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

Chapter 274

Elena

“You look gorgeous, Elena!” My dad gushed as he pulled out his camera and started taking pictures. I took an awkward stance and hid my face in embarrassment.

“Dad, this dress is hideous,” I told him. “Aren’t you supposed to tell me to take it off and to cover myself up? It’s a church wedding.”

“For what?” He laughed. “Who am I to tell you what a woman should and shouldn’t wear? Now smile so I can take a pretty picture.”

My heart grew soft at my dad’s normal behavior, which he hadn’t shown in a while. He took the time to wear a suit and to do his hair and it had been a long time since he looked this decent. “Okay, one picture,” I spoke shyly before I posed for the photo.

“By the way, you’re in a good mood today-are you going on a date?”

“Date? Who, me?” My dad laughed out loud. That’s right, that man wasn’t capable of keeping a woman happy. All I could remember from the time my mom left was that he tried to fill her empty spot many times. Although he never got remarried, there were countless potential candidates-who had all lived here for a while. They were too many to count on one hand.

All of them had backed out because they couldn’t take it anymore. My dad was a control freak and obsessed with his work. He had always been proud of his job as a DEA agent and had not been afraid to show it.

While I wanted to follow in the footsteps of my school peers and do something like ballet or gymnastics, my dad had different plans. He used to take Alex and me to shooting ranges, send us to military youth camps, and all the other stuff I was not interested in.

Alex had no choice but to follow in his footsteps, but the rules for me were different. There was no way in hell that he would’ve pushed me to become an agent, over his dead body. He was traumatized because my mom ran off with a criminal and perhaps even a bit misogynistic, if I had to admit.

different from my mom

was in the past, and

as I couldn’t get him off my mind. Whenever I closed my eyes, all I could see was the warm smile on his face and his

half, Stevie Maddens, and he’s the reason for your

the table. I was not good at hiding my facial expressions

weird, but it was definitel something I could get used to, and

We both had separate limousines to take us to the

looked at myself in the mirror. Although the outfit didn’t scream ‘Elena, Tori did a fantastic job choosing the dress, and it looked as if I fitted right in. I looked fake, but I liked fake.

walked in, wearing a perfectly nice suit. He seemed flustered by my presence and lowered his head while I finally understood what had been

with the stupid

me you guys are going to that creepy cartel wedding

my dad and my idiot brother putting our lives in danger hadn’t even crossed my mind. Now that I knew that Marvin belonged to that family, it

today, and the other cartel was planning to get revenge for what happened to that Danny guy. Did that mean they were after Marvin? Did that mean his

back to normal. I didn’t have to worry about him looking for me, and my dad could finally get back his job because there would be

losing Marvin made my heart

won’t let them kill him,” I whispered to myself. Someone like my dad would not let that happen, no. He would do anything to make sure he got out alive, so he could confess to his

was time for me to realize that. My dad and Alex nicknamed the man him and refused to say his name.

This whole situation was too much of a burden for me at the moment. My dad and Alex shot each other a look.