A Lifetime With You by Athrhteera

Chapter 113 Matteo

A few hours had passed and I had given enough time for Alena. She needed the time to herself, I knew she was feeling a little bit better after that. Well, I had hoped for her to feel a little bit better after that because I never wanted her to be upset for too long.

Luca had spent his time in the kitchen, going through whatever interesting he could find. I watched him the entire time because I didn't know what else to say, we had said enough for the past few days-he didn't seem to mind either.

He wasn't bothered by all the staring because he was in my kitchen, eating my food.

We did have a little conversation before he left.

"What's going on in your head?" He asked as he took a bite of his food.

It was one of the leftovers from a few days ago. The food was still good enough to eat and it was better than throwing them in the bin, at least Luca could finish it all off.

Sometimes, I wondered how this grown man could act as miserable as he was; he had a nice home, he had a good life, he had the money for everything but he spent most of his days scavenging in my kitchen for food.

"A lot of things. One of it is about you," I replied.

He scoffed, "What about me?"

"Your odd routine."

"What's odd about my routine?"

"You're always in my kitchen, Luca."

He took another bite of his food before he smirked. I didn't know what else to say to him but I could never hate him for being around, he had sacrificed a lot for Alena. Besides, we were always close even before Alena came into my life. He was with me through thick and thin.

"You always have a lot of leftovers," he responded.

"I know you'd finish them,"

"Better than throwing them all away, right?"

I shrugged as I continued to look at him while he remained unbothered. He was probably going to spend the next few hours in the gym to burn the extra calories he took which was one of the reasons why he never cared to eat a lot. It was also one of the reasons why he could maintain a healthy weight.

Maybe, smoking helped him as well.

"Seriously, what's on your mind?" He asked, once more.

About my life. About Alena."

"What about it?"

Nothing that you don't know about. I'm more concerned about you,

again. He raised an eyebrow

happy with

simple man, he wasn't the type to take things to heart and if he was going through something rough, he tried to cool himself off by distancing. He spent most of his time alone,

are you

know. I'm just

I'm doing alright.

""Just fine?"

kind of answer are

"Something more, I guess."

you want to know about my love life. You want to know

"That sums it up."

alone for the rest of your life. I was the one who had swore off love before I met Alena-I didn't think I could be with someone else because I didn't trust love to be gentle anymore.

from the very beginning. Through all of the hardships we went together, it never broke us apart but brought us back stronger. It was never an easy journey for

especially after everything he went

and he

own, Matteo. I don't need another opinion,"

think you'll

his mind was thinking of something else. The question was probably a little bit too personal for him but we had passed through that stage a long time

to,"

"What's holding you back?"

"Haven't found the one.".

saw the way you looked at

to bring her up but I had thought about it for awhile. I wasn't blind to notice how much he showed interest in Alena's sister but due to

probably a little bit afraid if

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I looked at her?" He raised an eyebrow, waiting

"Intrigued. Interested. Drawn to."

he bursted out laughing,

things to himself and it was going to stay that way. I

'Luca'. His heart was probably stone cold unless he managed to find someone who could warm him up again which was never impossible. He had a heart and he

I said as I

waste any time to hear

of the kitchen.

I walked

door before

shifted and she went on to look at me instead-she was in the same clothing as before but she had changed into a pair of

made my way towards her before I

away. That

I muttered under

"Hi."

my