Pregnant I left him To His First Love by Collins Patrick

Chapter 69

Chapter 69

Leila stares calmly at him, but her heart is slamming against her

ribcage but instead of feeling scared or upset about his psychotic plans to murder and cremate her mate, she feels her heart flush with warmth, feeling good to know he desires her this much. This is the Tatum she knows, wild and deadly when it comes to protecting what he loves.

Maybe she can give him another chance?

Perhaps their baby can grow up, loved and adored by its mother and father.

She wriggles away from his hands and folds her arms against her chest, an angry pout on her lips.

"If you won't let me go, it's not only me you should be telling," she replies in a curt tone.

"I understand. So you're staying?"

Leila rolls her eyes at him. "It's not like I have a choice, I don't want you to kill my mate."

Tatum would normally chuckle at a cheeky eye roll and a reply like that but his heart is still full of unease.

and she just... agreed to stay? For real? Is this just her plan to delay, or she might...

has been taken off her, thinking he seems to desire her as much as she desires him but her heart is restless, her

she dare to hope? Her heart is throbbing just for

the baby, but

what it has been like for all these

is going to stay, she has been through a lot of pain and anguish in these last few weeks and that

her hands. It's not that she doesn't want to kiss him or have sex but she's not sure if

to, right? If she's going to be staying, there's no way it can remain a secret. If he wants

black," Tatum frowns, kissing the side of her neck, slowly running his hand up, underneath her gown and she holds

like that for a while," Leila says, slowly moving her hand to her stomach, the thrumming of her slowly pounding heart

says, looking at Tatum with puppy eyes, but

eyes going wide, his lips parting slightly but he doesn't utter a word. His hands tremble by his side, his heart thudding like the galloping of a thousand horses, he slowly swallows air down his throat, goosebumps arrest his skin rapidly, travelling from the crown of his head to

Leila asks, her

isn't he saying

sweeps her off her feet in a hug, so fast that her feet are off the ground before his arms can even wrap around her, laughing heartily and twirling her in the

father. F**k, I'm going to

floor, stares at her without words, admiration clear in his gaze before he locks lips with

Leila staying