His Promise: The Mafia’s Babies

Christian looked at the beautiful woman in front of him and observed how she held a conversation with Johnny. To others Isobel seemed close to perfect, she was beautiful to look at, smart, educated, kind— ancould not disagree with that.

In the past, Francesca had always been outspoken over how perfect Isobel would be for Christian while ttime got embarrassed by her statements. It had not only been Francesca but a huge majority who had shthoughts, but for Christian that was a no-go.

He did not like her in that way and ignored the crush she had developed, but he had no problem whatsoshe threw himself on him and took advantage of her. Despite throwing several hints that he was not lookrelationship, she still came back to him, hoping he would eventually change his mind.

“Ian, what’s your take on this?” Marc had asked him. Christian who hadn’t paid any attention to the convhis eyes and shrugged his shoulders. “They’re talking about anime again.” Johnny yawned.

The reason why Marc hung around Christian was that he was his personal bodyguard, but for Johnny it wJohnny was Christian’s cousin, his favorite and most normal cousin to be exact, he didn’t have to be his rbut he wanted to be. The two were the same age and had been best friends since they were in diapers. “is the same as Johnny’s yawn, I don’t care,” Christian spoke, leaving Isobel with a disappointed pout on h

“While you think about your actions and how they keep on hurting me, I’ll look and see if I can help Emmscoffed and got up from the couch before making her way over to the kitchen.

“Pretty sure that had a double meaning.” Marc laughed. Christian wasn’t stupid and felt it too, but there could do about it, it was not his fault that his friends spoke about topics that did not interest him or thatherself to get used by him.

His thoughts were interrupted by the notification sound on his phone. Lucio would be returning and as aon top of business, whether it was transport, restaurants, or the clubs.

something which his other sons did not have. Christian did

bond and did not want thhappen to his sons, which

He knew by saying all the girls his dad meant one in particuSerena who was as

Lucio had taken an interest in the girl and figured it was due to her being everyone else,

“Yeaspilled champagne over Vincenzo and one of your one-night stands? She looks awful by the way,

the last statement.

gets better, I need you to follow her around no matter wand make sure she doesn’t drop dead somewhere,”

often?” Johnny who had tried his best to follow the conversation asked. “I don’t know and hcare, just don’t want to get him angry,” Christian explained and looked at Marc again, waiting for an answChristian felt bad for knowing Serena felt the need to work in the state she was in, but he knew that somcould not miss their tips especially since they had bills to pay. If Christian could, he would’ve just

walked through the hallways and people stopped what they were doing and froze up he fenot want to be feared unless it was necessary but he knew he couldn’t help it, he was aware of his difficumisunderstood personality but his father had told him that in this business and especially

hardly that his mother wcompliment him unless it was to brag to her friends about how handsome and successful all of her childThe eldest, Gio, was twenty-seven years old and feared by many. He was already married and had two daa harsh personality but he was dependable and always took care of everyone. Enzo

expected to take ovbusiness. It was what all the other families had chosen and most of all, it was what his father had decidedwas right

prepared for this. Ever since a young age, he had experienced how Lucio and his brothers along to important meetings and showed them the downside of this business. Lucio hadeverything his father had once taught him. He prepared them for what they should do to keep the businlet others fear them, how to hold a gun— and how to get rid of someone. Family comes first, regret and your