His Promise: The Mafia’s Babies by C. Tamika

Chapter 142

“Mom.” Christian called out. We entered a room, and Cesca was on the phone. “I’ll call you back later. Something funny came up.” Cesca spoke as she glared at me.

It started off great.

“I thought you were going to bring me Siena, but you brought her instead,” Cesca spoke with a fake smile. on her face. It was almost as if she was refusing to say my name.

“I came here because I want to talk to you,” I told her, hoping it would explain things. “Talk?” Cesca laughed. “What do you want to talk about?”

She was not very friendly, and it reminded me of the first time I met her. I was still confused as to what I had ever done to deserve this kind of treatment. “I want to talk about everything. Christian and I made up. so we should probably do the same-”

“This is not a game, Serena” Cesca rolled her eyes while Christian, who had been quiet for a while, had enough. “Mom, stop disrespecting her-please.”

“Do you need a reminder of what happened the last time you refused to talk things out?”

The look on Cesca’s face had slowly changed. How could she not remember that? It was the day Christian fost it and went against his brother for me. “No.” Cesca sighed. “If she wants to…talk things out…I guess we

can do that.”

That’s what I thought,” Christian spoke. I would’ve been lying if I said that Cesca was not a scary woman, but having Christian helped a lot.

“Can I get you something to drink or something to eat?” Cesca offered, but I shook my head in response. “No, that’s not necessary-I just want to talk.”

“Okay.” Cesca smiled and sat down. “Please talk.”

The look she gave me made me nervous, and she had no issue showing me that she was only doing this because of Christian’s threat. “I uh…I’m sorry for everything, but I don’t know what I did wrong

It went quiet for a few seconds before Cesca let out a loud chuckle. “You don’t know what you did wrong?”

how much I went through the

drag Christian’s name through the dirt, you drag all of our names through the dirt-and I’m not even going to

Christian and felt regretful for what I was about to say, but it was the harsh truth. “Christian, leave,” I whispered. I still had a lot to complain, and I didn’t want him to hear

that I can talk

her head. “If that’s what you want.” Christian sighed as I patiently waited for him to leave the room.

and if it weren’t for our families being childish, I’d be willing to take him back, so he actually got away with it pretty

he has changed a lot, and you know that.” Cesca spoke. “And there’s no reason to defend him, but I will defend the family’s pride. There is this issue with you, Serena. The issue is that you do too much. You don’t talk a lot, but you’re

“W-what?” I stuttered.

Cesca explained. “Trust me, I know what you’re going through, and I know that you feel betrayed and angry, but

“Maybe.” I shrugged.

Cesca shrugged. “All the tips I gave you about all the girls from the other families, how you should behave, dress and everything else? I did it for you.

name ‘neighborhood thug and ruining our families’ bond, I understood where Cesca was coming from, but

to become the head of the Lamberti

running away from this twisted family seemed like a good

cheat, but ruining the family name and not letting. Christian

anything wrong. I handled the

to make sure none of this mess reached Lucio? You could’ve at least

peace, the poor man lived in a lie, and everyone was too scared to tell

regretted that decision, so it was beyond me why

sorry for not coming to you first, and I’m sorry for not letting Christian see Siena-but his actions and words hurt me a lot.” I smiled as I tried to remain classy. I only felt sorry about

embarrassed all of us, including you because all I ever wanted was for the two of you to live a happy life,” Cesca spoke. “Does this mean the two of you are getting

didn’t know that yet, but that was my decision. This family was toxic, and a lot had to change, and I would be the one to do it. Even if I didn’t love Christian,

Christian’s grandpa. Me being with Christian means

and blinked with her eyes, but I was right, and she knew I was right.

him there because no one else was capable of leading the

Cesca rolled her eyes. “I’m sorry for everything, and since you’re obviously here to stay…I

I smirked as Cesca gave me an offended look. “You enjoy glaring at people, don’t you?” Cesca chuckled. “Those eyes will