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.

care for her, but then, when Carmela got the mark and even now, that

A duty.

feels comfortable with, happy to be around, it is her smile

did Leila even end up in the

wait for him to come

at the eyes of the head warrior, his eyes first fall to the whip clutched in his arm. "Alpha, I can

A sign of trouble.

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 have one second," Tatum's voice sounds animalistic, blended with that

Alpha, she said she anted to pay penance, that she regrets hurting the phoenix luna," Clayton

like a woman of her words and if Tatum asks her,

be able to get away

Tatum replies coldly, closing the gap between them and grabbing Clayton by

grave. She is the Luna, what else would have given me the courage to bring her here, knowing

room for

for Leila to go to him, Clayton is the head warrior, upholder of

Tatum glares at him, his