Pregnant I left him To His First Love by Collins Patrick

Chapter 10

Chapter 10

She smiles bitterly at him, holding his gaze, letting the pain in her heart take full control of it. Her legs move with a slow tremor under the table and she bites back her tears, hoping her pain is not so evident in her voice. "If I am STILL your Luna, when do I stop being her, Alpha?"

"What do you even mean by that?" Tatum looks at her weird.

"I mean, your true mate has returned, obviously my days are numbered," Leila manages to keep her voice from trembling as she speaks.

Something that looks like guilt fills Tatum's eyes and he shifts his gaze back to his laptop screen.

"What I choose to do with her shouldn't concern you," Tatum replies passively with an aloofness to his demeanour.

The tiny sliver of 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. "I'm just asking because-"

"Leila, drop it," Tatum snaps his laptop shut, his tone becoming stern. "Trying to change the topic by bringing up Carmela is low, even for you."

Leila's eyes bulged. "That's not what I'm trying to do, Carmi was supposed to be your wife if she wasn't kidnapped."

look,

me the truth Leila, are you really asking because of Carmela or because of your-

gasps in shock, her eyes coating with tears at the implication of his words that break her heart and her lips tremble as she replies. "My Kelvin? I haven't even

replies in the

this is an issue, Kelvin is

but the

made myself clear, friend or not, you will not get close to him as

to Kelvin as he is with Carmela

to her, making her heart pound on

jealous she spent

that mean that he has feelings

didn't know any better, I'd think you were jealous," Leila replies with a subtle coyness in her tone, hoping he admits it, feeling tingles at the fact that Tatum might be jealous for her sake. Tatum opens his

think it is good for my image if my Luna is seen frolicking with

to think he is jealous when all he is

I promise it will never

heavy heart,

but for the little time left, I promise

tone remains the same. "I already told