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 What

happy with your

question. Luca was a 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

are you asking me

I'm

alright. I'm

""Just fine?"

kind of answer are

"Something more, I guess."

leaned back before he took a deep breath, "I think you want to know about my love life. You want to know what's going on inside my head most of the time because I seem to be living a simple

"That sums it up."

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. Then, when

It was never an easy journey for the both of us but we knew we could reach our happy ending. I just wanted Luca

deserved to be happy especially after everything he went

always reserved and

own, Matteo.

you ever think you'll be in

were staring straight into mine. He was looking at me but I knew, his mind was thinking of something else.

want to," he

"What's holding you back?"

"Haven't found the one.".

saw the way you looked at

off guard. He didn't expect me to bring her up but I had thought about it

was also probably a little bit afraid if

Chapter 113

at her?" He

"Intrigued. Interested. Drawn to."

he bursted out laughing, "Whatever you say,

as I stood up, knowing I wasn't going to get any answers from him. He was good at keeping things to himself and it was going to stay that way. I could never read his mind but it seemed as if he could easily read

going to be '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

I said as I walked

any time to hear whatever he

of the kitchen.

walked

the door before pushing the

soon as she saw me, her attention shifted and she went on to look at me instead-she was in

I sat

That

muttered

"Hi."

my