His Promise: The Mafia’s Babies

Chapter 382

Vincenzo

1 felt the cold breeze on my skin as Aria and I stepped into the warehouse, surrounded by several men.

At the center stood Christian, and behind him was a small group of his people, including Beau.

Christian’s face twisted with anger as he yelled at AJ and CJ, who were kneeling on the ground. No one interfered. Ever since my father and Christian’s crazy uncle had disappeared, things had returned to the way they were.

In the past, those two had been the biggest threats to the Lambertis.

Now, everyone felt threatened by the Lambertis again, and no one dared to disrespect them-rightfully so. The weight of the situation pressed down on me, making it hard to focus. I had come here hoping to find a peaceful solution with my long-time friend, but seeing the state he was in and the tension in the room made me doubt that possibility.

Aria broke the silence, adding fuel to the fire. I hadn’t expected anything less from her.

“Are you two insane? Kneeling for this guy?” she asked, her voice dripping with dismay.

Ishifted uncomfortably, knowing that her big mouth might force me to choose between my loyalty to my wife or to Christian, who was like my brother.

“Get up, both of you!”

AJ and CJ shared a look and carefully stood up from the floor, while Christian turned around to glare at both of us. His eyes were sharp, almost demanding that I do something about Aria’s temper-but I didn’t.

He chuckled, rolling his eyes to look away from me. “Little girl, I think it’s best if you stay out of it.” In that one sentence, it became clear what he really thought of Aria.

a loss for words. She searched for my eyes, but I lowered my head. “Who the hell do you

would view me as a coward. I was so intent on not

not something

“I know it looks bad, but I have every reason to believe one of these men stole my

my shoulder, pressuring me to answer. “Vince, tell them we don’t

didn’t believe AJ or CJ would steal the necklace, and despite our relationship, I wouldn’t betray my wife either. “They said

years ago that I didn’t like talking or thinking about, Christian and I had always had each other’s back. He didn’t bother me, I didn’t bother him, nothing got in between our friendship, and it had been like that for

delivery last time?” He asked, well aware that it was indeed the two men he accused of

and CJ, my stomach aching with unease. Yes, they were no saints–but those two wouldn’t steal something if I allowed them to.

voice was filled with desperation. “Vince, I just want

turned away. Nowadays, Christian trusted him more than he trusted me. He had the privilege of being Serena’s brother. If anything, he had the power to make Christian walk away, as he could encourage him to

to be so tough that others feared to approach him, known for his courage and temper, had turned into a coward under Christian’s

and it made

and yet I knew that my loyalty had to lie with Aria and our men, just

there, but we didn’t steal anything.” AJ spoke up for himself as I was

nodded abruptly. “We unloaded

have time to go to your

it was taken from my office?” Christian questioned,

to get out of here.” Her words were like a slap in the face to someone like Christian, and the tension in the room escalated even more as our men laughed and stomped their

“Tell him, boss!”

not going to do

but it was already too late. “Let’s take care of this some other ti

him in one go. “Vince?” He

me to

search through heaven and earth to find some silly necklace, because Christian