His Promise: The Mafia’s Babies

“You are early today, sir,” Emmanuella told Christian when he had entered the mansion. Christian gave thof pity and felt awful. He knew that being a housekeeper was her job and that Emmanuella had been witbefore he was even born, but he couldn’t imagine cleaning and didn’t even know where to start.

“Yes, I had something to take care of.” Christian smiled and thought about Serena. The girl he couldn’t hstrange, but since his dad told him to look after her he obeyed his wishes. He remembered his father, Lucthe day he had caught her walking out of his office.

Lucio was livid and told Christian that he had expected him to look out for her from a distance and not baround with her. Truth to be told, Christian did not know why he did it but strangely enough, he couldn’tthat he was drawn to her. He was self-aware that it was a combination of her dual personality and that shinnocent as everyone made her out to be, but that was what made her distinct from the others.

“I made your favorite, spaghetti carbonara!” Emmanuella told Christian and didn’t hesitate to grab his arpulled him to the kitchen. Christian gave Emmanuella a warm smile and felt better knowing that someoncared for his well-being.

At the age of sixty, Emmanuella never had any children of her own, but working for the Lamberti’s was thand she had seen all of the children grow up into adults. After Christian left the family mansion a few yeamade it her goal to take care of him as much as she could. Emmanuella knew that as the heir despite beiChristian had many burdens to carry. He had built a wall around himself and came across as a cold and hbut Emmanuella knew better than that.

“You’re keeping me company right?” Christian asked as Emmanuella pushed him onto the dining chair. Lhuge mansion made him feel lonely at times, and even the company of different women couldn’t fill thatneither could his family and friends who were either side eyeing him out of jealousy or kissing up his arsewould have his father’s power one day. Even though Emmanuella was a live-in housekeeper, she knew hodistance and usually ate her dinner before he came home.

his face, but

to why he cover, but somehow made time to meet up with different women. Even though

and made it very clear tinterested in being close with the family, but the families worked together and business remained businealong from a distance. His eldest son Vincenzo on the other hand was like a brother to Christian. To this dLamberti could understand how Vincenzo and Fabio’s youngest son turned out to be

came from the Sala family and also greChristian. The two had always remained best friends even though Isobel always

though Isobel was aware that she was getting used she did not care onthough it was non-exclusive she

while Emmanuella looked at him with a proud smile on her face. Christiafood was all that truly mattered to her. “Is it good?” She asked and leaned over the table to clean his monapkin. Christian got an embarrassed look on his face and nodded his head like a little kid before he conThe two ate their dinner together while exchanging stories and not soon after they had both emptied the“Thank you so much for keeping me company Emmanuella, I appreciate it.” Christian gratefully thanked “Always, but don’t you

not gcomment, but

he was not so sure about the other way around. The onFrancesca Lamberti had no complaints about Lucio’s occupation was because she was able to live

a powerful family aeducated, but another thing she loved was status and Lucio