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?

“Will, you at least send me pictures?”

know. I’ll see what I can do.” Christian smiled. He was a lousy liar and was 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 cousin of yours?” I teased. Christian and Beau did everything together nowadays.

“Maybe,” Christian mumbled.

for you.” Christian teased back. “Have you ever got up early in the morning to

was no need to

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

I was extremely grateful for her and could not explain in words how much

few days?” I spoke,

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

Christian mumbled and

so suspicious, and what was he up to away from

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

after a while, I finally made my way to the living room. Beau held Siena in his hands

disgusted face while Christian placed his hand on his shoulder. “Yes, and he sucks at it. 1 don’t even think he likes babies.”

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

my fault you somehow gave birth

a child with 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 you guys doing?” I

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

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

out my hands, but she let out a giggle and

few months old,

same stupid games as her dad. “Any volunteers to stay here the night of

him a surprised look and frowned his eyebrows. “Won’t you look

to watch these kids.” Enzo smiled before he

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

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

Carmen clapped. “That means I

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

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

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 smile

blushed. “Crush? You’re like

guy you have a crush on?” Beau asked,

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

I might

I changed the subject to help Carmen out

titles, but I’m kind enough to put myself out there