His Promise: The Mafia’s Babies

Chapter 248

Book & The Castillo Cartel: Dear Marvin

(She was known to be a good girl, he was known to be a monster-but that does not stop them from falling for each other!

What could go wrong if your prison pen pal ends up being the son and heir of the head of the Castillo cartel? What more could go wrong when your overprotective dad is a DEA agent who is determined to take him down?

When Elena Torres, the daughter of a DEA agent, lost i bet and decided to write a prisoner, she had not expected to get in contact with the son of a cartel boss, Marvin Castillo. What she also didn’t expect was for him to get released from prison or for him to take an interest in her. It was clear that fate didn’t want them to be together. She was known to be a good girl, he was known to be a monster-but that does not stop them from falling for each other.

For how long will Elena be able to keep her identity a secret?

Elena

‘Dear stranger,

You don’t know me, and I don’t know you either.”

“Delete!”

My best friend, Victoria, screeched in my ears. I took another look at the laptop screen and reread my message. “Why?” I asked, confused. “What’s wrong with it?”

Victoria let out an annoyed sigh and grabbed the laptop from my lap. “You’re writing a prisoner, not a poet.” She rolled her eyes. “Have you read this guy’s charges?”

I shrugged my shoulders and read through the endless list of charges.

‘Murder’

Assault

Drug trafficking

I made it easier for myself and stopped the count at the third. “How is this guy even allowed on this website?” I laughed at Victoria. She scrunched up her nose and gave me a frown. “I have no idea.”

To others, it might’ve seemed crazy why I, Elena Torres, a 21-year-old, would even think of writing a prisoner, but it was easy. It was all because of a stupid bet, and now I had to hold my end of the deal and prove Victoria wrong

Marvin Romero was my unfortunate victim. He was 25-years-old and sentenced to life without parole, he wouldn’t be coming out any time soon, or better yet-he wouldn’t be coming out at all

Every time I stared at his picture, I had this urge to drop everything and tell Victoria that she was right and that I was a chicken who lived in my family’s shadows, but I didn’t like losing. Marvin seemed like a scary guy, and he was the exact type my dad did not want me to end up with.

looking for a boyfriend, and the big and bold letters at the top made it pretty clear. This is not a

head and took

on purpose. Guys like him wouldn’t reply. He said it himself-he was bored,

Hi, Marvin!

is

I’m also

saw your profile on the message board and read you needed someone to talk

can be that someone!

a challenge, I would like for you to solve

kind of bars won’t keep a prisoner

From,

Lena.

out a gasp and burst out laughing. “Jesus, Lena.” She giggled. “It looks like you’re sending a mail

send the email, so I won the bet,

voice suddenly spoke. I quickly closed my laptop and stood

reason, I did not

smiled at us before his eyes moved

he was annoyingly overprotective, just like my brother, Alex. It might’ve been strange, but coming right back home after university to work as a bartender at a cocktail bar was like a dream come true to them. It was a way for them to

you, I told my dad. I pulled him by his arm

back early-how

the kettle to make him some tea and patiently waited to hear his story. “The case

scum walk free.”

do you know the

and looked into my eyes. “I just know it!”

my hardest to sound interested. My dad and brother had this unhealthy obsession with fighting crime, and even though I was not allowed to receive all that information, my dad shared

mom ran off and abandoned the family to live with some criminal lover when I was just five years old. We hadn’t heard from her ever since.

dad and Alex wanted to protect me, but

friend and the man who used to sit on the couch every single day,

leaving. Tori kissed my check. My dad looked at Tori with eyes full of worry. “It’s not

a side-hug. “Of course not, sir.” She spoke. “I have to get to work, but

visit tomorrow!”

time and walked out the door. At times I couldn’t believe myself and did not have a good reason why I was even jealous of my best friend, but I couldn’t help it. Tori was intelligent, beautiful, popular, and had a successful career. She worked at her dad’s law firm and was way too good to be hanging out with me. She

met each other in university, and both shared the same dream, the dream to become a lawyer. Tori succeeded, while I had to deal with rejection after rejection and took the hard decision to leave

My dad asked. I opened the cabinet to grab a tea bag and some sugar and

already rolled with my eyes as I prepared his tea and knew what was about to come. “You can always stop working and let me