Chapter 150 How does he know that? Leila half sneers at him.
"Did you like your doll house and have you built it?" Tatum turns to Amara with a broad smile on his lips.
"Papa Kev has been busy and Mama can't help with it," Amara replies in a somewhat wry tone, her little face holding a look of disappointment.
"Yeah...your mama has always been more brains than brawn, doesn't care for all that physical stuff but tell you what, how about we build it together while I babysit you, like the idea?" Tatum smiles at her.
"Really?!" Amara replies excitedly, "You're awesome!" She hugs Tatum and he chuckles, softly rubbing down her back.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtSomething tugs Leila's heart seeing the seamless interaction between the both of them, just so natural and she feels her eyes becoming wet, so she looks away quickly, a stabbing pain she doesn't want to feel striking her heart.
This is what she wanted, this is what she saw, this..... Tatum being a good father to their kids, loving them, doting on them, it's why she held on, why she wouldn't let him go, why no matter how much he made her suffer, she kept fighting for a future with him.
She wanted a future with him so much....so bad that she was willing to endure anything for his sake, Clayton's injustice, Carmela's schemes, Adaline's abuse, the pack members' hate, heck the whole freaking world could have stood in her path and she would have fought them all for the future she wanted with him but in the end, it was Tatum who dropped his big boots on her vision and crushed it along with her heart.
Even now, she can feel her wolf at the forefront of her mind, watching through her eyes, happy to see her mate and her pup bonding, she can feel the joy of her wolf slowly bleeding into her, soothing her pain, urging her to let go of the deep seated hatred and anger in her heart but she will not.
She will never.
They will all pay for what they did to her and her family.
Tatum does not get to walk back into their life with no consequences for his actions, that child in his arms belongs to her and her alone.
If Amara knew the truth about Tatum, about what he did to her in the womb, will this shocking affinity still exist? She may have to tell her one day but now is not the time.
She puts up a wall between her and her wolf, getting a grip on her emotions and her eyes turn soulless.
"You're not babysitting my child," Leila says with enough ice in her tone to freeze over the entire house. "Amara, chere," she flicks her hands at Amara.
For what will be the first tin Amara's young life, she directly disobeys her mother, throwing her hands around Tatum's neck, holding him tighter, looking away from Leila.
"I want him to babysit me," she mutters, a sad whisper.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmLeila's mouth almost falls open from the shock, she almost lashes out at her child but she controls herself and keeps her face stoic, glancing to Kelvin for help, hating to her core the small victorious smirk on Tatum's face. "Baby," Kelvin says in a calm voice, "listen to your mother." "Okay papa Kev," Amara grumbles, letting go of fatum and as Tatum drops her to the floor, he feels a deep sense of loss within him, jealousy rapt in his eyes as he locks them with Kelvin who has an ППП yable expression on his face.
Leila picks Amara up. "They have daycares in the pack, I'll take her to one of them," she says to Kelvin who nods in agreement.
"Alpha, if you don't mind, this family has somewhere to be," she says icily, a sneer on her face.
Tatum smiles at them, genuinely, but the smile just cannot reach his eyes. "What a beautiful family, I wouldn't want to interrupt your plans," he says wryly and turns to leave when Kelvin's phone rings.
"Yes your honour, yes, sure, no, yes, yes, absolutely, yes, alright, I understand, won't be a problem, I'll
be there, Kelvin says in coherent order, conversing with the personat the other end of the phone before he drops it and turns to Leila, glances at Tatum before looking back to Leila.
"The judge, who's supposed to preside over the case, he has a family emergency and he's pushed the tfor the hearing back, if we don't make Επ it in thirty minutes, mom will have to remain in custody for two weeks, that's when he gets back," he whispers to Leila.
Tatum halts, his better hearing picking up Kelvin's whisper and he turns with life returning to his face.
"Just letlook after her for you."