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."

to get a better look at his face, "About me? About

"Mm, about what happened."

did they

lot of questions, don't

"Well... you're giving really

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happened to you at the café and how it can never happen again. We

a word as he just stared at me. He knew he couldn't lie to me and he had thought being quiet was the better option but I knew Papa, he was waiting

what happened. He had been doing that a lot recently ever since the kidnapping and I knew it was taking a toll on Matteo's mental health; he had a lot

the facade, he only did it in

when I didn't

really say it like

shook my head,

both of his hands away from my body as I stood up, leaving him 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,

me but he doesn't really need to stop

you all along? You're not going to do anything about it? You're just going to stay calm and

away as he sighed, "There's not much I can do,

is that? Can you please explain to me

me, there's not much I can do to change that. He replied, standing up before he made his way towards me. Matteo grabbed onto my arms as he looked into my eyes, "I'm doing all of this for you. Trust me, if he wasn't your father, I'd kill him

"That's really nice to

"I'm being serious,"

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are. You've been

father but your brother has been testing

did

I don't think he

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trying to find some sort of clarity for all of

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 understood how Matteo and I were one. If anybody treated Matteo badly, it was bound to affect

I really am," my voice

behalf of your family, Alena. It was never your fault

been treating you. Whether they're my family or not, they should treat you nicely. They can't keep on seeing you as

hard because it's been

that. Just because our ancestors fought, we

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 to stay in bed with me for hours to show me how much he worshipped

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