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.

only a small spot of blood on her

other than the initial discomfort, she didn't

did that interrupt my period?' she

before, but this

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

too casually might offend

Maeve sat down and accepted the menu handed to her by Karina Lemos, the principal

an icecream

gaze lingering on Maeve's earrings. "It seems Suvin Group made the right choice in

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smiled modestly "Bunks for

just because it was a

know why we chose

for a moment. "Is it because my designs align

"Yes, but

still developing-not yet at a point where we have to have

wasn't offended by the bluntness, just a

Karina then

fewest jewel embellishments, but it was the most vibrant of the three. You breathed life into that gown, like a withered

thought that Karina would

The i

for that

symbol. That

blooms in the snow and fades in less than half a season. But it still outshines ever-blooming flowers and

of her family on food not for her skills or education,

polite

Maeve pressed

Suvin

think that's

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

in money or fame, and there was no need for a

her was what drove Suvin Group to

a flicker of sadness passed through Karina's

subject, you can pretend I

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

clenched, as if something sharp

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