His Promise: The Mafia’s Babies

“Did you hear that, Luis? My brother is safe!” I told him and pulled him into a hug.

“I’m so happy.” Luis smiled and rested his head against my stomach. “It’s hard to hug you.” He giggled.I had my doubts whether Isobel would manage to free him or not, but she actually did it. Not having to wBeau had removed the suffocating feeling I had for these past days.

“I have to find out where she’s taking him!” I reached out to grab my phone again but got light-headed “Serena, you have to sit down!” Luis told me and grabbed my hand.

“Your brother is safe for now, so please rest—please.” He pouted as he squeezed my hand. “For the babyFor the baby, he was right—I had been so caught up in everything that I had forgotten about the baby.

“Beau is safe, that’s enough for now—you should take a nap because you have not closed a single eye shere…”

“No, sweetheart it’s not because of you!” I reassured Luis and squeezed both sides of his cheeks. I was sutaking care of him, but at the moment he was taking care of me—and I felt horrible.

He released himself from my grip and ran over to the mini-fridge to grab a bottle of water. “Drink!” He spushed the bottle into my hands.

“Thanks, Luis.” I chuckled. For someone willing to fight for my baby’s life, I had barely thought about theof me not taking care of myself. Instead, I was doing everything Ramiro had told me not to.

“Luis? You telling me about Beau, it won’t put you in any trouble right?” I asked for the first time. Only afhad already been done, I was ready to deal with the consequences—and guilt was eating me alive. “Tell mabout it?”

“The guards, Vince—Fabio and I,” Luis mumbled as he tried to avoid my gaze. I felt an awful pit in my stoit was guilt. Because of my nagging, I had forced Luis into helping me free Beau, while he came to me fo“Don’t worry, I need you to rest.” Luis gave me a warm smile and grabbed the covers with his tiny handsover me. “Can I touch your belly again?” He asked with hopeful eyes. “Yes, sure!” I smiled.

He placed his hand on my belly and looked at me with sparkling eyes. “Wow.” He gasped as he rubbed cbelly. I looked at him with a warm smile and admired how he was completely immersed by my belly.

to save Beau.” He suddenly spoke. Everyone seemed tconfidence in him, but I

him to send Luis back

deal with him calling me stupid, not smart enough, not good enough—and all the othewould’ve probably left his mouth. I was not in

shown me how much he cared and that was definitely not the issue—but this was about something a bit“I would never do that for a girl, girls

me that the war would be a week from now, but

and pretty—but I still don’t understand.” Luis smiled at me. It seemed crazy to me howunderstand how brave he was. “Luis, you’ve not even noticed how you’ve risked your life in helping me sthe same as walking through fire for

face. I bet he didn’t get that many compliments. “Vincehe would walk through fire for me.” Luis’s smile had slowly disappeared from his face.

two of you?” I asked him, khad to be more behind it. The two were always

to talk after seeing the dull look on his face. “He yelled at Beau, ahim to stop he pushed me…hard,” Luis whispered the last word as tears were threatening to spill from his“He didn’t even notice and he

out, because…” I tried to convince him, knowing there was no point in dointoo far when he had put his

and wants to hurt

mommy, Vincenzo told me and he promised he wouldn’t be like him.” Luis spoke. Hepossibly got rid of Luis’s mother was neither a shock or

my hand on his back. No matter what anyone, inwould say—I still had faith in Vince. In the time I had spent with him I got to know him as an ambitious,

when I spilled champagne over

me up when I was too

job while I was completely unqualified because he knew I

lunch because he knew

me when my bond with Christian was rocky because he knew

that he would come back to his senses and end up doing what’s right, the only questI could