The Heir's Secret Bride

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Chapter 183

She didn't even know why he had so much energy, especially after just returning from a business trip.

It was as if he hadn't done anything in the past hour or so.

But that was something she only dared to dwell on in her mind.

Maeve hurriedly rolled out of bed, wrapping a thin blanket around herself as she headed to the bathroom.

Her instincts were right-she had gotten her period.

A deeper blush crept over her face as she associated it

it with the earlier events.

She changed out of her stained panties, took a shower, and slipped into her pajamas.

When she emerged, she saw Byron approaching with a cold expression, a touch of unsatisfied frustration still lingering on

his brow.

He l looked like a beast that hadn't gotten enough sleep and had been rudely awakened-exuding an aura of danger.

Maeve felt an urge to laugh but restrained herself for the sake of her own wellbeing.

"Come in and help me shave," Byron said gruffly before walking into the bathroom.

Maeve suppressed a smile and followed him, deciding not to turn him down since he was still in that mood.

As it turned out, men's words were unreliable.

Byron hac

had said he was going to shave, but he hadn't mentioned that he wouldn't try anything else.

There were always a hundred ways to stir up a little fun, even if they didn't go all the way.

The next

t morning, Maeve woke up to find that her period was unusually light.

night had passed, and there was only a

the initial discomfort, she didn't feel any abdominal or

staying up late lately, did that interrupt my period?'

this felt a bit

now, and she'd have to wait until she could make a hospital appointment. After washing her face,

might offend the principal who had been

hour later, inside Sunset Cafe, at the table by the window in the far corner, Maeve sat down and accepted the menu handed to her by Karina Lemos,

ordered an icecream

appreciatively, her gaze lingering on Maeve's earrings. "It seems Suvin Group made the right

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modestly "Bunks

just because it was

know why we chose

moment. "Is it because my designs align

"Yes, "Yes, but not

unique and full of energy, but they're still developing-not

offended by the bluntness, just a

Karina then

snowella flower-had the fewest jewel embellishments, but it was the most vibrant of the three. You breathed life into that gown, like a withered leaf finding its way back

had never thought that Karina

The i

for that

symbol. That

flower only blooms in the snow and fades in less than half a season. But it still outshines ever-blooming flowers and became Erancia's could be like that, becoming something precious, even only for

family on food not for her skills or education, but simply because she was

usually polite smile

Maeve pressed

Suvin

"I think that's why

smile, "Can I ask

money or fame, and there was

her was what drove

the mention of that, a flicker of

can pretend I didn't

her head and sighed. "There's nothing I can't say. It's because Suvin Group's founder once lost a daughter, and she didn't want that

if something sharp

for a moment and then said, "Suvin Group's founder must