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.

laid back fiancée.” Johnny smiled and ruffled his hand through mexactly what I was doing, I did

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 someone who loved his frenot going to take it

about Chris?” I asked Johnny.

out of Christian, so I might as well try it this way. “Hmm, let’s 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

information out of Johnny. Everyone, including my oall being so secretive and expected me to listen to them, without telling

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

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

thing left to do. It’s either him

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

and Vincenzo…he’s just confused.” I tried my hardest to protect them.

killed him,” Johnny spoke, referring to Beau. I clenctook a deep breath. So much could change if Beau would speak up and tell

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,

Christian feels the same way you do—and 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 Christian, for once didn’t and that made me worry. What if

from can get us all in trouble.” Johnny told me as I thought about his words. He was right,

my twenty-second birthday?” I asked to freshen up his memories. I wthrough to him, one way

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. I watched as

even Fabio does—and all of you are no different from him. Who are you all to decide wand who doesn’t?” I asked

extremely ungrateful because everything they did was to protect me andI honestly did not care about what would happen to Fabio, but Vince and Luis

god?” I looked at Johnny, waiting for an answer. “N-no I never said that.” He stuttered, trying to“God,

here you are telling me you

care, but please give Vince and Luis a second thought,” I spoke, hoping he would wo“There’s

all too lazy to find another way?” I tried

word. Instead, he was just watching me to