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

Chapter 174

“Serena.”

I yawned and slowly opened my eyes, only to find myself in bed. “What, how did I ended up here?” I asked, exhausted.

“Oh my god, Siena!” I suddenly called out as I sat up straight, Christian pulled me back and laughed at me while I wondered what I had been doing for the entire night instead of taking care of the baby. “Siena is fine, crazy.”

“Huh?”

“You fell asleep yesterday, remember?” Christian freshened up my memories. I sat still for a moment so I could come to my senses. “You drank a lot, so I had to carry you upstairs and take care of you, like always” “Oh yeah, that’s right,” I spoke, embarrassed as some flashbacks from last night went through my head.

“Yes, and you were very heavy” Christian smirked. I gasped in surprise and hit his chest as i denied his accusations. “No, I’m not!” I told him. “Stop lying!”

Couldn’t he be nice for once?

Christian let out a laugh and protected himself before he held down my hands. “You need to get ready. He smiled.

I reached for my phone and laughed at Christian’s silliness. “It’s five in the morning. Please tell me you’re kidding?”

“No? I’m serious,” Christian told me as if I was crazy. I took a good look at him and noticed how he was fully dressed. It was crazy how early he got up, but that was typically Christian. The only annoying thing was that he expected me to do the same.

“I think it’s better to tell your grandpa everything when Dario gets there, right?” I tried convincing him, but all he did was roll his eyes. “He wanted me to be there early, so I should at least be there to calm him down, right?”

“Y-yes, yes, sorry.” I apologized. It was a bit selfish on my part, and I was the one who told him I wanted to be more involved.

“You go and get ready. I have some…stuff to take care of Christian gulped. He was about to leave, but I held his wrist and gave him a hopeless look. “Please don’t tell me you’re checking up on her again.”

Christian closed his eyes and let out an annoyed breath while he released his wrist from my grip. “Serena, we already had this conversation. I’m responsible for her, so I won’t abandon her until I know she’s okay.”

“I’ve had it with you and your unlogical ways.” I scoffed, annoyed. “Enzo can walk again, so can Gina. He’s even going outside nowadays-so can Gina!” I snapped at him. “She can walk from the bathroom to the -bed, so she can walk from the room to a fucking taxi and go home!”

“Yes, I don’t have time for this.” Christian sighed as he walked towards the door. “Hello?” I called out. “So you’re just going to ignore me again?”

I grabbed the first thing I could find and threw a plastic bottle at his head, but he was already out the door before it could hit him. The two of us getting along was just for a little while. “Asshole,”

My angry thoughts got interrupted by the sound of my phone, and I grew a big smile on my lips as I read Dario’s name and a good-morning text. At least someone was willing to talk to me.

My hands moved towards his number, and I was hesitating whether to call him or not, but I could not stop myself and ended up dialing him anyway.

“Serena?” Dario spoke, surprised. “You left me hanging yesterday, so I’m surprised to hear from you.”

My cheeks were flushed as I thought about his message from yesterday. Was that heart emoji necessary? He didn’t even address it, so perhaps it was a friendly heart after all.

happened after I left.” I sighed. “Long story short, Christian did what you told me he would do, and he saw your dad,” I

saw my dad?”

I confirmed. Apparently, he even fainted and even I feel bad for

a laugh before I was hit with complete silence. “Dario?” I called out his name. “Yes, I’m sorry.” He

obviously traumatized him the same way they had done to me, so I knew perfectly well how he felt. The only difference was that I had Christian to protect me back then, but things had changed. In case anything were to happen, Christian would

are really excited to meet you-and the Lamberti’s are okay.” I reassured him. “You’re funny, handsome, charming, and kind-so just be

and mentally smacked myself while Dario’s laughed.

even knew what he was doing. Was it even his intention,

I spoke. He was a good friend and someone I liked listening to, so maybe he could

traumatized, but she seems alright to me!” I told him. “She can walk, she can eat-I even heard the

Dario interrupted me. “He’s right. Stuff like that can be traumatizing. I’m

if my heart had shattered into pieces as I expected for Dario to at least get my point, but

words. “I’m sure Christian can find her some professional help and send her back home. There’s no reason

“That’s what I

what do

her by her hair and tell her to leave by herself or you throw her out!” He advised me. “She has some nerve for even cracking

least there was one person who got me. Dario was right, I had to deal with the situation myself, and I didn’t need Christian’s permission to do that. This was also my house, but surprisingly enough, he made the rules on his own and

fall

you.”

sighed. “How are you going to take care of a baby if you’re not even fully

were my exact

that to Christian.” I rolled my eyes. Taking care of Siena wasn’t easy, and even

in the middle of the night to

want to get on my cousin’s bad side.” Dario laughed. “He’s surprisingly nice, and I wouldn’t

risk that.”

I asked in a teasing tone. I mean, you’re talking to me, so.”

friendly conversation.” Dario spoke. And you’re the one

the one who called him. “Listen, I have to go, and I’ll see you later, okay?” I spoke in a desperate attempt

laughed as if he could see right through

spoke in a hurry and

out a surprised gasp. “Why am I blushing?”

to get out of the house and didn’t want to deal with Christian’s mood swings. He

my dress-up party and wondered who I was doing it all for. Dress, heels, makeup, and

heart almost dropped when I walked out of the closet and saw Christian sitting on the bed with Siena in his hands. I wasn’t sure whether I wanted to acknowledge him or

out a scoff.

argue with you.” I mimicked his usual tone and

with a severe look on his face. “You told me to be honest and to tell you whenever you’re taking it too far,

tell me to stop it-but whenever you yell at me, you just keep on going and expect me