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

three days to

at hand, she decided to go to the hospital for a checkup, worried that staying up all night

test

blank. Her lips parted, but

heart was gripped

math, the timing lined up with the night she had been drugged and

problem was, she had taken emergency contraception afterward. Sat, Oct

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this isn't a mistake?"

shown on the

29%

89%

pils, and I've been careful every time since. How could

It's rare, but that doesn't mean it's impossible. And your report shows signs of a potential miscarriage. Thankfully, it's not serious. Just take the prescribed medication

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

said..

almost bumping into someone. Leaving the

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

had come

wasn't ready to

her flat stomach. It didn't

sensation was so unfamiliar,

to run, but

her phone, she

through the instinctively pulled up Valda's number and

Sh this before. She'd I

crossed her mind, she stopped herself

forgotten that her family wasn't like other

a safe haven or

Macve's lips as she clutched her

Byron about this?

went numb. When she finally stood up to leave, her steps were unsteady,

they ran around like

couldn't help

her face flushed with embarrassment. She quickly

apartment, she noticed that Byron was sitting

Ass

saw her,

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back?" Byron's fingers paused on the keyboard. His gaze was calm, unreadable. "You went to

a nod toward the small chalkboard sitting

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