A Lifetime With You by Athrhteera

Chapter 25

Alena

My anger disappeared. My mind went blank.

The woman in those pictures were his wife but she was gone.

| was upset because he lied to me, but | didn't realize | was supposed to ask instead of continuing to hurt him. He

went through a lot when he lost his wife and | saw how heartbroken he looked when he grabbed those pictures.

Regret filled within me. | didn't have to throw the album or the pictures.

| immediately made my way towards him, slowly picking up the pictures from the ground-shad fallen. He sat

quietly in his spot before placing the ring back on the bed.

Why did | react that way? Why did | think of my own feelings instead of his, too?

"I'm

... Matteo. | should've asked," | muttered under my breath.

sorry...

We were sitting next to each other and when I looked into his eyes, they were red and watery, but he managed

to lift his lips into a smile. He cleared his throat before trying to dry his eyes by shaking his head.

"You didn't know. How could | blyou?"

That was immature of me."

"No, Alena. It's fine,"

| grabbed both of his hands, "What happened?"

"Car

ar crash."

I'm so sorry,"

"She had a café downtown and that night, she had a lot of customers. So, she closed a little bit late. | was at

work when she calledto cpick her up because she said she didn't want to drive back. She said she was

tired." Matteo continued to talk, zoning out. "You don't have to tell me..." "I want you to know. You deserve to

know."

Matteo

"She fell asleep. Microsleep. And she was gone," a tear slipped his eye as he quickly wiped it away.

| wrapped my arms around his neck before pulling him in for a hug. He responded back by wrapping his arms

around my waist. It didn't takelong to realize he was crying as | heard the sobs. He was trying his hardest

not to shed a tear, but he failed miserably, and | grew weaker ker at the sight of him.

My eyebrows furrowed, trying to avoid my own tears from falling.

"| regret it every single day, Alena. | should've drove her hand if | did, she was still going to be here with

me."

He was broken. In a lot of more ways than one.

It was the kind of broken where nobody could fix it.

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Then, | remembered back when he hesitated on helping me. He promiseda loveless marriage because he

wasn't ready to fall in love. He loved his wife with his whole heart, and he wasn't anywhere near letting go. How

could he easily fall for me?

He didn't letin his room because he had pictures of her. It was his life; she was his life and he wanted to

keep that part private. She was always going to be an important part of him regardless of whatever he went

through.

| had my heartbroken because my ex-boyfriend cheated on me. He showedhis true colors when he did it

intentionally, but Matteo went through something different. He had to go through the lonely nights, the painful

heartache and overcoming the grief. "It's okay. You're okay." | whispered, rubbing his back.

A few minutes had passed when he pulled away and | could see the crying had made him feel slightly relieved.

"I'm sorry | kept it away from you. | didn't know how to tell you

"I understand. It's not your fault,"

"But Alena, you had every right to know. You had every right to be upset withbecause if | were in your place

and | found pictures of you with another man, it would've been a different story. | might've tracked him down."

"I'm really, sorry for r your loss. It must be hard for you,"

He cleared his throat. "It was five years ago. She's in a better place now."

| kept quiet, afraid if | might say something wrong. | had never been in his situation, so | never understood it

truly. If | were ever in his spot, | was bound to break and lose everything. He was strong enough to keep calm.

"What's wrong, Alena?" He asked, caressing the side of my face.

I shook my head, "I'm just amazed at how strong you are."

Before he could he could say anything.

| leaned in to kiss his lips. My hands were cupping onto his face to gain full control. The way he kissedback

gavethe amount of satisfaction | needed because he didn't pushaway-I missed him. | pulled away, I |

saw him smiled.

| hated treating him the way | did.

AS

"I missed you. | missed everything about you." He breathed, kissing my cheek.

Then, he went down to kiss my neck. My body began heating up immediately as | let the pleasure consme

but when | opened my eyes, | saw the photo albums and the rings. It felt wrong to be in his embrace when the

woman he ever loved was right there. He stopped moving when he noticed my body went rigid.

"We should keep them away first," "He added.

I nodded, "We should. It

|

|

feels weird,

| watched him as he picked up the album and the pictures before putting them away in the drawer. Then, he

went back for the wedding bands and the engagement ring to put them along with the album.

When the bed was clear of those memories, he went to stand in front ofwhile | was sitting on the edge of the

bed. He was staring down into my eyes as he cupped my face, slowly caressing my skin with his fingers. | closed

my eyes, loving the warmth he was radiating.

began

smirk

to s o sit on my knees which gaineda few inches taller before running my hand down his zipper, earning

myself a from him.

"This i is the Alena | know." He muttered, lettingtake control,

"What is she like?"

"Feisty, confident and s***"

Once | felt his full length, | ran my hand up and down without looking away from his eyes. He was enjoying the

pleasure as he continued to kiss me, slowly pushingso | was laying on my back with him on top of me. Our

lips never stopped moving because he was kissingtoo intensely.

!' I moaned when he went down to grab both of my hands, pushing them above my head. Then, he grinded on

my thigh, lettingfeel him wet and warm.

| was laying in nothing but his oversized shirt, obviously with no underwear. He undressedlast night while |

was passed out cold. He didn't do anything against my will, and | respected that-he respectedas his wife.

One of his hands went down to lift my shirt, letting my lower body be exposed.

My legs were spread wide as he slowly and passionately thrusted inside me. Our mouths were parting together

before we continued to kiss, moans and grunts mixing.

"Yes, baby. Take all oflike you always do," he whispered in my ear. "Your p***y knows it belongs to me."

were

we "Matteo Matteo...

in this situation months ago, | was probably going to call myself crazy but now, | was enjoying it too much. Every

the touched me, my knees were growing weak. He knew my sensitive spots and he madebegged for

them.

"Mm, keep spreading your legs for me."

My eyes closed as my moans filled the room, feeling his thrusts deep and slow.

This wasn't our usual pace. He was usually hard and deep but instead of the smovement, he was taking his

time. He was kissing every part of my skin as he threw my shirt on the floor.

We were skin to skin. We felt like one.

Instead of always giving into our lusts, we were focusing onto our feelings. Matteo was never the man | thought |

ended up with, but he provedwrong. We were made for each other whether we knew it or not. If we were

written to meet in our we felt the connection. next life and the other, we maybe that was the reason why w

| felt as if | knew this man in a different lifetime.

He stood by me. He protected me. He showedhe could care.

My legs were wrapped around his waist, makingfeel him deeper. It was a weird feeling to have him spread