Pregnant I left him To His First Love by Collins Patrick

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.

at her heart, the crippling feeling of loss marauding

pauses, seeing his cool grey eyes watch her calculatingly which

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

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

close to her, his face a mere inch from hers. His delicious smell and the closeness of his body comforts Leila despite the fact that he is the cause of her discomfort. She wishes she could just 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 just how

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

asks, looking genuinely

if you can land a strike on me today, I'll buy

training. Ever since the incident, Tatum has been training

runs her hand down her stomach as she

is scared her baby

eyes. "You look pretty fine to me sweet pea, is there something else?" His voice is laden with deep concern. and his touch soothing to Leila but she slowly tugs her face away.