The Heir's Secret Bride

Chapter 52

Maeve probably hadn't seen Byron tearing into people during the meeting earlier. It was a bloodbath, to put it mildly.

Otherwise, the planning director wouldn't have been acting like he'd just dodged a bullet, relieved that he wasn't the one getting chewed out.

Byron pressed his thin lips together and, seeing her chattering away, grabbed a slice of eggplant and popped it into her

mouth

"Shut up and eat," he said.

Maeve glared at him but swallowed the food. To her surprise, it didn't taste as bad as he'd made it out to be. It was actually quite refreshing and had a subtle sweetness,

After finishing her meal, Maeve headed to the restroom.

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Byron sent a message to Archer, telling him to prepare the materials needed for the afternoon meeting and send them to his phone.

Just then, a message from Karen popped up on his screen.

He swiped it away without much thought, but in his haste, he accidentally opened it.

Karen: [Byron, did you know your mother's coming back to the country today?]

Karen: Il saw her at a café near First Hospital. You've probably already met with her, right? I hope you two can have a good talk. Your mom really cares about you; she even asked someone to check in on how you're doing-l Karen:

Byron skimmed through the messages, his gaze lingering on the photo she had sent

In the photo, Alexis was sitting in a booth, with someone across from her holding a gold-edged bank card.

The person wasn't fully visible in the frame, just their hand and the silver ginkgo bracelet on their wrist. It looked familiar.

"Ding" Mae

"Maeve's phone, which she'd just placed on the table, suddenly lit up.

His thoughts interrupted. Byron's attention shifted to the screen

Valda: [Mr. Graves just told us that the 200 thousand dollars engagement gift can be paid back gradually. You can start by sending me 40 thousand dollars each month. That shouldn't be a problem for you, right?] Byron's dark eyes narrowed slightly.

then, Maeve walked out of the restroom, grabbed a tissue from the table, and began wiping her hands. The silver ginkgo bracelet on her wrist

edge crept into Byron's strikingly handsome face as he asked casually. "Did you see anyone today besides going

to take care of some

else."

deciding not to mention that Alexis had sought

relationship between mother and son already was, and since she'd

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my point in bringing it up and causing

brief hesitation looked like she

with my mother, Byron said, his gaze probing. "Why would you lie about

caught. She thought, He

thought, Macve carefully explained, "Your mother mistook me for your maid and asked me a few questions about you. I know your relationship with her isn't grea, and

remained steady.

Alexis was only asking about me, why would she give her a card, and why would she accept it? uncomfortable with lying, lowered her gaze to hide her

Maeve,

to keep something from him, Byron's expression

hospital room was unusually quiet

tried to make small talk with Byron while helping him freshen up, he didn't say a word, his expression

it probably had something

with his mother, just like he doesn't want anyone

we are married'

already upset from being mistaken for a maid and looked down upon by Alexis, and now he

Her moo

The

after a restless night, Maeve got ready and left without even saying

had to report to work at Eternal

Today, she had

building, a warm voice called out from

see Alexa approaching in a sleek silver-gray suit. She smiled and nodded,

Alex walked with

Alex

her into the building.

might not know

Brown."

and Alex led Maeve to an office

get in and out, to make sure no unauthorized people can enter and potentially mess with or leak any of the