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.

had passed, and there was only a small

other than the initial discomfort, she didn't feel

lately, did that interrupt my

this

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

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

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 seems Suvin Group made the right

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modestly "Bunks for

she didn't dress casually just

we chose you,

it because my designs align with Suvin Group's

smiled. "Yes, "Yes,

designs are indeed unique and full of energy, but they're still developing-not yet at a point where we

by the bluntness, just a little surprised.

Karina then

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 withered leaf finding its way back to life. And that's how we saw you-as a designer.

that Karina

The i

for

symbol. That got

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

her family on food not for her skills

polite

Maeve pressed

Suvin

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

I ask why Suvin Group goes to such lengths to support disadvantaged

or fame, and there was no need for a

what drove Suvin Group to continue this

that, a flicker of sadness passed through Karina's

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

say. It's because Suvin Group's founder once

as if

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