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.

was only a small spot

initial discomfort, she

lately, did that interrupt my

experienced irregularities before, but this

to deal with it now, and she'd have to wait until she could make a hospital appointment. After washing her face, Maeve looked at the pink

too casually might offend the principal who

at the table by the window in the far corner, Maeve sat down and accepted the menu handed to her by Karina Lemos, the principal of

ordered an

is striking," Karina remarked appreciatively, her gaze lingering on Maeve's earrings. "It seems Suvin Group made

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smiled modestly "Bunks for

didn't dress casually just because it was a simple

we chose you,

because my designs align

"Yes, but

still developing-not yet at a point where we have

offended by the bluntness, just a little surprised. "Then why did

Karina then

the three. You breathed life into that gown, like a withered leaf finding its way

thought that Karina would notice

The i

for for

symbol. That

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

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

polite

Maeve pressed

Suvin

more genuine. "I think that's why we

asked with a smile, "Can I ask why Suvin Group goes to such lengths to support

there was

what drove Suvin Group to continue

flicker

a sensitive subject, you can pretend

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

heart clenched, as if

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