His Promise: The Mafia’s Babies

Chapter 386

Vincenzo

We sat in utter silence, on the opposite side of each other, without either of us saying a word.

Aria had left the scene to give us some privacy. My eyes tried to avoid Serena, mainly because I didn’t want to get bewitched by the woman who held the power to do so.

The moment I did look up, I saw Serena carrying the same smile on her lips as she always did, but this time it wasn’t because she was happy to see me. It was because she was unsure of what to say.

“Vince?”

Before she could say something else, I pulled out the necklace and threw it on the table. “Here,” I spoke, coldly.

Her eyes widened as she grabbed the small piece of jewelry and balled it in her fist. “Did you find it?” She asked. “Who took it?”

There it was again.

Who took it?

Where was it?

The question added to my irritation. I’m not doing this again, Serena,” I told her. “I’ve already done it with Christian, I’m not doing it with you.”

“I… I’m sorry,” Serena looked apologetic, shaking her head. “You’re right. It doesn’t matter.”

“I’m sorry for the trouble I have caused, and I know this shouldn’t have happened in the first place.” I was man enough to apologize for my mistakes, but that was as far as I could go.

Serena paused, waiting until it was time for her to speak. “I came here on Christian’s behalf,” she then confessed.

I was speechless, trying to process her words. Meanwhile, she grabbed a bottle of wine from her bag and placed it in front of me. “He apologizes for his temper, and admits he could’ve handled it differently,” she explained. “He wants to know if the two of you are good.”

“He can take that cork and shove it right up his ass,” I snapped.

“Excuse me?” She was taken aback.

“If he’s really sorry, why didn’t he come personally to apologize?” I shot back. “Instead, he sends a pregnant woman to do his pleading?”

Iwasn’t forced, Vince,” Serena said quietly, but I was done listening.

If he truly valued our friendship and our partnership, he would’ve taken some time to show up personally. “You can tell Christian that starting today, our families are not on good terms anymore,” I declared, the words leaving my mouth before I even got the chance to think about what I was saying.

Was I indirectly declaring war with the Lambertis and taking a risk by stopping our partnership, knowing

owned the city?

I was behaving a bit too emotionally here by putting us all in danger, but since we were to sell the weapons

frowned in pure disbelief. “I… I can’t let that happen, you

won’t let him walk over me anymore. I can’t let that happen,” I replied, my answer firm. It was time to bring back the Garcia name to what it originally used to be. Before we

this over a necklace?” She questioned. “You’re risking all the bonds we’ve built

I said. “It’s about Christian thinking he can do

sorry, he

would do if I would ever

She could not

after he humiliated my people and threatened my wife?” I held onto my duty as a Garcia and husband. Even if I had never

trembled, and her eyes fixated

because it made me open my eyes about a

“Such as?”

he left me to die that night when he took down Fabio?” I couldn’t hold back a chuckle. “Why he didn’t come back for me until you begged him to, and no matter how horrible of a person he was, and no matter how much I hated him and how much he hurt me, why my father had to

with puppy eyes. “Let’s leave the things from the past,

burying them in the past,” I defended. “I’ve been trying to move on with my life, trying to fix this family-and because of that small thing, because of that necklace-I’ve realized that something has:

“Holding you back?”

that I think of it -it has always been the Lambertis. They’re

get up. She took a breath, tucking her hair behind her ear. Then she shot me a polite smile.

you should probably.”

giving me one last look. “I don’t know you like this, Vince.”

+5 Bonus

looking into those eyes and giving her the cold shoulder, but I was only doing what

the family to get taken seriously and recover whatever was left to recover,

way.

was fighting against all I had not to stop her, to tell her that this was not on her.

walk out of the door, Luis entered with Livia by his side. His eyes beamed, staring at the woman

He hugged her.

look at you!” She was good at hiding everything, including her emotions. “You’re taller than me

now,

this is Serena.”

awkward, they gave each other

Luis,” Serena announced,

Luis had a slight

head, then made her exit, without giving me a single

That would make it easier for the both of us.

for homework, and I’ll be with

are you okay?” She then grabbed the opportunity to interrogate n that it was just the

to cover up whatever I was feeling.