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

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

did

experienced irregularities before, but this felt a bit

until she could make a hospital appointment. After washing her face, Maeve looked at the pink diamond earrings on her earlobes, reaching up

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

inside Sunset Cafe, at the table by the window in the far corner, Maeve sat

an icecream

today is striking," Karina remarked appreciatively, her gaze lingering on

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smiled modestly "Bunks

casually just

we chose you, Ms.

moment. "Is it because my

"Yes, but

energy, but they're still developing-not yet at a point where we

a little surprised. "Then why did you

Karina then

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

had never thought that Karina would

The i

for that

That got

from some reflection 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 something precious, even only for a short

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

polite

Maeve pressed

Suvin

more genuine. "I think that's why we chose

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

or fame, and there was no need for a publicity stunt

drove Suvin Group to continue

flicker of sadness passed through Karina's brown

can pretend I didn't ask."

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 kind of pain to touch

as if something sharp

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