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

Chapter 382

Vincenzo

1 felt the cold breeze on my skin as Aria and I stepped into the warehouse, surrounded by several men.

At the center stood Christian, and behind him was a small group of his people, including Beau.

Christian’s face twisted with anger as he yelled at AJ and CJ, who were kneeling on the ground. No one interfered. Ever since my father and Christian’s crazy uncle had disappeared, things had returned to the way they were.

In the past, those two had been the biggest threats to the Lambertis.

Now, everyone felt threatened by the Lambertis again, and no one dared to disrespect them-rightfully so. The weight of the situation pressed down on me, making it hard to focus. I had come here hoping to find a peaceful solution with my long-time friend, but seeing the state he was in and the tension in the room made me doubt that possibility.

Aria broke the silence, adding fuel to the fire. I hadn’t expected anything less from her.

“Are you two insane? Kneeling for this guy?” she asked, her voice dripping with dismay.

Ishifted uncomfortably, knowing that her big mouth might force me to choose between my loyalty to my wife or to Christian, who was like my brother.

“Get up, both of you!”

AJ and CJ shared a look and carefully stood up from the floor, while Christian turned around to glare at both of us. His eyes were sharp, almost demanding that I do something about Aria’s temper-but I didn’t.

He chuckled, rolling his eyes to look away from me. “Little girl, I think it’s best if you stay out of it.” In that one sentence, it became clear what he really thought of Aria.

Aria was at a loss for words. She searched for my eyes, but I lowered my head. “Who the hell do you think you’re talking to?”

once I opened them, I would see the faces of all our men, who would view me as a coward. I was so intent on not being like Fabio that I

something I

Christian called my name, and my eyes shot open, while his searched for understanding. “I know it looks bad, but I have every reason

me to answer. “Vince, tell them

and despite our relationship, I wouldn’t betray my wife either. “They said they didn’t do it, Christian,”

thinking about, Christian and I had always had each other’s back. He didn’t

helped you with the delivery last time?”

Yes, they were

two, right? Christian’s voice was filled with desperation. “Vince,

Christian, my eyes begged him for help-but he turned away. Nowadays, Christian trusted him more than he trusted me. He had the privilege of being Serena’s brother. If anything, he had

to be so tough that others feared to approach him, known for his courage and temper, had turned

it

knew that my loyalty had to lie with Aria and our men, just as his loyalty would have lain with

anything.” AJ spoke up for himself as I was taking too long.

CJ nodded abruptly. “We unloaded the boxes,

have time to go to your office.

was taken from my office?” Christian questioned, but Aria cleared her throat to interfere.

get out of here.” Her words were like a slap in the face to someone like Christian, and the tension in the room escalated even more as our men laughed and

“Tell him, boss!”

not going to do anything about it, Vince?”

intervened, but it was already too late. “Let’s take care of this some

his hand, silencing him in one go. “Vince?” He shrugged in disbelief. “What