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

Chapter 270

“I’m sorry, is my smacking annoying you?” I asked, embarrassed as I dropped my fork. I had an urge to enjoy my food but now was not the time.

Marvin watching my every move made me nervous. He was someone who was not afraid of eye contact, not even when I caught him staring. “It’s okay. Just be yourself.”

“So tell me about yourself. What do you do?” Marvin asked. It was a question that I hated the most because I really wasn’t that much different from a loser. “Oh, uh,” I mumbled as I tried to give him an answer. “I live with my dad. I work at a cocktail bar. I like watching movies…that’s about it.”

“Where is your mom?”

Marvin surprised me with his bold question. He asked me about my mom without as much as a single stutter, but I had to admire him for that. I wished I had half the confidence he had. “Not here,” I spoke awkwardly. “She left a long time ago.

Instead of giving me the same sympathetic look I had gotten way too often, Marvin controlled his expression and placed his warm hand on top of mine. “I’m sorry to hear that.”

“It’s okay.”

“And you said you wanted to become a lawyer?”

At this point, it seemed like Marvin was interrogating me, while I should’ve been the one questioning him, but I didn’t mind. I could tell that he had the right intentions, and that was all I had to know. “Yes, I did- but it didn’t work out.”

“Why was that?”

“I’m just not that good at learning.

“I understand, me neither.” Marvin laughed. At least we had one thing in common. “If it weren’t for my dad, I would’ve dropped out of school.” He shrugged.

He looked into my eyes as if he was trying to see through them while I was close to running off. Did I have eye boogers? Lipstick on my teeth? Food on my forehead?

“So, what did you do these past years?” I asked to ease the tension. It only took me a split second to realize that I was talking to a man who had lived his life in prison. “Oh fuck, I mean…” I stammered. “What did you do before…you know.”

“Before?” Marvin frowned with a teasing smile on his lips. I shook my head and lowered my gaze. “Nothing, never mind.”

“It’s okay, don’t worry about it.” Marvin chuckled. “My family has their own business. We sell liquor.”

“Really?” I gasped, surprised. I mean, it wasn’t that surprising because the guy on the bridge called him boss, but it was another passion we could share. “Gosh, we have so much in common!” I said. “Except, 1 didn’t go to prison, and I don’t have tattoos on my face.”

my choice of words. “Shit, I didn’t

Marvin laughed. I had already offended him more than once, but he didn’t seem

liked my tattoos.”

think they make you look sexy!” I blurted. A flush appeared on my cheeks, while Marvin

and slightly squeezed my hand. “I don’t mind. I think you’re cute.” He spoke. There was definitely a difference in maturity, which was not unexpected. I was twenty-one years old, and we only had

he was going to ask me, but for the first time, I was able

to open his mouth before we got interrupted by

now?

should get that

unfortunately used to following orders. I

she even call me, despite knowing I was on

read the first few words of Victoria’s

up before my hand made

where were we?”

ask you something.” Marvin smiled. I smiled back and waited for his question as I was already used to

you believe in love

heart as he looked into my eyes and waited for an answer. I was not the smartest,

just confessed his feelings to me, and all I had to do was to answer his feelings in return, but something was stopping

“T”

anything else

to the man who had suddenly appeared behind Marvin. Instead of looking at Marvin, he looked at me, which meant

I had heard on the bridge. Marvin rolled his eyes and looked back at his

see her.” The man spoke. “It’s nice to meet you, Elena.”

as if we had been friends all along. He had a familiar face and a cheerful presence, but I could see through that act. While I had a safe and comfortable feeling around Marvin, this man made me feel

In contrast to Marvin’s dark brown curls, this man had long black hair styled into a high bun. The amount

seen him

I

The man wrapped his arm around Marvin, who was clearly annoyed and laughed at

I looked around the restaurant to hide my nerves. I was a very talkative person, and I loved meeting new people, but something about this situation gave me a

as he was arguing with his

framed one of our clients for a murder

couldn’t be real.