His Promise: The Mafia’s Babies

Chapter 227

“I need you to find a way to set up a meeting with Berto, Christian spoke to my surprise. Marc seemed just as confused as I was and was probably waiting for Christian to tell him it was all a joke-but it wasn’t.

“Christian…” Marc began. “I know you want to spend some time with Vince, but we can’t just change our plan. Think about all the people we’ve approached.” He mentioned. “What will the others think of you- “Marc, I need you to forget about this plan for a second Christian shook his head. He paced back and forth. “You know, after seeing the state Vince is in?” He breathed. “I don’t want anyone else to get hurt, so 1 will handle this matter with my uncle on my own.”

What?

Was he kidding?

“So what you’re saying is that you want your uncle to kill you, so Siena gets to grow up without a dad?” Marc scoffed. “Do you ever think?”

Thank you, Marc.

“I-

Think about Serena!” Marc called him out. “I don’t know whether you’ve noticed or not, but everyone’s trying to keep you safe-”

“I know,” Christian whispered. “And that’s why I need you all to take a step back.” He said. “The issue is between my uncle and me, so we will deal with it.”

It hurt me to stare at the paled expression on Christian’s face, and it hurt me even more that he didn’t want to bother anyone with his problems.

“Christian, you’re not immortal!” Marc placed his hands on Christian’s shoulders. “So shut up and let us protect you-”

“No, you need to shut up!” Christian grabbed Marc by his collar. Should I step in?

Christian looked at his friend with furrowed eyebrows, “I don’t need to explain myself to you, but I chose too.” He spoke. “All you need to do is nod and shut up-do you understand?”

Marc shot Christian a sharp look and sighed, not knowing what to do. “I understand.” He pushed him off. “By all means, go and get yourself killed. Who am I to stop you?”

“After all…I just work for you.”

his head. “You know that’s not true.” He said. “I just

a deep breath. “Berto is going after the people I care about, and it’s not just

He never shared his worries with me because he probably didn’t want to look weak in front of

lives and could not handle any

could

he has left me many messages, but this one is where

alone if I would hand him Serena Christian thared. “He said seeing me in pain means even more than the family

can threaten me all he wants, but Serena? He took it too

on my lips hail quickly vanished as I looked down at my stomach and wrapped my arms around my body.

to clear my thoughts, I was

Serena. This doesn’t concern you.

stepped behind the wall. Christian and Marc looked like two little boys caught with their hands in a cookie jar, awaiting my

I played along. Christian smiled. “Nothing.” He said. “I just thought you weren’t going to stick your

words and threw my hands over his shoulders. “Do you see what I have to deal with?” Christian looked

be

think there might’ve been some truth to it. I was a lot too handle and I was well aware of

polite nod while

“You look happy.”

because I am!”

joked. Whenever we had our discussions about Dario, he seemed to be jealous, but with Vince, that wasn’t the case. It was probably because he trusted his friend well enough to know that he wouldn’t purposely

the most, you know

“I think that’s my cue

are you doing here-and not with Vince?” Christian asked as Marc left the

waiting for you, and this voice inside my head just told me that I needed to come out and see you!”

psychic

and nodded. “Is there something else I should know?” Christian grabbed

would’ve guessed that he had so much going on because

a way, Christian had chosen me over his family, and I didn’t know how to deal with