A Lifetime With You by Athrhteera

Chapter 104 Alena

It was my first day of going back to work and | felt really excited | had woken up early to prepare breakfast for

both Matteo and | which he seemed to be surprised about because it had been awhile since | had the opportunity

to prepare his breakfast. | was finally feeling like myself again after awhile and it was great

Matteo also woke up early today but that wasn't a surprise, he had always woken up early for work. However, he

decided to wake up thirty minutes early than usual. "Good morning, baby." He said, leaning in to kiss my check.

My cheeks began to heat up at the feeling of his soft lips against my skin. | smiled at my dear husband before |

grabbed a few slices of bread and a scoop of scrambled eggs for him; they smelt delicious and I could feel my

stomach grumbling in hunger. "Morning. Would you like a coffee?" | asked, heading to the coffee machine.

"That would be nice. Thank you,"

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It didn't takelong to pour him a cup of coffee before handing it over. Instead of taking the cup of coffee and

having a sip, he grabbed onto my hand which causedto move forward towards him. Our bodies were now

inches apart until he decided to pickup and letsit on his lap.

Luckily enough, I didn't spill the cup of coffee when he had grabbed my hand.

Matteo had slowly placed the coffee down on the kitchen island as he continued to look at me, a smile never

leaving his face. It had brought a smile to my own face as well but also a frown because | was a little bit

confused at how happy he seemed this morning. "Are you okay?" | asked, wrapping both of my arms around his

neck.

He nodded, "I'm good. Why?"

""You're a bit different this morning. That's why | asked,"

"I'm feeling a little bit energetic."

""Why is that?"

"I don't want to jinx it but | feel like our lives are back to normal. | missed our old routines," he replied as he

remained smiling, eyeing my every features.

When | first met Matteo, | was always self-conscious whenever he stared at me. At that time, | knew a perfect

man like him could never findattractive even though | had always received compliments about my features

but as tpassed by, | loved it whenever he stared at me.

He was staring because he admired my beauty. He wasn't judging my imperfections.

I smiled at him, "I missed it, too."

"Nknow you're going to be really busy with work after this and | won't bother you when things are hectic but this

time, it's going to be slightly different. We're going to focus on you and the baby more, okay?"

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Losing Marco was always going to be a lesson forbecause we both knew it was a mistake we never wanted

to repeat. | was

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too caught up in work and wasn't going to repeat the smistakes again, regardless of how many workload |

was going to have in the future.

losin

| needed to take better care of my own health because that way, we could have a healthy baby as well. | wasn't

going to risk

our baby because | couldn't push aside my work. It wasn't worth losing my own child for the sake of my career-it

tookyears to finally be where | was but it wasn't for a lifetime.

"Okay. We'll do better this time," | replied.

"Great, baby,"

Matteo leaned in, kissing my forehead.

It started as a forehead kiss before he went down to trail kisses down my eyelids, my cheeks, my nose and my

lips. The kisses weren't lustful and they were to show how much he loved me, which | knew he could never put it

into words even if he wanted to. He could show it better through his actions.

Smen were good at saying things to convince women about how much they loved them. Sother men

were good with their actions to show their love. | had always preferred a man who was good with both his words

and his actions. | was lucky because | met Matteo, despite not being too good with his words.

I leaned into my husband, wrapping my arms around his body.

We were hugging each other for a few minutes and | took it as an opportunity to recharge my energy for the

whole day. It was going to be a long day at work and | couldn't simply go back hearly just because | missed

my husband. So, the long hugs every morning was going to make up for it until we were together at night.

"Let's have our breakfast. It'll get cold," | said.

"Just a little bit longer," he replied.

I chuckled, "Matteo!"

My hands were pushing him away but | didn't even have to use much force. He had releasedunwillingly

because he wanted to havein his arms. Then again, we both knew we didn't have the tthis morning.

We ate our breakfast together until it was tforto leave.

Matteo had followedto my car as | stepped in. He had helpedby carrying my bags, putting them on the

passenger seat where it was going to be easy forto reach. As soon as | had started the engine, | pressed the

window down and my husband immediately leaned in to kiss my lips.

His lips were like a drug to me, | could never get enough even though | knew | was going to have his lips for a

lifetime. Every tour lips touched, | ended up being needy for more.

"You're makingwant to stay home," | muttered.

He grinned, "Is it working?"

"| can't. It's my first day back,"

"I know. I'll see you tonight when you get home."

We both smiled at each other for a little while before | gave him another kiss. Then, | began to drove out of the

garage and straight down the road, glancing back at my husband a few times. He was going to leave for work

later but it didn't matter when, he was his own boss and he had all the tin the world.

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| was in a good mood today and | decided to listen to the music on the radio.

It had been awhile since | felt this energetic.

Staying at home, relaxing and watching a movie was a perfect combination to reduce stress. However, | had

gotten bored of doing the sroutine for the past few months-1 had worked hard to beca doctor and | had

pushed past the negativities to get where | was, | wasn't going to let it all go away The weather was also nice

today and | just knew, it was going to be a good day.

As soon as | arrived at the hospital after thirty-minutes of driving due to traffic, | parked my car and stepped out

to grab my stuff. It didn't takelong to grab my bags before | locked the car and walked ahead to the

entrance, feeling a little bit nervous about what was going to happen today.

It was probably going to be a more relaxing first day of work but | was still excited.

The lobby was busy with different doctors and nurses walking around, swere chilling as they enjoyed their

coffees while others were working. | had looked around to see if there was anything different with the hospital

but a familiar figure had caught my attention. "Lily!" | exclaimed, smiling widely.

Lily frowned as she looked around, trying to find the source of my voice. As soon as she sawwalking towards

her, her eyes went wide and she was already running towards me. "Oh my god, oh my god, Alena!"

| placed my bags down on the ground as we hugged, realising how long we hadn't seen each other.

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"You look so much better, Alena." She smiled, "How are you?"

I nodded, "I'm okay. What about you?"

"I'm doing so much better now that you're here. It's been really boring ever since you were on leave," she replied

before she helpedwith my bags.

We began walking towards the elevator. It didn't take her long to yap about what had happened at work for the

past few months that | was gone. | couldn't catch everything that she was saying but | could catch a few key

points.

We had met recently but during that time, | wasn't the best.

| appreciated Lily and how she didn't bother to bring that up again. It was better for us to move forward instead

of looking back to how things were. Besides, | was returning back to work and I had high hopes for myself-it was

going to be a fresh new start even though | knew | had other problems to worry about.

At least, work could be a distraction while | hoped for the best.

We went straight to my office and | could take awhile to settle in.

"I'm really happy to see you again. You really do look great," she said.

| smiled as I placed my bags on the desk, taking a few seconds to let it all in.

"We're going to be working together again," | replied.

"The most exciting part, right?"

"I just need a moment to settle in,"

"Of course. When is your first appointment?"

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"In an hour."

"Take your tto settle in. I'll see you for lunch?"

| nodded, "Definitely."

Then, Lily walked out of the room before closing the door behind her.

| looked around my office as | began to settle in, cleaning up a few things and began rearranging my things. As |

was almost done with everything, a knock was heard on the door and it didn't takelong to say ‘cin' to

the person on the other side of the door. "Good morning, Dr. Orlov." the familiar voice said.

My eyes widened, "Zach!"