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.

entire night had passed, and there was only

other than the initial discomfort, she didn't feel any

did

but this felt a bit more

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

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

the far corner, Maeve sat down and accepted the menu handed to her

ordered an

Karina remarked appreciatively, her gaze lingering

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smiled modestly "Bunks for

casually just

you know why we chose you, Ms. Reese!"

a moment. "Is it because my designs align

smiled. "Yes, "Yes,

of energy, but they're still developing-not yet

bluntness, just a little

Karina then

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

that Karina would

The i

for that

That

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

because of her family on food not for her skills or

usually polite smile

Maeve pressed

Suvin

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

with a smile, "Can I ask why Suvin Group goes to

in money or fame, and there was no need for a publicity stunt by doing

intrigued her was what drove Suvin Group to

the mention of that, a flicker of sadness passed through

a sensitive subject, you can pretend

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

if something sharp

a moment and then said, "Suvin