His Promise: The Mafia’s Babies by C. Tamika novel Chapter 316

Chapter 316

I walked into a completely dark house. Other than the guards on duty, even the maids were asleep, but it was past midnight, so that wasn’t too crazy.

Marvin wasn’t at home, which made the house feel even more empty. Although it was too bad, it wasn’t that difficult to get used to-because my dad and Alex had always been workaholics.

I made my way to my room and took a deep breath as I fell to the bed. Work was not that tiring, but I couldn’t say the same about Rona. The bar was not doing well, and honestly-it would be shocking if the bar would still be standing at the end of the week.

It seemed like rest wasn’t a part of my routine anymore because my next thought went to Marvin. He said he wanted to be honest with me. He asked me to spend the day together-and I still had no idea where all of this was going. Tomorrow would be interesting.

Was he going to confess his feelings?

Was he going to tell me the truth about his family?

Was I crazy for hoping he wouldn’t tell me the truth about his family?

Yes, I wanted Marvin, and after giving it a second thought, I did want to go on a date with him-but I did not want to lie to him.

There was always this small part of me fearing for his reaction. I wasn’t the daughter of a random cop, I was the daughter of a DEA agent. There was no way in hell he was going to accept that.

Why does life have to be so complicated?

I opened my eyes and yawned as my sleep got interrupted by the sound of footsteps near my bed. Who would even make that much noise in the morning?

Startled, I let out a yell as an unknown girl looked right into my eyes. To my surprise, she yelled back- while she was the one in my territory.

“Why are you yelling?” I spoke, confused. “You’re in my room!”

The girl moved her brown strands of hair to the side, allowing me to get a better look at her face.I hadn’t seen her before.”I’m sorry, I’m sorry!” She giggled.

“I’m sorry, who are you?”

She stuck out her hand. “Amelia, at your service!”

“Amelia?”

“Yes.”

“Okay?” I frowned, still confused about what she was doing in my room. “Thanks for introducing yourself,” I spoke awkwardly.

“I’m twenty years old, a Gemini. I can clean your room, fold your clothes, keep you company, carry you on my back, and I’ll even crawl if you want me to.” Amelia gave me a thumbs up.

She seemed to have a lot of energy, which was strange coming from my mouth. Even then, it was nice to have someone in the house who could match my level of energy.

“Where’s Marvin?” I rubbed my eyes and stretched out my arms. If he was not downstairs but at work, because he somehow decided to bail on me-I would kill him.

Amelia gasped. “Oh, big brother?”

“Marvin?” I asked again. Since when did he have another sister? Was she also one of Mario Castillo’s bastards, which I wasn’t aware of?

“Marvin is in the kitchen,” Amelia told me. “He’s waiting for you.”

“Thanks.”

Only now had I noticed the mid-sized box in her hands. “What’s with the box?” I wondered.

“It’s your outfit for your date tonight!”

So it was indeed a date.

“Don’t worry, I picked it out, and it’s really cute!” Amelia reassured me. As long as it wasn’t a dress or ten- inch heels, I had nothing to complain about.Less work for me.

“Wait a minute-how do you know my size?”

“Apparently the maids tell Marvin everything!”

“Okay, not creepy at all.” I scratched my head. It was a good thing to know these maids were all up in my business as well.

“Thanks for your help, Amy.” I thanked my new ally. “It’s good to have someone my age in this house.” I sighed. “The other maids are boring, Panther is annoying, and Marvin is ugly.”

Amy had a confused look on her face. “I’d give Marvin a solid eight out of ten.”

“I know, and it’s actually ten out of ten.” I got up from the bed. “I was just trying to be funny, but I don’t think we’ve got the same sense of humor.”

“I should definitely brush my teeth before going to the kitchen. I don’t want to kill anyone.” I attempted to make another joke. “So if you don’t mind…”

“No, of course not. I’ll go!” Amy nodded, before leaving my room. After making myself a bit more decent- looking, I made my way downstairs and walked to the kitchen. I could hardly believe my eyes as I stared at the surprise in front of me.

Marvin was making breakfast?

Good morning?” I took in the amazing smell of the food. Marvin turned around to face me, and as always, I was blinded by his handsomeness. Unlike yesterday, he was dressed a bit more casually.

“Finally, you’re up!” He pulled out a chair for me. I couldn’t help but admire all the dishes on the table and even felt a bit embarrassed. Was he trying to outdo me?

“Did you make all of this?”

“Yes,” Marvin spoke proudly. “I hope you’re hungry because I worked really hard on this.”

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For some reason, he seemed a bit different today. The Marvin in front of me was not confident but a bit anxious and perhaps a little shy.

“I’m hungry, and all of this looks really good!”

“Good.” Marvin released a breath. He grabbed a plate and filled it with food. “So…the girl-

“Amelia?”

“Yes, her.”

If she hadn’t addressed him as her big brother, I would’ve been jealous because that was the kind of person I was. Still, he could not blame me for being curious.

“She’s a new maid,” Marvin informed me. “If you need anything, just ask her.”

“I know. She even crawls.” I snorted, still in disbelief that there was actually someone weirder than me.

“I think I missed that part.” Marvin laughed along as he handed me my plate.

“Did she give you the box?”

“For our…date?” I blushed. I thought he would’ve corrected me, but he didn’t. That was a good sign. “Thanks for the outfit!” I gushed. “I haven’t seen it yet, so it might as well be ugly-but still, thank you!”

“You don’t have to thank me.” Marvin winked. If there was one thing he was not afraid of, it had to be eye contact, but I was not the one to lose a challenge-so I stared back into his eyes.

The moment Marvin’s lip curled into a perfect smile, I panicked and did not know what to do Maybe I wasn’t up for this challenge.