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.

the table, and began wiping her hands. The silver ginkgo bracelet on her wrist was now fully visible, matching the one in the photo

face as he asked casually. "Did you see anyone today besides going home

Graves family to take care of some things, but after that... no, I didn't see

else."

hesitated, deciding not to mention that Alexis had sought her

between mother and son already was, and

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my point in bringing it up and causing

her brief hesitation looked like

with my mother, Byron said, his gaze

breath caught. She thought, He already

me a few questions about you. I know your relationship with her isn't grea, and I was worried you'd be upset if I told you, so I left it out." out. She didn't say a word about Alexis's harsh

remained

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

Maeve,

him, Byron's

was unusually quiet that

to make small talk with Byron while helping him freshen up, he

figured it probably had something to do with

want me interacting with his mother, just like he doesn't want

we are married'

Alexis, and now he was icing her out as if

Her moo

The

Maeve got ready and left without even saying goodbye

report to

Today, she had

a warm voice called out from behind

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

Alex walked with

Alex

her into the building.

you're new and might not know your way around yet, how about I

Brown."

floor, and Alex led Maeve to an office at the end

office on this floor," Alex explained. "You'll need a card to get in and out, to make sure no unauthorized people can enter and potentially mess with or leak any of the designs." Maeve nodded, impressed. A top-tier fashion company really was on another level-she'd