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.”

cleared his throat while I could almost punch myself at my choice of words. “Shit, I

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

liked my

on my cheeks, while Marvin

“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 a four-year age gap, which wasn’t that much, but he had gone through

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

about to open his mouth before we got interrupted by the sound of my loud phone. Why

now?

get that first.”

used to ordering around people, and I was unfortunately used to following orders. I let go of Marvin’s hand and grabbed my phone,

even call me, despite knowing

read the first few words of Victoria’s text. ‘Your Marvin is…

before my hand made its

were we?”

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

believe in love

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

to answer his feelings in return, but something was stopping me. Marvin’s straightforward personality was

“T”

else

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

the same voice I had heard on the bridge. Marvin rolled

to see her.” The man spoke. “It’s nice to

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

to Marvin’s dark brown curls, this man had long black hair styled into a

had seen him

but I had seen him

slight nod. The man wrapped his arm around Marvin, who was clearly

very talkative person, and I loved meeting new people, but something about this situation

Marvin had forgotten all about me as he was arguing with his friend, so I

cartel boss from the Castillo family and framed one of our clients for a murder he committed!! He is NOT innocent. Safe yourself

couldn’t be real.