Pregnant I left him To His First Love by Collins Patrick

Chapter 24

Chapter 24

She has given him her heart a long time ago, laid it down at his feet and he picked it up, giving her hope, hope that he would care for it, nurture it and cherish it but the moment his first love returned, he tossed it to the floor and crushed it under his feet. She turns to Kelvin with a wry look in her eyes.

"Can I trust you with a secret? A secret you must take to your grave."

"Of course Leila," Kelvin replies with a serious expression, her words and tone holding every bit of his attention. "You can trust me with anything"

Leila swallows slowly, hoping she does not regret her decision.

"I'm carrying his child Kev," Leila replies. "I'm pregnant

Tatum watches with weary eyes as Kelvin carries Leila in his arms, her arms carefully curled over Kelvin's neck, her head resting peacefully on Kelvin's chest and he feels an odd pain in his heart.

He knows...he understands that their marriage is not really real but why does he feel like this, what is this feeling of something squeezing his heart painfully?

He has always been close to Leila and wanted her to be his mate as a little boy but everything changed when he turned thirteen and Carmela got the phoenix mark.

Carmela, to care for her, but then, when Carmela got the mark and even now, that is all it

A duty.

is the one he feels comfortable with, happy to be around, it is her smile that fills him with joy, not

did Leila even end

her to wait for him to come back and

looks at the eyes of the head warrior, his eyes first fall to the whip clutched in his arm. "Alpha, I can explain," Clayton says in a cautious tone,

A sign of trouble.

knows he is walking on a very thin thread and one step out of line could cause him to lose his head. He might be the strongest warrior in the pack but he is still second to the Alpha. "You

came to me Alpha, she said she anted to pay penance, that she regrets hurting

confidence is that Leila seems like a woman of her words and if Tatum

able to get away with

coldly, closing the gap between them and grabbing Clayton by the collar,

else would have given me the courage to bring her here, knowing

his voice steady, leaving no room for doubt even as he chokes

go to him, Clayton is the head warrior, upholder of law and order within the pack, but why would she make

consulted your Alpha," Tatum glares at