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.

stuff happened after I left.” I sighed. “Long story short, Christian did what you told

my dad?”

confirmed. Apparently, he even fainted and

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

be expected. The Lamberti’s 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.

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

compliments and mentally smacked myself

could almost feel his smirk through the phone and wondered if he even knew what he

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

staying at our house because Christian claims he doesn’t want her to be traumatized, but she seems alright to me!” I told him. “She can walk, she can eat-I even heard the bitch

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

into pieces as I expected for Dario to at least

surprise. My eyes widened as I took in Dario’s words. “I’m sure Christian

what I

what do I

by herself or you throw her out!”

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

of wanting me back if he was going to fall into his old routine and keep doing whatever Christian felt like

now-thank you.” I smiled while he laughed at

Dario sighed.

my exact

Siena wasn’t easy, and even

night to take care of Siena, but waking up early had always been part of

my cousin’s bad side.” Dario laughed. “He’s surprisingly nice, and I

risk that.”

asked in a teasing tone. I mean,

just having a friendly conversation.” Dario spoke. And you’re the

I could take a look at the blush on my face. He wasn’t wrong. I was the one who called him. “Listen, I have to go, and I’ll see you

if he could see right through the phone. My tone was enough for anyone to notice how flustered I

a hurry

mirror and let out a surprised gasp. “Why am I

took a shower and did my makeup in the hopes of killing some time. I was ready to get out of the house and didn’t want to deal with Christian’s mood swings. He would at least treat me

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

on the bed with Siena in his hands. I wasn’t sure whether I wanted to acknowledge him or not, so I rolled my

out a scoff.

before making his way over to me. “Serena, I don’t want to argue with you.” I mimicked his usual tone and waited for him to say something, but this time that

time, Serena.” He spoke with a severe look on his face. “You told me to be honest and to tell you whenever you’re taking it too far, so here I am.” He spoke, sarcastic,

stop it-but whenever you yell at me, you just keep on going and expect me to accept it,” Christian spoke. “I’ve never thrown a bottle or anything