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

Chapter 293

Elena

“Here you go, dad!” I placed a cup of coffee on his desk. “Watch out. It’s hot.”

My dad turned on his lamp and closed his laptop to face me. He was still crazy, but he looked a lot better than he did two weeks ago. “You’re in a good mood.” He smiled. “Why are you all dressed up? Aren’t you going to bed?”

I spun around to show him my outfit and made a pose. “I’m going out with Rona, don’t wait up for me.”

He shrugged and took a sip from his coffee. “You deserve to have fun.” He spoke. It took a lot to gain back his trust, but I had somehow managed to do it. The poor man thought I had cut off all contact with Marvin, and I did not feel bad for lying to him.

I wasn’t the issue, and I didn’t do anything wrong, dad and Alex did.

“You know, Victoria misses you.” My dad mentioned her name. Since the wedding, the two of us had barely talked, and it was not that difficult to guess why. We clearly had different views on Marvin, and I didn’t need her to tell me how messed up I was for being by his side.

I shot my dad a reassuring smile. “Victoria and I are fine. We’ve just been so busy with work.” I told him. There was some truth to it because, as far as I was concerned, Victoria and her dad were too busy defending the Hernandez.

“Anyway, I have to go-and don’t stay up too late!”

Not long after, I had arrived at the cocktail bar by uber. It had been a few days since I last saw Marvin, but I was just as nervous as when I met him.

“Why are you all dressed up? Marvin has already seen you in your hideous state.” Rona commented the moment she had laid her eyes on me. It was her strange way of saying I looked good, and I appreciated it.

“You’re not even working any shifts tonight. I can’t believe you came all the way here for Marvin.” She rolled her eyes. She could play all she wanted, but she was the one who had forced me to invite him in the first place.

“Are you going to stop now?” I raised my brow. Rona shrugged. “I guess.” She smiled. “As you can see, the place is fully packed as usual.”

Rona and I burst out laughing at our usual joke. The only time this place was packed was on the weekends “Did you send everyone home?” I asked Rona, noticing the bar was empty.

“Yes, I just needed someone to keep me company-and now I have you.” She spoke. “Anyway, when will they be here?”

“I actually don’t know.” I took out my phone and scrolled through my conversation with Marvin. “We didn’t really agree on a time, so-”

“Elena!”

I flinched at the sound of Panther’s voice, who walked up to me with open arms. I looked behind him to search for Marvin, but I could barely see him as Panther lifted me from the floor to pull me in a hug. “If you can put me down and let me breathe!”

“I’m sorry.” Panther apologized as he put me back on my two feet. He scanned his eyes up and down to look at my outfit. “You’re looking good.”

I

good thing. Panther chuckled. “And I see you’re wearing black for a change.” He spoke sarcastically.

funny.” I rolled

they say about

I could look at Marvin. He showed me his two perfect dimples and tilted his head to look at me. “I think you look

arms and hugged him.

I almost yelled in his car.God,

was overdoing it again. I had to remain calm.

Was he standing?

from the hug and looked behind him. “Don’t tell me you

pushed him aside. “He did, but don’t worry about it.” He spoke.

“What?”

“So why did you invite us all the way

the same thing. I thought I had made it obvious that I liked being in his presence. Why wasn’t he

haven’t seen Marvin in a few

on her day off to spend time with you.” Rona spoke for the first time. Marvin’s eyes widened as he stared at me in surprise. “You did

Marvin smirked proudly. “You didn’t have to do that,

Elena.”

place is always empty, so each day is like a day off to them-isn’t that right,

other than following behind Marvin’s ass all day, you

him, Rona. Don’t let him disrespect you like that.” He praised her. It was so easy for her to get his attention. while I almost felt as if he didn’t notice me at times. Was it because my personality was too much for

I wasn’t mature enought

you all about why this place is so

She had dragged all of us to a booth and told us her entire life story. “It’s not because of me. It’s because the competition around here is tight.” She spoke

only one bored to death. I had invited them over to

each word as if he was trying to come up with

Someone kill me.

with one brand?” Marvin suggested. “I think you might need to distinguish your bar from the competition—”

it.” Panther stood up. “I can’t take any more of this business talk, and poor Elena is almost falling asleep.” He pointed at me.

knees. I mean, he wasn’t wrong-but

me, and I couldn’t remember the last time I heard such a boring conversation-but I couldn’t show

good points. Doesn’t your

Shit.

we do.” Marvin squinted his eyes.How was I going to explain