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

Chapter 143

“I never knew you were such a chicken.” I gasped as I pulled Christian’s arm. We had planned on telling my dad the news, but he had a change of mind and refuses to leave the house.

“I’m not a chicken. I just don’t feel like seeing your parents.” Christian explained. “And why isn’t Siena here? I miss her.”

“Because your daughter is starting to get on my nerves.” I joked and pushed him aside so I could walk in

fault.” I further. “I can’t wait to move back here and leave my dirt all over the house again. This is all your sighed.

Christian chuckled and wrapped his hand around my wrist. “Is this a way of you calling me a chicken again?”

“Maybe.” I shrugged. “I mean, I can tell my family myself-but that wouldn’t make you look good. If you don’t want to say anything, that’s fine. You just need you there for support. All I need you to do is to remain as silent as a statue.”

“I will.” Christian smiled and wrapped his arms around my waist. “From now on, I’ll live as a statue and do everything you tell me to do,” Christian spoke as he leaned in closer.

“Statues can’t talk, and they can’t kiss people.” I laughed at the confused look on his face and took a step back. “I see you found your sense of humor,” Christian commented. “If there was one thing I didn’t miss it had to be your bad jokes.”

“That’s cute, but I’m not coming back home yet.” I chuckled. “I’m not moving back until you throw away the bed, renovate the room and promise me that we’ll look into a couples counselor.”

“Sure,” Christian spoke and lowered his head. It was still a sensitive subject, and it was an awkward and maybe even embarrassing thing to discuss, but it had to be said. I would absolutely not sleep in that bed. “I’ll get it done as soon as possible.”

prove “Thanks.” I smiled. The sooner he could get all of this done, the sooner I could go back home and everyone wrong. Siena and I were here to stay. I could tell that he did not agree with the counselor, but he made a promise to himself to do everything he could to get me back home, including agreeing to these

terms.

“Christian, what happened between us can never happen again.” I reminded him. “Siena is a baby, so that she won’t remember anything, but she won’t be a baby forever, this can never happen again.”

“I understand.” Christian nodded. “It won’t happen again.”

“Great.” I smiled. “Now remove that sad look from your face. You’re ruining the mood.”

Maybe Christian couldn’t see any issues, but I did-and him not being able to discuss his mistakes would only cause more problems in the future which was why therapy would be for the best. Even though I wanted to be with him, I still had so many unanswered questions.

“Can I ask you something?” Christian asked. “Can you please tell me what made you change your You didn’t want to get back together, and you didn’t want to come back home-

mind?

“Your mom,” I spoke. Christian deserved to know the truth, so I was going to give it to him. “Your mom got on my nerves and told me that I wasn’t made for this life, but I’m not going anywhere-I’m here to stay.”

“If there’s one thing I hate, it has to be people telling me what I can and can’t do.”

“So you don’t really want to be with me?” Christian worried. His insecurities were slowly getting on my nerves, and it hadn’t even been a few days. “I do want to be with you. I forced a smile onto my face. “If you don’t want me here, that’s fine-we can do that-”

“No!” Christian stopped me from talking. “I want you back home, and I don’t really care about the reason. It was just a question.”

Seeing how desperate he was made me feel sorry. “It’s not only because of that, but it’s also because I love you. You know that.”

to you, and I

love you too.” Christian smiled. “You already know that,

used to tell you that every single day and you only said it back after a few

on his nerves. “I’m sorry, I’ll definitely have to work on that” Christian promised. I was glad that he could at least acknowledge his rude tone. That was a progress.

try

but you look extra beautiful day.” Christian complimented me and pulled me in closer. His words made my heart flutter, and I did not realize how much I missed those words. Christian was the king of sarcastic and backhanded compliments, so hearing something like that made me weak. “Beautiful? I didn’t even put on any make-up today.” I blushed. The truth was that I picked out the prettiest

scenario in my head and remembered how awkward it had

told me I could wear a trash bag and

was

leaned in closer. I was on the verge of making another statue joke, but before I could do that, he connected his lips with mine and pulled me in closer. I wasn’t supposed to kiss him back. I planned on giving him a hard time so he

gasped as I pulled away from the kiss. “You need to stop

He smiled. He

your dress. I don’t like yellow-but somehow you’ve still managed to make it look good, and after Siena, you are the

yet again, another proof that

hate yellow?” I asked as I looked down at my dress. If I had known that from the start, I would’ve picked out something else. “There’s actually still so much we don’t even know about each other”

Christian mumbled. “I love you, and you love me. That’s all we

bothering me.” I confessed. If we were going to do things differently

“In that case, we’ll have to fix that.”

came as a surprise because I never thought he cared about little things like that. “First impression? Didn’t we already had

talk before?”

at first sight, would’ve been a complete lie, but I was no different from the other girls at the club and was desperate for his attention. If he stood in the left corner, I would walk to the left corner; and if it were the right corner. I would would walk to the right corner. “I scared you?” Christian sighed.

it’s your sarcastic behavior and the cold look on your face, but you’re not

the Lamberti thing or the mafia thing.” I spoke, sarcastic, knowing it was probably the second

fell in love with the old me,” Christian spoke. “So, who

get ahead of yourself.” I chuckled. “I said you’ve changed a lot, not completely. You’re still a Lamberti and you’re still demanding and rude-you’ve just

see.” Christian laughed. “Do you want to hear my first impression, or are you not that interested?” He

immediately spoke. I did not like the old me and was expecting the worse, but curiosity got

me. “I was confused because you looked so different from the other girls. Whenever you were not working, you

make fun of you-but we did it because you took our interest.” Christian smiled. “You looked so awkward and innocent,

a sad pout on my face, but Christian shook his head and reached for

with those eyes.” Christian explained. “You had

only one who never called me that. You always called me by my name.”

kind of man compares a woman to an animal, a

it couldn’t get any worse.”

when I attacked Gina.” I spoke and

it anymore. I just want to forget about the past.” I spoke, “Speaking of

eyes and shrugged his shoulders. “No?

than the both of us.” I giggled. “I didn’t mean my eye color, stupid. I meant the look in

“You lost that innocent look in your eyes. You look

always wanted you to be more

grown apart and moved on with our lives in

you like and what you dislike, your