His Promise: The Mafia’s Babies

Chapter 368

Chapter 368

Aria

The expression on his face made me anxious and worried. This was not a friendly visit.

“I didn’t know you had company.” Vince looked through me, eyeing Angelo. I nudged Angelo’s shoulder, forcing him to step forward so I could introduce him.

“Uh, this is-

“I know who this is.” Vince snarled in a tone I had yet to hear from his mouth.

“Angelo Marino,” Angelo stuck out his hand, showing off his good manners. “I’m looking forward to working…and living with you.”

Vince scrunched his nose at the word ‘living’ and placed his hand behind his back, rejecting Angelo’s gesture. “Aria, can we talk.” He ignored his presence. “In private?”

“Sure.” I turned to Angelo. “Do you mind giving us a minute?”

“Not at all!” He spoke, giving Vince one last smile.

As impatient as he looked, Vince tapped his feet on the floor, waiting for Angelo to exit the hall. With his hands through his hair, he let out a frustrated sigh.

“I hadn’t expected to do this again, but you just won’t let me live in peace.”

What?

“W-what have I done this time?” I thought about my wrongdoings. I behaved as he asked me to, didn’t cause any trouble, and hadn’t done anything out of the ordinary.

“Are you familiar with Corco’s Bakery?”

“Yes, I am,” I remembered the shop I had visited on collectors’ day. How could I forget?

“Did you use my name to scare them into paying you?” Vince’s soft tone did not match the angry expression on his face.

I didn’t use his name to scare them into paying. They had already paid before that.

“Not really, I just-

“Did you or did you not?” Vince lost his patience this time, glaring at me as if I was the most disgusting human being on the planet.

This was what Angelo had warned me about, and maybe he was onto something after all.

me, I could not

didn’t,” I clarified-but he

and you told me

tell me the truth.”

Truth?

want the truth?

butthurt reaction…. I’m not that sure anymore.” The words left my mouth so quickly. In

was a kind person, but that same kindness had also become his weakness.

bootlicker who would rather defend a group of people he didn’t know if that meant he didn’t have

a good

“gentleman’ act in the car was a lie. I could finally see his true colors and they

to himself, utterly confused. “You’re using my name to fear others, but you think I’m

a little.” I shrugged, not backing down.

and I didn’t know you would

“But?”

on leading the Morales and the Garcias, you need to grow thicker skin, and

if I had cut off an innocent man’s

man up, you mean scaring people?” Vince shook his head, looking disgusted.

wrong

good thing.” I reminded him, giving him the same lessons I had once received. It worked out

Vince disagreed

why the Garcias weren’t getting anywhere. Fabio Garcia might’ve been a demon, but he was powerful and

need to be more like Fabio!” Those words weren’t meant to leave my mouth, as

didn’t know how to take

an awful pit in my stornach, I looked at Vince’s dark, cold eyes, which showed no

had triggered something.

where

to get compared to

be paying off Joe Coreo’s debt.” Vince shrugged off my comment despite not

that!” I panicked, trying

that family or anyone else in that neighborhood ever again. Not while using

let him get away. Paying off one of our client’s debts with his own money would not only give the Garcias a bad name, but the Morales’ as well.

even

telling you right now-I’ll do anything to prevent that from

Vince’s lips, before he turned his head to look into

His gaze was intense. “I promise you-we will live a very dreadful marriage.”

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