Chapter 6

Chapter 6

The rich smell of coffee and excess milk wafts Into Leila's nostrils and her sullen gaze shifts from the mug to his handsome face but she doesn't reply to him not knowing how to feel. Tatum's fingers grazes her arm as he pulls away and his mere touch sends tingles of pleasure through her body.

Bringing her coffee every morning in bed was his usual routine, something she has grown used to but why still bring her coffee this morning when he spent the night in the arms of his love?

Did he even remotely think about how she must have felt yesterday when he made that decision? Were her feelings something that mattered to him or was she just an object that he took pity on and had fun with while he searched for his true mate? "Earth to Leila," Tatum snaps his finger and his voice brings her back to reality.

Leila gulps, feeling her heart pound with raw nervousness and she drops the mug on the bedside.

It's now or never.

ache hammering at her heart, the crippling feeling of loss marauding all

eyes watch her calculatingly which makes

miss him," she says frantically with at pounding heart, unable to bring herself to ask for a

say it, she thought she could but her heart is not ready to lose him,

hug him and cry into his chest, beg him to choose her and give their marriage a chance, to tell him that she loves him and only needs an opportunity to show him

words force out of Leila and she breaks their eye contact, rolling out of the bed. Best wife, Perfect Luna, but not his love. She's just a woman who plays her role well in his life and his pack but has no place in his heart. How bitter her situation is. Tatum stands up and walks over to her wardrobe. "Tights or

genuinely confused by

smug face at her. "Don't chicken out. Tell you what, if you can land a strike

since the incident, Tatum has

hand down her stomach as she walks towards

skip today," she replies but in truth, she is scared her baby might get hurt in the process or

is there something else?" His voice is laden

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