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.

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

to reply or not because Christian had made it clear that he did not want anything tbaby, but he was still the father. “If you don’t want to tell

job,

again? You worked at

“I was a stripper.”

but allshrug her shoulders. “My mom was a stripper back in

club?” She concluded as I gave her a nod. For some reason, it seemed

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 otherwise,

Right.

keep

pinky with mine. “Of course I can, I

admired him full of enthusiasm, but all I gave her in return was a glare. “How wou“I brought over papers to his house once, but there was a really bad storm. He invited me in and yelled anot treating me like a human and apologized on his behalf.” Olivia explained. “He told me to dress warmeven gave me his jacket and a

me onbecause he was a good person. He

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

he doesn’t want anything to do with me or the baby, so where do we go from there.” I rolled my elooked

She apologized as she reached out to hold my hof apologies and had, had it. Johnny apologized, Marc apologized, and now Olivia apologized while it waOnly one person owed me

hard on you?” Olivia wondered. No matter who asked me the question, deny it, but it was true. It felt like an

felt like complete shit, but I went to work either way. Earthe doctor had measured my blood pressure and did some tests, and it turned out I was as

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

the hallway. I stopped in my steps and sigh. I wondered whether I should stand still or