A Lifetime With You by Athrhteera

Chapter 84

Alena

I had spent the next couple of hours freshening up. As I took a full body shower in the bathroom, Matteo had helped packed my bags, a few clothes I had bought online during my stay here for the past few weeks because my old clothes were a bit too small. By the time I was finished, it was almost thirty-minutes before midnight.

Luca and Angelo had been waiting downstairs, in the living room as they had a few drinks. Mama made sure they were feeling comfortable and being treated as guests instead of enemies. I only knew what they were doing through Matteo.

I was fully clothed in a pair of sweatshirt and sweatpants. It was comfortable enough to keep me warm until I reached home later. Besides, it belonged to Matteo and I never complained whenever I wore his clothes especially when they always smelt like him. "I've packed everything. Do you mind double check incase I missed?" Matteo asked, pointing at the duffel bag on the bed.

I made my way towards the bag before checking but I stopped as soon as I saw a gift box in the middle. As I slowly reached out to grab it, my lips began to curve up into a smile and I turned to look at my husband, who had a smirk plastered on his face.

"What's this?" I raised an eyebrow, playfully asking.

"I don't know. Who put it there?"

"Mm, let me check."

I opened the box and my eyes widened at the sparkling white gold jewellery. My fingers touched the necklace, eyeing the beautiful material. As I stayed still at my spot with the box in my hand, Matteo came to stand beside me.

"It's really beautiful," I muttered under my breath.

"Let me help you to put it on," he replied before he slowly grabbed the box.

We both walked towards the mirror and he helped me to put on the necklace. I continued to stare at my husband as he stood behind me, a smile plastered on his face-he was looking at me in awe, somehow loving the jewellery he had chosen for me and how beautiful it looked around my neck.

I played with the locket with my hand before I turned to face him.

"When did you buy this for me?"

"A few days ago. I saw it and it reminded me of you,"

I smiled; my cheeks heating up. "I love it. I really love it."

"I know you'd love it. It suits you well," he added.

As my smile began to spread wider, I wrapped my arms around his neck before pulling him in for a hug. We didn't leave any space between us as we remained in each other's arms. I was snuggled close, I could inhale his scent as he wrapped his arms around my waist. We could spend hours hugging each other and we could never get bored.

"Thank you, Matteo." I whispered in his ear.

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"Anything for you, baby."

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and deep, enough to show how much we appreciated one another. Other than always hugging, we were crazy when it came to physical touches. We loved it whenever we

had double checked everything, Matteo had helped me to carry the duffel bag downstairs. I followed behind him closely until we reached the hallway, where I found Luca and Angelo laying on the sofa as

see Luca behaving that way but for Angelo, it was slightly odd. He wasn't the kind of

"Can't believe it."

and I knew it was best to not

I had stopped walking. As soon as

just never saw Angelo like

like that. It's a rare

bag on the sofa. Both Luca and Angelo were startled, causing them to stand up. Once they saw my figure by the doorway, they

caught

you please bring this and

"Sure, let's go."

be there in a

raised an eyebrow, "Alena's coming with us? Have you

"Yeah. I'll tell you all about

it was my time to see Mama. Even if I stayed throughout their conversation, I didn't understand a word they were saying. So, I walked down the

stool near the kitchen island with a drink in her hand. She was eyeing the half empty bottle of wine before she took a sip of

"Mama," I called out.

up at me before

her,

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I'm

can always

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you. It reminded me of the good old days we

here, Alena. All of my girls are grown

a bit

"No, honey. I

coming home

busy with studies. She

much, Mama. Thank you for always being there for me whenever I needed

pulled away, I saw her teary eyes

always

close. Despite having the phase where I didn't feel like I needed my mother growing up, it was all hormones. Throughout my teenage years, I always needed my mother even though some

but I never hated her. I never said it out loud to her face and broke her heart. Then those raging teenage hormones were gone

become a woman and she was really open-minded about things which made me appreciate her more. We talked about uncomfortable topics about sex and so on, I never felt ashamed to

day.