Pregnant I left him To His First Love by Collins Patrick

Chapter 9

Chapter 9

Kelvin's brow creases with worry for her. A deep frown contorts his face and he walks over, taking the seat next to her. He gently takes her hands in his, squeezing it gently, making Leila's sad eyes meet his affectionate ones. "What happened? Is he treating you poorly?" he asks in a soft and worry laden voice.

Is Tatum treating her poorly?

Does sleeping in another woman's bed and spilling their deepest secrets to her count as being treated poorly? "No...." Leila shakes her head, feeling a tug of pain in her heart. "Carmela is back, Kev, you know what that means."

Kelvin scoffs softly, raising a brow at Leila, looking a bit relieved to know she wasn't suffering at the hands of the Alpha.

"You disappoint me Leila, you're just going to throw away your marriage and position because of that bitch?" Kelvin asks in a curt tone.

His dislike towards Carmela is well known to Leila and Kelvin is not one to mince words or hide his feelings, except the ones he has for Leila.

Telling Kelvin not to call Carmela names is like pouring water into a basket, so Leila doesn't bother with it.

She wishes she could confide in him and tell him about the baby, about what happened last night and the days since Carmela's return but right now she does not need a friend to confide in, she needs a lawyer to get her out of her marriage.

"If I don't divorce him, he's going to divorce me for her. One way or the other, my marriage is going to end. I just want to be a step ahead. Are you going to help me or not?"

Despite how cold Leila tries to sound, the pain in her voice is as clear as the Despite how cold Leila tries to crowing of the rooster at dawn.

Kelvin heaves a sigh and pinches the bridge of his nose, feeling bad for her. If

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the goddess wasn't so unkind to him by not making her his chosen mate, her would have spent every last breath of his lungs bringing nothing but joy and happiness to Lella's life. "If you really want to get out of the marriage, then I'll help you." Kelvin says in a reassuring tone.

After giving Leila a few forms to fill, Kelvin insists that he takes Leila out for lunch as they hadn't gotten together for a long time and after lunch, Leila made her way home.

When she gets home, the smell of cinnamon and walnut roast with heavy musk that fills the living room as she opens the door tells her that Tatum is home and quite early too. She spots him by dining, sipping on a glass of whiskey and typing away on his laptop, not even raising his head to see who enters but he obviously knows it's her from her smell.

"Good evening." Leila greets him, walking corridor when his cold voice makes her halt.

"How was your date with Kelvin?" Tatum asks, his voice icy and laden with accusation.

Leila's heart thuds heavily.

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eat," She replies, scratching her nape and

Tatum replies, kicking the seat beside

look that fills her stomach with butterflies, whether good or bad. "Care to explain how a visit to Carmi ended up as

is shocked by his words. There was a rumour back then that she

a rumour and not true was because she only

public, with another man, when last night he

with pain but she

to be seen with other men in public but it was only lunch with a friend, I'm sorry," Leila says in a solemn voice,

hoarse voice and Leila slowly meets his eyes and as cold and beautiful as they are, there is no anger

lunch with, just don't lie to me like that next time, you are still my

chest throb but her calm face is a contrast to the storm of

heart take GEONDON ONE. Het les

hoping to pain is net so evident in her

tura, when do i

BIN Aven mean by that Tatry

numbered," Leila manages to

like gain fils Tatum's eyes and he shifts his

concern you, Tatum replies passively with an aloofness to his

hope that Tatum may yet keep her flicks through Leila's mind but she quickly pushes it away. He only said not to concern herself with it, he never said it won't happen. The just

his laptop shut, his tone becoming stem. "Trying to change the topic by bringing up Carmela is

That's not what I'm trying to do, Carmi

look,

Leila, are you really asking because of Carmela or because

her eyes coating with tears at the implication of

haven't even seen him in

seeing him again. Am I understood?" Tatum replies in the same cold voice, his eyes hard

this is an issue, Kelvin is just a friend, you know

at her teary eyes but the gold look

will not get close to him as kong

audacity. She is nowhere as close to Kevin as he is with Carmela and yet he seems

her, making her heart pound