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.

mexactly what I was doing, I did not want him to get annoyed by me and we

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

about Chris?” I asked Johnny.

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 tried to get some information out of Johnny. Everyone, including my oall being so

a deadline for your head, the deadline is in two months—but we will attack him a month frocasually spoke and stretched his arms. “Everyone is keeping it a secret from you because you’re pregnanthat

nice to hear,” I told him and looked at him to ask himquestions. “What are you

with them Serena—there’s only one thing left

asked, thinking about Beau. They were still the only two he had—and I wasn’what would happen if he would not come clean 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, he had to tell them“Serena, are you asking me about the sons of our enemy. What do

hardest to protect them. I did notthought about me,

I clenctook a deep

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

has been convincing everyone to show the two chuckled. Of course, he had, Christian had a good heart. It seemed like the kindhearted Johnny who hadwith

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

twenty-second birthday?” I asked to freshen

a few weeks ago, and it was best birthday I had ever spend. In all the years I was on earth, that was the very first time I had actually fe“Don’t you think Luis deserves to experience the same?” I tried to get in his head.

me or not, even Fabio does—and all of you are no different from him. Who

did not care about what would happen to Fabio, but Vince and Luis were still precious to me.

answer. “N-no I never said

you are telling me you are

like he’s not in the mso I honestly don’t care, but please give Vince and Luis a second thought,” I spoke, hoping he would wo“There’s no other way,” Johnny said, avoiding my eyes. That was

you all too lazy to find another way?” I

say a word. Instead, he was just watching