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

Maeve two or three days to

the hospital for a checkup,

doctor said with a smile after reviewing her test results. "You're four weeks pregnant." 'Pregnant? How could that be?

went blank. Her lips parted, but no

was gripped by

with the night she had been drugged and sought out

the problem was, she had taken emergency contraception afterward.

Chapter 185

sure this isn't a mistake?" she

doctor answered. "It's clearly shown on the report. There's no

29%

89%

control pils, and I've been careful

100% effective. It's rare, but that doesn't mean it's impossible. And your report shows signs

Maeve's heart into a

said..

you, doctor," she walked absentmindedly, almost bumping into someone. Leaving the the hospital,

pale as paper as the doctor's words replayed in

had come

to be

placed her hand on her flat stomach. It didn't even feel like

was so

she wanted to run, but she

her phone,

been through the instinctively pulled up Valda's number and almost

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

thought crossed her mind, she stopped herself and quickly

that her family wasn't like other

a safe haven or

Macve's lips as she clutched her phone, feeling utterly

going to do? How could I tell Byron about this? It seems that he doesn't

what felt like ages, until her legs went numb. When she finally stood up to leave, her steps were unsteady, as though she were walking on clouds. Passing by the park next to the hospital, Maeve noticed some small children

innocent, and they ran around like little

couldn't help

when she realized what she was doing, her face flushed

the apartment, she noticed that Byron was sitting on the

Ass

as he saw her,

Chapter 185

unreadable. "You went to the hospital today?" Maeve's heart lifted inmediately. "How

toward the small chalkboard sitting on her

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255