Chapter 185

The scene Maeve had imagined didn't happen after all.

In t

the

end, Maeve finished the glass of water that had been sitting half-full on the table, though in a rather different way. After everything was said and done, Byron carried Maeve, who was nearly drenched up to her collar, to the bathroom.

She leaned against him, breathless, feeling even more exhausted and sleepy than if she'd just 5 miles.

Like a fish lying on a chopping board, casually waiting to be desciled or made into soup, she didn't even have the strength to flick her tail and struggle. Afterward, she was cleaned up and and tucked under the covers.

Still

not

fully

sober, and after spending so much time in the hot, cramped bathroom, Maeve's head was spinning. I'm dizzy," Maeve murmured.

"Byron, I'm

turned off the lights and walked over to her, his tone calm and measured. "Are you going to drink again?" I shook hook her head. "No more"

eve frowned and

The tight feeling in her stomach hadn't eased even now.

Byron lay down beside

her, pulling her into his arms as if out of habit. His hand rested gently on her back, patting softly eyes clo closed, sleep beginning to take hold.

Maeve nuzzled into into his chest with her

"What were you so upset about today?" Byron asked suddenly.

On the verge of of sleep, Mae Maeve answered hazily, "When are you going to... divorce me?"

Her voice grew quieter and quieter, f

fading into a weak, barely audible whisper.

But Byron heard it clearly. The softness in his eyes vanished in an instant, replaced by a cold, heavy silence.

'Have I been too kind to her lately and spoiled her too much? How dare she ask for a divorce?' he thought.

This time, it tool

two or three days to fully recover from her

the tasks at hand, she decided to go to the hospital for a checkup, worried

congratulations," the doctor said with a smile after reviewing her test results.

her mind went blank. Her lips parted, but no

was gripped by

lined up with the night she had

was, she had taken emergency contraception afterward.

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this

clearly shown

29%

89%

"But I've been taking birth control pils, and I've been

your report shows signs of a

words sent Maeve's heart into a spiral. She wasn't

said..

bumping into someone. Leaving the the hospital,

sat down, her face as pale as paper as

had

ready to be

as she gently placed her hand on her flat stomach. It didn't even feel like there was a life

so unfamiliar, so

she wanted to run, but she didn't know

her phone, she

the instinctively pulled up Valda's

Sh this before. She'd I know what

the thought crossed her mind, she stopped herself and quickly hung

almost forgotten that her family wasn't like other

haven or a

Macve's lips as she clutched

to do? How could I tell Byron about this? It seems

until her legs went numb. When she finally stood up to leave, her steps were unsteady, as though she

they ran around like little Smurfs, full of energy

help

realized what she was doing, her face

she noticed that Byron was sitting on the

Ass

he saw her,

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gaze was calm, unreadable. "You went to the hospital today?" Maeve's

nod toward the small chalkboard sitting on

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