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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.

only a small

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

lately, did that interrupt my

but this felt a

could make a hospital appointment. After washing her face, Maeve looked at the pink diamond

the Suvin Group today, and dressing too casually might offend the principal who had been immersed in the fashion world for

by the window in the far corner, Maeve sat down and accepted the menu handed to

an icecream float

your outfit today is striking," Karina remarked appreciatively, her gaze lingering on Maeve's earrings.

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smiled modestly "Bunks

she didn't dress casually just because

why we chose you, Ms. Reese!" Karina

thought for a moment. "Is it because my designs align with

"Yes, but not

unique and full of energy, but they're still developing-not yet at a point

the bluntness, just a little surprised.

Karina then

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 eyes changed slightly. She thought

thought that Karina

The i

for for that

symbol. That got

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

not for her skills

polite smile

Maeve pressed

Suvin

"I think that's why

"Can I ask why Suvin Group goes to such lengths to

there was no need

drove Suvin Group to

flicker of sadness passed through

can pretend I didn't ask." Maeve

"There's nothing I can't say. It's because Suvin Group's founder once lost a daughter, and she didn't want that kind of pain to

as if something

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

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