83 Matteo

My eyes

wandered around the room as I entered. The doctor was standing beside Alena as he checked up on her while Alexei stood near the edge of the bed, eyeing his work. As for my mother-in-law, she was sitting beside her daughter as she held tightly onto her hand. Alena was not unconscious anymore and she had her eyes on me the entire time.

I smiled, assuring her everything was fine.

The doctor checked up on her pulse, her lungs and everything else. He also asked a few questions regarding her health for any symptoms. Throughout the whole time, Alena was calm and cooperative-she looked a bit pale but didn't seem as stressed as she was before. "You need to get a lot of rest. It can happen again if you don't," the doctor said as he eyed the rest of us.

It was more like a warning to the family, as if we were the cause of her to be stressed out. Well, in a way, we were the main reason. Alena had been stressed out ever since Mikhail decided to separate us, leaving us with no other choice but I knew the moment I told her the good news, she was going to be relieved.

Alena nodded before she turned to look away.

"Is she okay, doc?" I asked.

The doctor nodded, "Yes. She's fine,"

Once the doctor was done, Alexei spoke to him in Russian as they walked out of the room. I immediately made my way towards Alena before pulling her in for a hug. She wrapped her arms around me even tighter, showing how much she needed me to be there for her. "I'll give you two some time," Mama said before she walked out of the room, closing the door.

We were left to ourselves and I knew it was the space we needed

My heart felt calmer when she was near me, as if everything else was solved. Alena and I didn't have to stay away from each other anymore because Mikhail had agreed to let her return home with me. Even though this was good news for us, we still had another problem to solve.

"I was so worried about you," I whispered in her ear.

"I'm sorry,"

"What are you sorry for? Don't be."

"For not taking better care of myself." "Alena..."

She shook her head as she leaned back, "I know we promised to take care of ourselves. I was so stressed out with Papa and I cried the whole night. I didn't get enough sleep and I didn't even feel like eating."

I kept quiet, listening to her,

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"Don't apologise. It's not your fault," I caressed her face.

"I broke our promise,"

"Hey, baby. Don't be so hard on yourself." @x86%

The sight of her tears leaving her eyes broke me. I never liked it whenever she cried because it broke me too: Alena was a strong woman but just like any other person, they had their limits and once they've reached their limit, they were bound to explode. My hands reached out to caress her face a few times before I kissed her forehead, trying my very best to calm her down. I tucked a few strands of hair behind her ear as I tried to get a better look at her face and the entire time, she just stared at me. She stared at me as if I was her saviour.

"Don't look at me like that," I muttered.

She raised

""Like that."..

looking

both of her hands, "I have something to tell you. Are you

"What is it?"

had planned to delay my response and just let us enjoy our time together but I didn't want her to be sad anymore. She deserved the good news-the two of us deserved it. We had suffered

talked to Mikhail,"

widened, "And? What

"What do you think?"

"Matteo..."

"Alena..."

try to hurt you?" She asked, grabbing onto my hands as she tried to search for any cuts. Then, she went to inspect my face to see if there

worried had brought a smile to my face. Within seconds, I was holding onto her

which caused her to look at me as

""We're going home, Alena."

"What?"

heard me," I leaned in to kiss her

Papa say? He was okay

me promise not to put your life in danger because if he ever found you in that same

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You heard the

she pulled me in for a hug, taking her sweet time.

apart

our lips were bound to meet. We had missed each other deeply, the whole time we were

asked,

would I lie?

to trust

"Don't worry. It's settled,"

arms for the next few minutes. We weren't in a rush anymore because we had all of the time in the world. For once, we felt as if everything was going according to plan again and our lives were back on track. I had missed her scent. I

in to kiss her lips. The feeling of her soft lips against mine was always intoxicating and addicting, regardless of how many times we had kissed, I could never get enough. She was like a drug to me. The smile plastered on her

to explore. We weren't being held back and we could easily plan new things for our future, it was something worth

think we'll

be okay, Alena. We'll be

found the man

"I know. I'm still

really worried,

do everything to

"We?"