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.”

head. “You know that’s not true.” He said. “I just need you to trust me for once.”

deep breath. “Berto is going after the people I care about, and it’s not just about my life anymore.” He began. “I

true feelings made me feel bad. He never shared his worries with me because he probably didn’t want to look

many lives and could not handle any

could help him

many messages, but this one is where I draw the line

Serena Christian thared. “He said seeing me in pain

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

on my lips hail quickly vanished as I looked down at my stomach and wrapped my arms around my body. I had the power to end all of this? could protect my family.

to clear my thoughts, I was going

Serena. This doesn’t concern

guys talking about?” I finally revealed myself and stepped behind the wall. Christian and Marc looked

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

hands over his shoulders. “Do you see what I have to deal with?” Christian looked at Marc. “It’s like I have

to be three

in a joking matter, I couldn’t help but think there might’ve been some truth to it. I was a lot too handle

while

“You look

I am!”

you do mine.” Christian joked. Whenever we had our discussions about Dario, he seemed to be jealous, but with Vince, that wasn’t the case. It was probably

most, you know that-right?”

cleared his throat. “I think that’s my cue to leave!

Vince?” Christian

and this voice inside my head just told me that I needed to

you’re psychic now?”

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

so much going on because he was good at hiding it.

if that meant saving their family. In a way,