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

Chapter 331

Elena

“So, where were you today?”

I looked at Marvin with wide eyes. After spending our day together at the house, he surprised me with a homemade dinner and ended our evening in the kitchen. Who would’ve thought all of this was to interrogate me?

“I was at this hotel with this guy from my work.” I teased him, avoiding an answer. Other than these stupid, obvious jokes-I couldn’t keep lying to him.

“No, seriously.” Marvin raised his brow.

“You nosy pig.” I punched his shoulder. “Did I ask what you were doing today, hm?”

Marvin rubbed the back of his neck and smiled shyly. “You’re right.” He spoke. “It’s not really my business. I just thought maybe you met up with your dad-”

“Well, I didn’t.”

With a look of pity, Marvin propped his chin on his hand, observing the look on my face. One thing was sure. I would not be the first one to reach out to my family.

“What are you staring at?”

“That green thing between your teeth.” Marvin pulled a disgusted face, moving his finger to my incisors to remove it. “Right there!”

I smacked my hand over my mouth as he pulled away from his hand and lowered my head, embarrassed. “You should’ve told me sooner!” I cleaned my teeth with my tongue. Talk about embarrassing.

“And miss out on the opportunity to make fun of you?” Marvin cackled. “Never.”

“That’s it. I’m breaking up with you!”

“Is that what our marriage will be like in the future?” Marvin asked. “You threatening to divorce me any second.”

“M-marriage?”

Just the thought made my heart beat out of my chest, and it was not because I felt flattered. It was because I had no idea what the future had in store.

Marvin cleared his throat uncomfortably. “I’m sorry, I-I just thought…”

“No, don’t be!” I stopped him. “It’s just that we’ve never discussed something serious like that before.”

It’s true. We didn’t. Other than the day Anya died, our friendship and relationship had mainly been laughs and giggles.

“Would you like to be my wife one day?”

I blushed. “That depends. Is that a proposal?”

shoulder and threw my head back in laughter to ease the tension. “I’m just kidding!”

know that.” Marvin breathed.

conversation, but he was not

already on the subject, so it would’ve been a pity to drop

you mean Marvin shrugged,

want children?”

than my dad, who kicked me out of the house, and my mom, who didn’t hesitate to abandon us, had become a life goal. I would do what they couldn’t and show them how

“Definitely.”

spoke, bothered. Did he even want children, and would I still be around if that was

“How about you?”

you want them…I want them as

made it seem as if I had forced him to

do you feel about leaving San Diego?”

would both agree on. “I’ll remain here until the day

shifted his legs uncomfortably. Was he

“How about you?”

his lips. “It has always been my dream to start a ranch, live someplace quiet, away from all my duties.”

would rather jump off a cliff than settle down

happy, so if you plan on

He deserved better.

up on his dreams to make me happy, and all

me just how different we were, I didn’t have many friends-but I liked company.

Marvin did have friends, but he liked his

answers make you

THE

you. I just really can’t stand being apart from the

everything.” I made myself feel better. “I strongly doubt that.”

spoke, determined. “I would drop everything to be

couldn’t help but wonder what would happen if

my immaturity. Or perhaps he would handle it as a Castillo since he was raised as one and cut me into tiny pieces before disposing of my

lying?” I blurted,

confused. “W-what?”

you ever

question the first

“So have you?”

long pause before Marvin coughed to

because I had hoped for him to confess to

Marvin leaned forward, staring at me with a dark

to spare their lives as you cock the gun and stare into their hopeful pathetic eyes to hear their last request to spare their families, and then…” Marvin made a gun with his hand and pushed his

a tight and comforting hug. I took a relieved breath and pulled away to smack him

can’t stand you-did you