Pregnant I left him To His First Love by Collins Patrick

Chapter 137

Chapter 137

He regains himself and takes slow calculated steps towards her, taking glances at the items on the mat.

"What's the occasion and where's my little dove? She didn't come out to welcome me."

"Well....I thought maybe you'd like to spend some alone time with your original little dove," Leila says in a slow coquettish tone, feeling her heart slam against her rib cage.

She doesn't know what she is doing or if she is doing it right but it seems to be working as Kelvin cannot take his eyes off her and she can hear the heavy thudding of his heart.

"We could have just eaten out though, you didn't have to go through the trouble," Kelvin says, glancing at the array of dishes in front of them as he sits beside her.

"I know," Leila replies, "I just wanted the evening to feel more...intimate."

She stretches her trembling hands and takes Kelvin's hands in hers, rubbing it against hers softly, feeling like her heart wants to tear out of her chest.

Kelvin stays mute, just staring at her like he is hypnotised.

She doesn't know if she is doing this the right way, if she is even doing the right thing but Kelvin hasn't mentioned his feelings for her in more than four years, if this is going to happen between them, she has to be the one to make the first move. She slowly takes her other hand and cups his face gently, two similar blue eyes staring straight into each other, hers holding uncertainty yet determined, his, genuinely confused with something else hidden behind them.

whisper, bringing her lips close to his to kiss him, her heart beating erratically but

great," he says, pulling away from her, opening another dish.

him, her heart lurching from his indirect rejection, a trifling pain she didn't expect to feel tugging away at

the plate and takes

to talk about us," she says softly, looking

staring into the burning flames ahead of him with a sullen gaze. "Sure,

heard the saying: best friends make the best lovers? What do you think of it?" Leila asks with a calm smile on her lips, feeling a flutter in her heart, hoping he

butterflies in her chest were hit

be crazily in love with him right now but they have

until it becomes an innate part of her, she is ready to move on with him but he is

we have a

and as your

go out

not getting any younger. Stop wasting your time on a single mom and

Wrapping round her heaQurness

him with her

"It's not a waste...."

probably find myself a man too before I get used to you and start developing feelings," a wry chuckle follows her words and the unamused look that stays on Kelvin's face, the subtle pain that flashes

does have feelings for

Tatum anymore," she lays extra emphasis on her words, hoping dearly in her heart that