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.

of this agonising ache hammering at her heart, the crippling feeling

grey eyes watch her

to go and see your dad this weekend, I miss him," she says frantically with at

just cannot bring herself to say it, she thought she could but her heart is not ready

noticing the spike in her heart rate. He drops on the bed and leans 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 much but she can't, he was never meant to be hers. "I'm sure father misses you too, you haven't just been the best wife

a woman who plays her role well in his life and his pack but has no place in

asks, looking genuinely

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

Ever since the incident, Tatum has been training her separately to protect

hand down her stomach as she

today," she replies but in truth, she is scared her baby might get hurt in the process or worse, when they are grappling at

her 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. "I have to prepare Carmi's room, it's