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.

agonising ache hammering at her heart, the crippling feeling

1-" She pauses, seeing his cool grey eyes

this weekend, I miss him," she says frantically with at pounding heart, unable to bring herself to

but her heart is not ready to lose him, to say goodbye to him, she just cannot utter the

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 to me, you have been a perfect Luna to us all," he replies,

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

Leila asks, looking genuinely

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

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

stomach as she walks towards him and

well, I think I'll skip today," she replies but in truth, she is scared her baby might get hurt in the process or worse, when they are grappling at close range, Tatum may

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