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 fully

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

smile after reviewing her test results. "You're four weeks pregnant."

entire body stiffening as her mind went blank. Her lips parted, but no words came out for a

heart was gripped by

the night she

taken emergency contraception afterward.

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you sure this isn't a

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

29%

89%

taking birth control pils, and I've been careful every time

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

a spiral. She

said..

almost bumping into someone. Leaving the

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

had come so

ready to

placed her hand on her flat stomach. It

sensation was so

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

out her phone,

instinctively pulled up Valda's number and almost

I know what to do, she

thought crossed her

almost forgotten that her family wasn't like other

weren't a safe haven or a

lips

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

leave, her steps were unsteady, as though she

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

couldn't help but

when she realized what she was doing, her

Byron was sitting on the couch,

Ass

he saw her, Maeve's

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Byron's fingers paused on the keyboard. His gaze was calm, unreadable. "You went to the hospital today?" Maeve's heart lifted inmediately. "How

gestured with a nod toward the small chalkboard

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