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

Chapter 200

“Serena, please not note. “Christian answered. He knew it was wrong, but now was not the right time to discuss it as there were more important stuff to worry about.

“What do you mean, not nete?”Serena snarled. Are we really going to pretend like you didn’t call me a bad mom?”

She had picked up the phone, expecting an apology, but had quickly sensed that it was not going to happen. Christian wanted nothing more than apologize, but he knew she deserved better than some apology over the phone.

“Just let it rest. I need you to listen to me.” He spoke. He knew Serena would understand the seriousness of the situation if he would not give in to her nagging.

“What’s wrong? Is Siena alright?” Serena asked, worried. “Siena is fine.”

“Listen, I need you to lock all the doors, and I need you to stay inside for today-no matter what happens,” Christian.

instructed.

“Christian, what’s going on? You’re scaring me.” Christian could hear the worry in her voice. He felt terrible because it was not his intention to ruin her day. He had sent her away, so she didn’t have to deal with all of this, and it backfired.

“There’s nothing to be scared about. I won’t let anything happen to you-I promise.” Christian spoke.

“Then what’s going on?” Serena demanded an answer. Christian knew that Serena would not stop unless he gave her one. “Nothing, but I just want you to be prepared. You know what to do if something does happen.”

was the exact instructions they went through from the moment she

stay calm,

a hero, so don’t try to be one.” Christian reminded her. Serena’s way of being obsessed with doing the right thing, scared him the most, especially since

“Please tell me you’re canceling this party, and please tell

“Don’t worry about the party, please put

exact selfish words he would tell her over and over again. “Even though I hate you at the moment, you should know that it

force yourself to be the hero. I sometimes like you better when you’re selfish.” Serena confessed. Christian smiled at hearing those words. He might’ve been like that when Siena wasn’t in the picture, but things had changed, and

Serena spoke, worried. Christian knew that it sounded

meant to him. Just in case something does happen to me

maybe you should die because

know where those words came from. He knew that if anyone was getting dumped, it

the happiness in her voice and couldn’t

her to end the call, but he could still hear her breathing.

“Fine.”

but he couldn’t give it to her-not now. It wasn’t the first misunderstanding over the phone, and he

any more.

“Can you please hang up

Serena questioned. “I thought you liked hanging