Chapter 170

Marve's eyes gradually widened, filled with disbelief,

Her mind was in chaos, tangled up in a web of confusion.

Could it be that I had misunderstood last night? Had Byron not led to me after all?' she thought.

Not wanting to let her thoughts spiral any further, Maeve left the Pearl Tower and took a cab to the Retro Apartment.

Maeve wondered if Byron was still inside.

As she reached the apartment, her heart was both nervous and hesitant as she unlocked the door.

Maeve

was not quite sure how to face Byron after standing him up.

Maeve wiped the sweat that had trickled down her cheek, suppressing the sudden rush of heat coursing through her, then slipped on her slippers and walked inside.

But after

But just a few steps, her legs suddenly gave out, and she collapsed to the floor.

Luckily, the carpet cushioned her fall, saving her knees from pain.

Maeve tried to get back up, but her hands, braced against the floor, were trembling uncontrollably. It felt as though a hundred ants were gnawing at her from the inside, a sensation too strange for words. me?" she

What's wrong with me?" she thought.

It was an uncomfortable sensation.

Byron's wet

The frosted glass hair glistened beneath the showerhead, with water sliding down to his chiseled brow, enhancing the cold piercing look in his narrow, blade-like eyes.

door of the bathroom was misted over, and the sound of running water gradually came to a stop.

He casually wrapped himself in a blac

f in a black robe, leaving the collar loose, revealing his chiseled chest.

Then, he stepped out of the bathroom.

Immediately, his eyes landed on Maeve, who was curled up on the carpet. Byron's eyes turned cold. "What are you doing here?"

In all these years, no one had dared to stand him up.

to make

No

that t long.

in front of me? he thought

her lips as she

the hospital. Don't come here and get in my

whimpered, too

were on the

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something was off, Byron frowned slightly and

to

on her neck had turned a rosy pink,

frowned as he felt Maeve's

unwell?"

cool relief

Byron

stopped asking questions. He lifted her

held her, though, Maeve's

was as if there was a magnet in her body. Macve subconsciously pressed herself against Byron

up

at her touch, sensing her uncharacteristic boldness and teasing, and finally

wrong.

came here?" Byron

want to eat anything right now!" Maeve said, feeling uncomfortable, sweat beading on her nose, her awareness fading, and a hint of grievance in her voice. "I feel terrible, Byron," she said. Byron was well aware of Maeve's discomfort. He was not

him and placed her on

he could reach it, Maeve, like

"Byron...

Maeve,

was about to explode from the heat, and her eyelashes glistened with tears as she pouted,

Maeve

tongue and him a

voice sweet and sticky like honey. "Kiss

suddenly gripped her harder. The last remnants of

last moment, Byron-still tried his

her tear-filled eyes. He

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clearly

her,right

not consider himself a gentleman, but he certainly

to stand up but suddenly felt a tight grip around his

hand gripping the

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