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,

go again. He raised an

happy with

something rough, he tried to cool himself off

you asking me

don't know. I'm

I'm doing alright. I'm

""Just fine?"

fine. What kind of answer are

"Something more, I guess."

you want to know about my love life. You want to know what's going

"That sums it up."

nothing wrong with choosing to be 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. Then, when Alena came into my life, she gave me a different perspective.

went together, it never broke us apart but brought us back stronger. It was never an

after everything he went through as

reserved and he was good at

doing fine on my own, Matteo. I don't need

think

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

to," he

"What's holding you back?"

"Haven't found the one.".

the way

name left my mouth, it somehow caught him off guard. He didn't expect me to bring her up but I had thought about it for

probably a little bit afraid if Mikhail

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He raised an eyebrow,

"Intrigued. Interested. Drawn to."

bursted out laughing, "Whatever you

my eyes 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

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 a

I said as

any time to

of the kitchen.

as I walked up the

the door before pushing the bedroom door

me, her attention shifted and she went on to look at me instead-she was in the same clothing as before but she had changed

towards her before I sat down near her, grabbing onto

That

I muttered under

"Hi."

my