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

Chapter 375

Vincenzo

“I thought you’d never ask.” Nico opened the dusty book, flipping through the pages. “Every 4th of the month, there is a secret and private auction held in a secret location.” He said. “The location changes monthly, and you can only get in through special invite.

“How did Fabio get in?”

“Your father went by the name of the peddle man.” Nico pulled a red devil mask from in between the book as a loud cackle escaped my lips. “He was well known and so heavily anticipated, they saved him for last.”

“So he really was a villain?” I grabbed the mask from Nico’s hand, waving it back and forth. Apparently, he took his job very seriously.

“These are the name of the associates and their phone numbers.” Nico ignored me, showing me a list. “Fabio used to call them from burner phones, made sure they couldn’t recognize his voice

With my finger. I scanned through the unfamiliar aliases and stopped at the name of the supposed supplier. “This man knew his identity-didn’t he?” I tapped the paper.

“He did. Nico confirmed. “His name is Marco. He’s a trustworthy man who could take a secret to the grave. He contacted me because he hadn’t heard anything from Fabio in years-and that’s when you crossed my mind.”

“What did you say?”

“That he’s dead…an unfortunate accident.”

“What did he say?”

“That’s he’s not surprised. Nico smiled softly. “I told Marco about his son who is made for greater success, and he told me to tell him to visit.” He shared. “Marco is a busy man, an intelligent man, so he moves around different countries in South America-but as soon as I’ll inform him you’ll be taking over the duties of the peddle man-”

“Wait, no, no, no!” I hurried away from the table, not liking where this was going. “I’ll be destroying those weapons at once, and I will not participate in Fabio’s nonsense.”

Nico went silent before a chuckle left his mouth.

“I’ve heard the Garcia’s reputation has been stumbling so bad-you had no choice but to marry the Morales girl.”

He was not beating around the bush.

her for a good reason. Thank you for your

it’s not just about you.” Nico sighed. “You shouldn’t rely on your wife. She

her?”

for her?” My lips twitched as I smiled uncomfortably.

her like shit-showed zero appreciation towards her, and blamed her for everything. Aria was not an angel, and I still believed for her to be responsible-but this wasn’t all on

was too lazy, too tired-to find a way to protect the Garcias. Instead of motivating myself in order not to go through with the engagement, I made several scenarios in my head, pretending I didn’t want to marry her while I

wife and

the black market

in this. It was too dangerous, too risky, and I did not want to

struggling to maintain their status, and you would’ve not had

this, those weapons would’ve been back on the black market in no time. Uncle Bruno was like Fabio minus the overly

information and the books, I’ll be

decision,” I

won’t have to challenge Christian Lamberti?” Nico waved me off, clicking his tongue. “How long will it take before you realize the Lambertis and the Alfonzos are only keeping you close to keep an eye on you?” He stated. “After they fell off with your father, they couldn’t keep him in control-so

friends for a long time. Despite the family feuds, Christian and I had grown up

lowered my head. “He’ll give you the same look your father gave me. He’ll look down on you.” He spat. “Christian Lamberti is not your

he was right?

exposed her hatred for Serena, Christian revealed this dominant vibe as if

about it-something about his commanding words and that look on his face did rub me the wrong way.

wife an order, and

not it.

Christian, who left me on the cold

to end Fabio’s life, and I did it to protect Serena and Beau.

out Serena was still alive and planned

Fabio’s life, Fabio shot

I reached out my hand to him-he stepped back, looked me in the eye, apologized, and moved to his brother, who had a minor injury.

would do that?

was not something new, and he also used to do it when we were children. That