His Promise: The Mafia’s Babies

“Serena, we don’t have time for this right now—go and meet your family.” Christian chuckled at my pathdesperate behavior, but I could not take this any longer.

“I can’t concentrate on that, and it’s all because of you.” I blamed him. Christian smirked and brought hicheek. He brushed my hair to the side and leaned in closer while I tried to hold in my breath.

“It’s my fault that you…love me?” He looked at me and lowered his hand to my waist. “N-no?” I stutteredlook away, but no matter what I did, his eyes continued to follow mine.

“Just accept me or reject me—but stop leading me on.” I tried to gather my courage to not let him walk good at hiding his feelings and it seemed as if everything which had happened yesterday, including his bcompletely forgotten—but at the end of the day, we both knew what went down. “You want me to talk afeelings…now?”

“Yes, if not now then when?” I managed to get out. Christian gaze moved from my eyes to my lips, back while I was anxiously waiting for his words. “What do you want? You’re confusing.” I whispered.

“You are confusing, you can’t just tell me you love me and expect me to say it back right now.” He suddeand turned around to leave. “Let’s go, your parents are waiting.”

His words hit me like a truck. Of course, the confession came out of nowhere and had even surprised meonto a bit of hope. He never said he didn’t love me.

“The answer to your question…please wait a bit until I can give it to you.” He said and walked off.

“Is everything okay?” Matteo immediately asked when we made our way to the backyard to join them. “Itold him with a fake smile on my face.

The way they all looked at me made me nervous and anxious. I understood that they were happy to meeway, I felt exposed. “So pretty.” Lita held my hand and smiled at me with tears in her eyes. Out of instincthand to her eyes and wiped away her tears, but before I could remove it again, she grabbed my wrist to doing so.

“Let me hold you for a bit longer.” She almost begged me while all I could do was nod my head.

My eyes traveled to Emilio who I thought was smiling at me, but when I follow his eyes I saw him gaze atJohnny glared right back at him. This was definitely going to be something.

“Although I’m happy the truth is out, I can’t believe Isobel betrayed us like that. We should have Aldo’s his daughter to be a rat, regardless of the Sala’s being close to us.” Marcello turned his head to ChristianI immediately tried to read the look on his face because the same could be said about Lucio and Enzo. Csad smile on his face and agreed with Marcello. “Yes, well I’m sure you heard the Sala’s will be dealt withworry about that anymore.” He spoke as if he was the one who had betrayed them.

Enzo told him he hated him, wished for him to never be born—but still. Christian would go this far to pro“How are you doing? The two of you were close, weren’t you?” Emilio gave Christian a look of pity but ashrug his shoulders. “I don’t care, it is what it is.” He tried to end the conversation.

“Anyway, we shouldn’t be discussing stuff like this. It’s a long time before Fabio will decide to do somethspoke and looked at Carmen and Luke who were both listening along with terrified looks on their faces.

“Right, what we want to hear about it Serena—how was your life growing up, how did they treat you?” Mand only now my heart had dropped.

open my eyes because my eyes traveled from the designer clothing thwearing to the large backyard we

This could’ve been me.

This could’ve been Beau.

hear all about it.” She tried pushing me while I obviously was not in any moowith so many people listening along. “You must’ve had

had a wonderful life were right in front of me and

because they did nbarely graduated high school, I’m a college dropout—I ended up working as a stripper, I

A wonderful life?

I started to

threw me away like dirt and had

guilty because I knew Lita had been dstill, that comment did not sit right with me. “I’m

that I have been waiting for this moment for a long time, so I hope you can accept me the quickly reassured her and held her hand when I noticed the tears in her eyes.

Marcello who had been staring at me since the moment I had walke“And from now on, no

should properly apologize for that, but Serena

and even went as far as sending me a good morning text then

by you—but no one will

firssince the moment I

Luke and I were not even aware we had a sister, you told us abut you never told us anything about a sister,

like to know too,” I reassured him after seeing the worried look on his

you a better life and until this very day, I regrethe both of you.

he told me that I the family name in good hands, I’m proud of

to be scared of his presence, but Marc was right—I had misjudged him. Chof the kindest

here for her now, and she obviously likes you—anyone

Johnny. He was always being too hard on

happy I get to experience the birth of yet another grandchild and

die this one returns, must be great right mom?” Carmen rolleMatteo’s look went dark

Instead of fighting back, CaMatteo before she walked away. Matteo seemed like a strict

sorry everyone, please excuse me.” Luke

worse than the Lamberti’s ‘warm’ welcome so my feelings were not completely hurt. “Gitime, it’s all new to her.”

me to top it off. In the past, I hadfor siblings and felt offended