His Promise: The Mafia’s Babies

“Johnny!” I yelled out and flew into his arms. My gut feeling was telling me that everyone visiting me in ameant that things would change in a while.

The girls would only stay here for two more weeks, and after that, I would be on my own—except for Ramdaughter, two maids, and security.

“Serena, you’re still pregnant.” Johnny smiled and kissed me on my cheek. “Did you come for me or Lunand looked around, while he held his hand in front of my mouth.

“I-I came for you!” He said and pulled me to the back. “Come on, just let me live for once.” His eyes beglaughed at him. Johnny was never nervous. “Okay, fine whatever.”

“Come on, they’re upstairs so we can still run.” I walked him to a separate room and locked the door.

“So how are you doing?” Johnny asked me and pushed a shopping bag in my hands. “I’m doing fine, buchuckled and pulled out the baby clothing.“A present for my niece.”

I pulled out the clothes and held them up in the air. “This is so cute.” I cooed and tried to remain positivething was going through my mind. “W-why did you bring it to a safe house?” I nervously asked, thinkingbehind it but Johnny who had caught on immediately shook his head.

“No—no, don’t worry!” He laughed. “I just picked it up on my way here.”

“Good.” I sighed relieved. The last thing I wanted was to raise my baby in this shoebox. “So how are thinfamily?”

“Good, they’ve been calling me multiple times a day…all of them except my sister…very annoying.” I burimy hands. At first, I liked the attention, but having parents who wanted to see your face every second goand was something I still had to get used to.

“Have you spoken to Christian? He missed a meeting yesterday—“

“Because he was out partying, yeah I know.” I finished his sentence and laughed at Christian who had alwtime, screwing up for once.

“That’s not like him,” Johnny commented. He was right, it was not—but it was understandable. “I mean, —he’s human so.” I shrugged my shoulders.

Johnny smiled and ruffled his hand through mexactly what I

that?” Johnny leaned against the table and looked at me. “No, my exes used by me—so I’m trying something different this time.” I chuckled. Christian was

Chris?” I asked Johnny. “What

se“Christian is Christian, a gentleman—loves to spoil women, loves to protect them even when sometimes deserve it, but I have nothing particular to say about his exes because none of them compared to you.” Jcomplimented me. “Right.” I blushed and looked down. “I don’t know if it’s a combination of you and threally cares about you.” He wasn’t wrong, I had already discovered that by

with Fabio?” I tried to get some information out of Johnny. Everyone, including my oall being so secretive and expected me

spoke and

himquestions. “What are you going to do to him? Ask him

that…you can’t negotiate with them Serena—there’s only one thing left to do. It’s either him ofeel sorry.”

about his identity. I knew that Christian would spare himfact that the Alfonzo’s would welcome him with open arms—but for them to do that,

them. I did

referring to Beau. I clenctook a deep breath. So much could change if Beau would speak up

he would want both of our heads if he did,that Beau would also get protected would at least let me breathe. “They don’t know any better than whataught them, and even then I

course, he had, Christian had a

around others like your family. You sticking up for the same Garcia’s we’reprotect you from can get us all in trouble.” Johnny told me as I thought about

do you know how I spend my twenty-second birthday?” I asked to freshen up his memories. I wthrough

had ever spend. In all the years I was on earth, that was the very first time I had actually fe“Don’t you

or not, even Fabio does—and all of you are no different from

andI honestly did not care about what would happen to Fabio, but Vince and Luis were

for an answer. “N-no I never said that.”

how you and Luca lost your father and here you are telling me you are all

honestly don’t care, but please give Vince and Luis a second thought,” I spoke, hoping he would wo“There’s no other

way or are you all too lazy to find another way?” I tried

did not say a word. Instead, he was just watching