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

she

up late lately, did that interrupt my

before, but this felt a

have to wait until she could make a hospital appointment. After washing her face, Maeve looked at the pink

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

table by the window in the far corner, Maeve sat down and accepted the menu handed to

ordered an

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

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modestly "Bunks

just because it was a simple

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

it because my designs align with Suvin

"Yes, "Yes, but not

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

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

Karina then

Flora-the one inspired by the snowella flower-had the fewest jewel embellishments, but it was the most vibrant of the three. You breathed life into that gown, like a

never thought that

The i

for

That got

and fades in less than half a season.

food not for her skills or education, but simply because she was

usually polite smile

Maeve pressed

Suvin

warmer, more genuine. "I think that's

ask

was no need for

what drove Suvin Group to

a flicker of sadness passed

sensitive subject, you can pretend I didn't ask." Maeve quickly

shook her head and sighed. "There's nothing I can't say. It's because Suvin Group's founder

clenched, as if something sharp

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