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?

okay…” I murmured. “Will, you

guilty of whatever he had planned, but I was determined to get to the bottom of it. “Let me guess. Beau has suddenly turned into a

“Maybe,” Christian mumbled.

back. “Have you ever got up early in the morning to take care

was no need to get up in the middle of the night or lose any

Christian spoke, embarrassed. “Although Carmen has been taking

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. It’s

spoke, surprised.

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 be here…she’s a

and got up

what was he up to away from me. “We’ll see when the

down-you should get down whenever you’re ready.” He smiled. It was surprising to see

in his hands and seemed hopeless as he was desperately trying to pull back his face

while Christian placed his hand on his shoulder. “Yes,

Beau.” I sighed. “How are you going to take

face!” Beau spoke. “It’s not my fault you somehow gave birth to the devil’s

my breath before making my way to the kitchen. Carmen was on her laptop, and Enzo sat beside her. “What

to the laptop so I could see Luke’s face through the

enough Siena for the day, you take her.” Beau spoke as

to mommy!” I cooed and stuck out my hands, but she let

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

it from.” I smiled at Christian. I could already tell that she would end up playing the same stupid games as

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

just playing with you. I’ll be there to watch these kids.” Enzo smiled before he looked at Beau. “How about you,

up his nose and shook his head. “Sorry, I’ll have to

have a limit of people we can invite?” Carmen asked. “No, of course not.” Christian shrugged. “Invite whoever you want to invite, but I do think you should make a guest list because I don’t like the idea of people sneaking into my

“That means I can

Enzo, and Luke spoke at the same time. “Wait, hold up a second,” Beau furrowed his eyebrows as he leaned forward.

startled look on her face and didn’t know

best thing about growing up without brothers was that I didn’t have to

a crush on.” Carmen blushed. “Crush? You’re like four, I mean,

Beau asked, annoyed. “And is this

rolled her eyes. “Of course he’s my age-you’re

“Maybe I might

Carmen out of this situation. “Do you

girlfriend?” Luke chuckled. “I don’t exactly do titles, but I’m