A Lifetime With You by Athrhteera

Chapter 91 Alena

As I turned around and tried to reach out to my husband, I was left feeling the bed empty. My hands ran on the sheets before I slowly stood up and looked around the room, trying to find Matteo but he was nowhere to be found. I sighed deeply, grabbing my phone to check the time.

It was nearly three in the morning and I had fell asleep after we had sex. We managed to clean ourselves up and as soon as I got into bed, my eyes were heavy and all I wanted to do was float away into the land of dreams.

I was comfortable because Matteo was beside me. I just didn't realise when he had left but I knew Papa and Alexei were waiting for him downstairs which meant he had went to see them after tucking me in. "Matteo?" I called out but the house remained quiet.

So, I slowly pushed the duvet away from me before stepping down the bed.

I walked out of our bedroom and down the stairs, seeing the lights were still turned on. My eyes wandered around as they tried to adjust to the lighting until I saw a familiar figure sitting on the deck chair by the swimming pool. He was just staring at the water without doing anything.

I took slow steps towards him before I called out once more, "Matteo?"

had somehow woke him up from his trance as he turned to look at me. He seemed to be surprised to find me awake, "Alena, what are you doing awake? You were sleeping." "You're not in bed," I replied.

Our eyes were staring at one another and he didn't have to express it in words for me to understand that he wasn't feeling alright. I could tell just from his gaze yet he still tried his best to hide it away from me because as soon as the sadness appeared, it left. "Did you miss me?" He asked, raising an eyebrow.

I nodded, "Mm, I don't like sleeping alone."

"Come here," he patted on his thigh.

I made my way towards him before I sat on his lap, wrapping my arms around his neck. He had his hand placed on my waist as he held me in place-our faces were inches apart and I could admire him up close. I reached up to tuck a few strands of hair behind his ear. Matteo pulled me in until I was snuggled close to his chest.

We stayed still for the next few minutes until I decided to break the silence.

"When did they leave?"

"Minutes after you fell asleep," he replied.

"Did they say anything?"

"We talked for awhile. That was it."

"What did you guys talk about?"

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"About you."

away to get a better look at his face, "About

"Mm, about what happened."

did

a lot of

scoffed, "Well... you're giving really short

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you at the café and how it can never happen again. We also talked about

he had thought being quiet was the better option but I knew Papa, he was waiting for Matteo to mess up because as soon as he

that a lot recently ever since the kidnapping and I knew it was taking

good as he was in keeping up the facade,

didn't

really say it

my head,

to eye my every action in surprise. He remained still at his spot and it was nice of him to stay still instead of trying to calm me down because at moments like this, I just wanted to express. "He's rude to you. He needs

he's rude to me but he doesn't really need to stop

fine with the fact that he has been disrespecting you all along? You're not going to do anything about it? You're just going to stay calm and let him step all

away as he sighed, "There's

Can you please explain to me so

can't tolerate the disrespect and the shit he's been giving me, there's not much I can do to change that. He replied, standing up before he made his way

my eyes, "That's really

"I'm being serious,"

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You've been

tolerate your father but your brother has been testing

What did he do

to me. I don't

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to the pool before staring into the water. I stared at him from behind as I sighed, trying to find some sort of clarity for all of this. We never had any problems in our relationship where we needed to be permanently

thought they were doing all of this for me. They thought they were protecting me but they didn't realise how much damage they did to Matteo-they didn't seem to care about him either. Well, they never

sorry. I really am," my voice was low and

Alena. It was never your fault to begin

they're my family or not, they should treat

hard because it's been that way for

because our ancestors fought, we have to as

chuckled before he grabbed onto my hand, kissing the back of it. I had always loved it whenever he kissed my hand because he made me feel loved, in many different ways. He didn't have

really like how your mind