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

Chapter 387

Aria

“And this is why I’ve decided we need someone for the tech, someone to drive the truck, someone to go. over the numbers, and three people-obviously you and me, to go to the auction,” I shared my conclusion. I turned to Vince, who was watching me attentively, taking in every word.

No words left his mouth.

“What do you think?” I asked, awaiting his answer.

“I think your brains must be hurting from planning it all out,” Vince joked..

I chuckled nervously. Planning did have a way of making my head spin, but I enjoyed doing it. Better yet, I already had my whole life planned out, including this very moment.

“I think it’s a good idea,” Vince admitted. “I just don’t know where we can find more people from the outside who aren’t afraid to work against the Lambertis. He furrowed his brows, deep in thought.

I thought about the first person qualified for the job to drive the truck. Angelo.

He was trustworthy, on my side, and as a Marino, knew his way around the business.

Vince didn’t really like him, especially not after the whole necklace situation-but there was no better option than him.

“What is it?” Vince blinked, noticing my lack of words.

“I know you’re not a fan of him,” I began as Vince was already shaking his head in disapproval.

“I already let him stay in my house because you’re my wife and your family requested it, but that’s as far as I’ll go.” His tone was firm.

routes to stay away from the Lambertis, and I trust him,” I quickly countered, not giving him any chance to

and a deep breath left his lips. “For some reason, I think I’ll

I assured him, treating him with a bright smile. “I got it all under control. Trust me.”

simply nodded. “If you

“Okay.”

Vince mentioned. “He’s trustworthy, won’t betray

mean he’ll do it. He lives in Miami, so I’ll have to convince him first,” Vince spoke. “Christian is his godbrother, his father is a cartel boss-he doesn’t really have anything to do

turning one of Christian’s own people against

“Tiago Castillo.”

the name. “You should invite him to stay over soon so we can convince

good reason to believe that Isobel won’t say no to joining us for the auction,”

getting at. He wanted to

might be a bit too risky,” I said. “Besides, it might not be that

don’t care,” Vince responded coldly. “We agreed we would go after Christian’s people, so that’s what we’re doing.”

people at all. I was startled by his lack of concern over

ignored my feelings and wrote down Isobel’s name. “We

shot me a warm smile, something that didn’t happen that often. If only

knew there was a chance he might divorce me in the future when he would not require my help much longer, but I didn’t mind. I was doing this out of love for him.

for today, Aria, Vince said

Rest?

still so much I have to do-and I still have to do more

from his chair.

My body froze as Vince stepped closer to me. His presence nearly paralyzed me as he took my hand, his fingers brushing against

a break for today.” His voice was soft and