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.

and there was only a

she didn't feel any abdominal or leg

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

before, but this felt a

with it now, and she'd have to wait until she could make a hospital appointment.

might offend the principal who had been immersed in the fashion world for years. She

at the table by the window in the far corner, Maeve sat down and accepted the

ordered an icecream float

your outfit today is striking," Karina remarked appreciatively, her gaze lingering on Maeve's earrings. "It seems Suvin Group made the right choice in

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"Bunks for

casually just because it was

chose

moment. "Is it because

"Yes, "Yes, but

of energy, but they're still developing-not yet at

a little surprised. "Then why did you

Karina then

the 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 to life. And that's how we saw you-as a designer. Maeve's

never thought that

The i

for that

symbol. That got

I did on the snowella flower," Maeve admitted with a soft laugh. 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

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

usually polite smile

Maeve pressed

Suvin

warmer, more genuine. "I think that's why

then asked with a smile, "Can I ask why Suvin

wasn't lacking in money or fame, and there was no

her was what drove Suvin Group to

the mention of that, a flicker

sensitive subject, you can pretend I didn't ask." Maeve quickly

can't say. It's because Suvin Group's founder once lost a daughter, and she didn't want that kind of pain to touch another

heart clenched, as if something sharp had

and then said, "Suvin Group's founder must have been