Pregnant I left him To His First Love novel Chapter 165

Pop! The cork of a champagne bottle flies off and Amara claps excitedly.

“Yay!”

“Today was a good day,” Kelvin says, holding up the wine bottle, “I know you probably think it’s too early to celebrate but I’ve learnt to celebrate the small wins to better take the losses.”

“Oh we are not going to lose,” Leila adds with a smile, passing her mother a wine glass and holding up two to Kelvin.

After Kelvin’s counter, the judge agreed for Trent to be put on the stand as a key witness to the case. Justin was going to counter it but the letter written by Alpha Darren, Tatum’s father, granting Trent permission to join Leila’s parents on the journey was presented by Kelvin and there was no way for Justin to rebut.

After making his decree, the judge adjourned the next hearing to four days’ time, giving them enough time to prepare their witnesses and evidence.

Kelvin fills the two glasses in Leila’s hands and when he’s about to pour the glass in Liana’s hands, he sees she is not as enthusiastic as the rest of them. He drops the bottle, takes the glass from her and drops it too before he drags her to her feet.

“Hey Clint,” he beckons to the AI home assistant, “play me some sweet dancing music,” he smiles at Liana.

“No Kelvin don’t,” Liana counters and Leila sips on her drink, giving Kelvin a thumbs up simultaneously.

She knows how hard this has been for her mother no matter how cheerful she tries to look, she sees the way she spaces out sometimes and the gloom that immediately fills her happy eyes when she thinks no one is looking.

“Now, I know I am more handsome than your husband, but pretend he is this pretty young man for a moment,” Kelvin says and spins Liana.

“Woo!” Leila cheers.

“Go gran gran,” Amara cheers, climbing up the coffee table as tears fall from Liana’s eyes.

This stupid mate bond.

It’s enough that she has to consciously push her wolf to the back of her mind whenever she sees him to dull the yearning her wolf fills her with in his presence but his touch is something she is powerless against and she rather not have him touch her at all.

The urge it fills her with is strong, too strong. It is like hating someone to the core and wanting them inside you just as badly and the last thing she wants is Tatum in front of her, not to talk of inside her.

“Dad is sick, terminal and um….well, he hasn’t said a word to me since you…you know,” he looks away from her eyes in guilt.

“Since you sentenced an innocent pregnant woman to death?” Leila sneers at him.

Tatum bites down on his lower lip and his eyes blaze with an emotion that he quickly blinks away. “The thing is even mom has it rough with him these days and I don’t want him–” he hesitates and sighs. “I know I have no right to ask this from you but he’s asking to see you. I’m sure it’ll gladden his heart to see you again.”