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

discomfort, she didn't feel any abdominal or

up late lately, did

experienced irregularities before, but this felt a bit

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

of the Suvin Group today, and dressing too casually might offend the

Cafe, 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

ordered an

lingering on Maeve's earrings. "It

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smiled modestly "Bunks for the

dress casually just because it

we chose you, Ms.

moment. "Is it because my designs align with

"Yes,

still developing-not yet at a

a little surprised. "Then why did

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

thought that

The i

for for that t

That got

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

her skills or education, but simply because she was

usually polite smile

Maeve pressed

Suvin

genuine. "I think that's

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

there was no need for a publicity

drove Suvin Group to

the mention of that, a flicker of sadness passed through Karina's

it's a sensitive subject, you can

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

if something

and then said, "Suvin Group's founder must