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."

to look at his face again,

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The kiss was short 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

closely until we reached the hallway, where I found

He wasn't the kind of person who would casually smile. He was quiet and reserved, I never expected

"Can't believe it."

between them and I knew it was best to

stopped walking. As soon as he saw

just never saw

like that. It's a

and Angelo were startled, causing them to stand up. Once they saw

had caught

bring this and wait in

"Sure, let's go."

there in

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

"Yeah. I'll tell you all about it

stayed throughout their conversation, I didn't understand a word they were saying. So, I walked

she took a sip of her drink-Mama wasn't a fond of alcohol. She only drank whenever she felt like it

"Mama," I called out.

at me before smiling, "Have

towards her, sitting beside

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worked it

I'm happy for

always come visit

course, sweetheart. You can

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enjoyed staying here with you. It reminded me of the good old days we had before I went to medical school. Made me feel

you here, Alena. All of my girls are grown up, it's what I miss the

a bit

head, "No,

Ana coming home

really busy with studies. She

"I love you so much, Mama. Thank you for always being there for me whenever I

saw her teary eyes and

always have me.

it was all hormones. Throughout my teenage years, I always needed my mother even though some of my friends complained about how much they hated their mothers'

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

myself better. She guided me on how to 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

day.