His Promise: The Mafia’s Babies

It had been two weeks since Christian stopped by, and crazy enough, he never stopped sending checks, ahadn’t changed for me because, just like before, I had sent them right back.

I was sixteen weeks pregnant and started showing, which meant I had to work even harder than before bcouldn’t hide for much longer. I was stressed out and unsure about whatever would follow, but I tried mybaby.

The only good thing about work at the moment would’ve been Olivia. We had grown closer, and our friesincere, whether Vincenzo had anything to do with it or not.

I tried my hardest to avoid him, and he clearly noticed—but luckily, he respected my decision. The last thfor Vince to breathe in my neck, not after he offended me by giving me all those special privileges. Whenabout it, I would realize that the reason why he seemed close to Christian was probably because the appfrom the tree.

“Are you really not drinking anything?” Olivia asked. It was our day off, and we decided to go out for drindown my eating expenses and declined Faith and Luna multiple times, but it felt nice to get out of the ho“No, I can’t say sorry.” I apologized to Olivia with a slight pout on my face. I had yet to tell her about mytoday would be the day. The only thing hiding my belly was a jacket, and without it, you could clearly seethreatening to expose itself. “Not everyone can take alcohol, so it’s whatever.”

I looked at Olivia, who had no idea about what was going on and continued to sip her drink. “Olivia, I hamonth.”

She stopped drinking and looked at me with her big eyes, probably hoping for me to tell her it was a joktowards her because we had grown close, and I didn’t want to leave her alone again, but I didn’t have a “W-why?” She asked while all I could do was apologize.

“Because I’m pregnant…four months.” I finally confessed while I tried to read the expression on her face.her to ask me a million questions, but she jumped up instead and hugged me. “That’s so…wow!”

“Congrats, you must be so happy!” She cooed before finally let go of me. I couldn’t help but smile at herreaction. The only ones who had given me this reaction and made me feel as if everything was going to Faith and Johnny.

“Aren’t you going to ask me who the dad is? Why I got this job in the first place?” I asked, confused but shook her head.

“None of my business. I’m just happy to be an auntie because I don’t have any siblings!” She cheered, bbut feel guilty over the fact that I would leave her all alone again. “You should be happy that you’re gettthat creep!”

It didn’t take me long to figure out who she meant by that, Vincenzo.

I asked him and watched her expression changed. Even though he took it tome his unwanted help, he seemed like a good guy to me, just rich, snobby, pushy— and unaware of his a“It’s not him. Vince has a good heart. He’s just a bit pushy, one of those guys who is always trying to do show us that he’s nothing like his dad…let’s just keep it at that.” She chuckled. “I know I told you it’s nonbusiness, but if

because Christian had made it clear that he did not want anything tbaby, but

to be my boss at my previous job, not that

again? You worked at

“I was a stripper.”

full of disgust or run away while she still could, but allshrug her shoulders. “My mom

her a nod. For some reason, it seemed like she knew Vincenzo’s business partners, so

asked with sparkling eyes. I scoffed in response and looked thought about the thousand disgusting nicknames he had given me. “I suppose he has no idea that youbecause

Right.

keep it a

smiled and connected her pinky with mine.

bad storm. He invited me in and yelled anot treating me

there it was—the infamous check, and let’s not forget about that jacket because he also gave me onbecause he was a good person. He probably just wasn’t that fond of the idea of women

sounded like honey to my ears. You are too beautiful to freeze to dead so take care of yourseland

where do we go from there.” I rolled my elooked

reached out to hold my hof apologies and had, had it. Johnny apologized, Marc apologized, and now Olivia apologized while it waOnly

matter who asked me the question, deny it, but it was true. It

the next day, I felt like complete shit, but I went to work either way. Earthe doctor had measured my blood pressure and did some tests,

work, I was ready to go home. Unfortunately, Olivia had a day off, so I had to take thewas so happy to

I should stand still or run