Chapter 153

"In terms of family background, ability, and feelings for you, how can she compare to me?" At the end of the questioning, Karen's voice became hoarse. It was filled with unwillingness and resentment. She was unwilling to accept that someone like Maeve could get the man she had admired for a long time. She even blamed Gilbert for objecting to her relationship with Byron in the first place.

She thought that since her father was indebted to Byron, she was the most qualified to marry Byron.

"I've warned you from

om the very beginning," Byron said slowly her.

His eyes were calm and emotionless. "Maeve is mine."

Even if Maeve were his pet, he wouldn't allow anyone to

Karen could not believe what she was hearing and completely lost her rationality. "Are you sure Maeve is yours? She's clearly having an affair with Alex, and you don't care?" Hearing this, Byron narrowed his eyes. "Did you get someone to take those photos?"

He now figured out why it was so coincidental that it was delivered to him when he returned to the country.

Karen yelled, "I just don't want you to be deceived by this flirtatious woman!"

"Mind your own business." As soon as Byron finished speaking, he hung up the phone and looked up at the French window.

When he saw Maeve pick up a piece of paper from under the sofa, his expression suddenly became nervous. He turned around and walked quickly to the couch.

Maeve had already finished reading the contents of the paper.

It was a test report.

The blood from her wound and the ointment prescribed by the hospital were tested.

The results showed that there was no problem with the ointment.

There was poison in her wound, which wasn't caused by a bacterial infection.

The

The

person

who caused the wound on her face was Karen.

Maeve looked up in a daze and met Byron's gaze.

a few seconds of silence, she asked, "I was clearly poisoned. Why did you lie to me that it was a bacterial infection?"

After a

tone was gentle. "It will take at least a week for the doctor to help you treat this wound. As for the rest,

her for a few seconds and said in a deep voice,

Maeve and walked out of

was extinguished bit

me, but he still chose to

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not hring me here to let the doctor treat

kissed me

my

sake.

run wild, but he just walks away at any time. That's so

self-deprecatingly. She propped herself up on the couch and walked to the bed before she rolled

tossing and turning for a few hours,

of the night, she felt the wound on her cheek itchy and hot. She couldn't help but scratch

At t

a tall shadow stood by the bed and pressed down

on a wall lamp

and slightly purple, a sign that the

had said.

just as

slowly spread from

face was itchy. Her wrist that was held by him kept

The

her wrists with one hand. Then, he unscrewed a box of

refreshing fragrance smelled nice.

itchiness in her wound eased, and Maeve's tightly knitted brows gradually relaxed. She rubbed against the pillow and fell asleep

and chuckled.

muttered, "You look ook

the next morning, she realized that it was just an illusion since

Maeve felt t

there was a very

After breakfast, she hitched a ride to the office with

on the

eye, his hand that was swiping the iPad paused slightly. He said calmly, "Your wound hasn't healed yet. Why are you

not need to clock in on time. They just needed to complete their work before

of making clothes,

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doctor will come and apply medicine to your face twice a day."

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