The Heir's Secret Bride

Chapter 184

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

or three days to fully recover from her

the hospital

congratulations," the doctor said with a smile after reviewing her test results. "You're four

stiffening as her mind went blank. Her lips parted, but no words

heart was gripped by

math, the timing lined up with the

taken emergency contraception afterward. Sat,

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sure this isn't

doctor answered. "It's clearly shown on the report. There's

29%

89%

lips. "But I've been taking birth control pils, and I've been careful every time since. How could

report shows signs of a potential miscarriage. Thankfully, it's not serious. Just take the prescribed medication and make sure to come back for

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

said..

you, doctor," she walked absentmindedly, almost bumping into

sat down, her face as pale as paper as the doctor's words

had

wasn't ready to be

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

sensation was so unfamiliar, so

and she wanted to run, but she didn't know

her phone,

through the instinctively pulled up Valda's

before. Sh this before. She'd I know what to do,

her mind, she

almost forgotten that her family wasn't

haven or

at at Macve's lips as

How could I tell Byron about

steps were unsteady, as though she were walking on

were soft and sweet, their smiles innocent, and they ran around like little Smurfs, full

couldn't help

what she was doing, her

the apartment, she noticed that Byron was

Ass

as he saw

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

a nod toward the small

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