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.

Maeve walked out of the restroom, grabbed a tissue from the table, and began wiping her hands. The silver ginkgo bracelet on her wrist was now fully visible, matching the one

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

family to take care of some things, but

else."

mention that

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

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she didn't see my point in bringing

to Byron, her brief hesitation looked

told me you met with my mother, Byron said, his gaze probing. "Why

She

and asked me a few questions about you. I know your relationship with her isn't grea, and I was worried

remained steady. "That's

If 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,

him, Byron's expression turned

was unusually

make small talk with Byron while helping him freshen up, he didn't say

something to

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

we are married'

down upon by Alexis, and now he was icing her out as if she'd done something wrong. Her

Her moo

The

got ready

report to work at Eternal

Today, she had

a warm voice called out from behind her, "Good morning,

turned I to see Alexa approaching in a sleek

Alex walked with

Alex

her into the building.

be great, thank you, Mr. Since you're new and might not know your way around yet, how about

Brown."

office at the end of

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