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

Chapter 179

I let out a yawn and rubbed my eyes before I sat up straight to see whatever Christian was doing. It was early in the morning, and as always, he was pulling weird stuff again.

“Hey, pervert!” I yelled at him and threw a pillow to his back. Christian froze up and looked at me with guilty eyes.

“Give me a good reason why you’re holding my bikini top and my bra.”

“That’s because.” Christian stuttered. “W-well, you see-”

“Well?” I frowned. “Okay, you’ve got me.” Christian sighed. “I was looking for your size because I think your boobs shrunk.”

I burst out laughing and decided to ignore whatever he was doing. It was obvious it was because he planned on buying me some presents, so I decided to let it drop.

“What’s with the footsteps?” I asked Christian as I focused on the sound behind the closed door. “The nurses are leaving,” Christian explained. “We have no need for them anymore and they are moving away their equipment, so…”

The wrong question at the wrong time.

“I can’t stop thinking about Gina,” Christian confessed. I tried playing it cool and did not remove the smile from my face.

Relax, Serena, she’s already gone.

“How come?” I played along. Christian sighed and sat down on the bed. “She didn’t show me any signs of wanting to leave yesterday, and now she’s just…gone,” Christian spoke.

“Isn’t that a good thing?” I asked. “Maybe she’s ready to move on with her life an-

“Impossible.” Christian stopped me. “She went through something traumatic which you can’t move on from that quickly. That’s impossible.”

“I moved on,” I shrugged. If I could move on with my life, so could she. Her wounds turned into scars, and she could walk just perfectly fine. Christian smiled and caressed his hand through my hair. “Not everyone is as strong as you, Serena.”

I blushed and looked down as I took in Christian’s words. I wouldn’t say I liked bragging about myself, but Christian was absolutely right. I was a strong person.

“Well, Enzo said that she’s fine, and you should trust your brother,” I told Christian. I honestly couldn’t care less whether he would figure it out or not, but I had yet to thank Enzo. Knowing him, he probably bribed the nurses to keep their mouths shut.

“So, what are our plans for today?” I asked Christian. “Are we going to take care of that list? Look for the key? Sell some of that special flour-

“No, not today.” Christian stopped my imagination. “I want to spend some alone time with my cousins if that’s alright with you.” Christian smiled. “I want to visit Dana, and I want to introduce Dario to Gio.”

He seemed so suspicious, and my insecurities were getting the best of me. Why did he not want me around? What if he looked at my bra because he planned on buying some other girl stuff instead?

you

had planned, but I was determined to get to

“Maybe,” Christian mumbled.

ever got up early

“Not because I don’t want to, but because you won’t let me.” I chuckled. There was no need to get up in the middle of the night or lose

me there,” Christian spoke, embarrassed. “Although Carmen has been taking over my job nowadays.”

course, Carmen.” I smiled. I was extremely grateful for her and could not explain in words how much I loved her. “She’s planning her party.

few days?” I spoke, surprised.

wished I had the opportunities to go back in time so I could celebrate my youth as she did. “So are we staying here, or are we leaving?” I asked him. “Because I’m sure my parents don’t want the party to be unsupervised, but Siena can’t

and got up

was he so suspicious, and what was he up to

to see

get ready, but after a while, I finally made my way to the living room. Beau held Siena in his hands and seemed hopeless as he was desperately trying to pull back his face so she couldn’t hit him. “Are you practicing?” I asked

hand on his shoulder. “Yes, and he sucks at it. 1 don’t even think

I sighed. “How are you going to take care of

my fault you somehow

Isobel,” I muttered under my breath before making my way to the kitchen. Carmen was on her laptop, and Enzo sat beside her. “What are

and ran over to the laptop so I could see Luke’s face through the video chat.

joined us and pulled out a chair. “That’s enough Siena for the day, you

and stuck out my hands, but she

a few months old, but already a bully.” Enzo laughed.

who she got it from.” I smiled at Christian. I could already tell that she would end up playing the same stupid games as her dad. “Any volunteers to stay here the night of the party? I

frowned his eyebrows. “Won’t you look at that? Christian

to watch these kids.” Enzo smiled before he looked at Beau.

and shook his

“Invite whoever you want to invite, but I do think you should make a guest list because I don’t like

Carmen clapped. “That means I can invite

time. “Wait, hold up a second,” Beau furrowed his eyebrows

on her face and didn’t know where to look. “Carmen, who’s Logan?” Luke asked again.

shoulder. The best thing about growing up without brothers was that I didn’t have to go through all of this. “Come on, Carmen, tell them.” I gave her

a crush on.” Carmen blushed. “Crush?

have a crush on?” Beau asked, annoyed. “And is this one your

rolled her eyes. “Of course he’s

I might join and supervise this party

help Carmen out of this situation.

but I’m kind enough to