His Promise: The Mafia’s Babies

Chapter 200

“Serena, please not note. “Christian answered. He knew it was wrong, but now was not the right time to discuss it as there were more important stuff to worry about.

“What do you mean, not nete?”Serena snarled. Are we really going to pretend like you didn’t call me a bad mom?”

She had picked up the phone, expecting an apology, but had quickly sensed that it was not going to happen. Christian wanted nothing more than apologize, but he knew she deserved better than some apology over the phone.

“Just let it rest. I need you to listen to me.” He spoke. He knew Serena would understand the seriousness of the situation if he would not give in to her nagging.

“What’s wrong? Is Siena alright?” Serena asked, worried. “Siena is fine.”

“Listen, I need you to lock all the doors, and I need you to stay inside for today-no matter what happens,” Christian.

instructed.

“Christian, what’s going on? You’re scaring me.” Christian could hear the worry in her voice. He felt terrible because it was not his intention to ruin her day. He had sent her away, so she didn’t have to deal with all of this, and it backfired.

“There’s nothing to be scared about. I won’t let anything happen to you-I promise.” Christian spoke.

he gave her one. “Nothing, but I just want you to be prepared. You know what to do if something does

before, do you remember?” He asked. It was the

need to stay calm, keep

Serena’s way of being obsessed with doing the right thing, scared him the most,

serious.” Serena sighed. “Please tell me you’re canceling this party, and please tell me Carmen

about the party, please put yourself first this time. They

he would tell her over and over again. “Even though I hate you at the moment, you

sometimes like you better when you’re selfish.” Serena confessed. Christian smiled at hearing those words. He might’ve been like that when Siena wasn’t in the picture, but things had changed, and he didn’t want her to grow up without a dad. “Listen, I don’t have that long, and I’m not going to apologize to you over the phone-but in

that!” Serena spoke, worried. Christian knew that it sounded like a goodbye, but he needed

how much she meant to him. Just in case something does

what, maybe you should die

those words came from. He knew

good.” Serena spoke. Christian could hear the happiness in her voice and

had hoped for her to end the call, but he could still hear her

“Fine.”

for his awful words, but he couldn’t give it to her-not now. It wasn’t the first misunderstanding over the phone, and he didn’t want

any more.

sighed. “Can you please hang