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.”

asked. It was the exact instructions they went through from the moment she

I need to stay calm,

her. Serena’s way of being obsessed with doing the right thing, scared him the most, especially since he wasn’t there to protect her.

tell me you’re canceling this party, and please

Christian confirmed. “Don’t worry about the party, please put yourself first this time. They are

It was the exact selfish words he would tell her over and over again. “Even though

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 he didn’t want her to grow up without a dad. “Listen, I don’t have that long, and I’m not

Serena spoke, worried. Christian knew that it sounded like a goodbye, but he needed her

how much she meant to him. Just in case something

say anything.” Serena interrupted him. “You know what, maybe you should die because that way you won’t be

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

Christian could hear the happiness in her voice and couldn’t understand how a person

hoped for her to end

“Fine.”

or an explanation for his awful words, but he couldn’t give it to her-not now. It wasn’t the first misunderstanding over the phone, and he didn’t want to have

any more.

sighed. “Can you please hang up

questioned. “I thought you liked hanging