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

took Maeve two or three days

to the hospital for a checkup, worried that staying up all night would eventually

her test results. "You're four weeks pregnant." 'Pregnant? How could

stiffening as her mind went blank. Her lips

gripped by

the night she had

she had taken emergency contraception

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this isn't a mistake?"

doctor answered. "It's clearly shown on

29%

89%

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

she wasn't very old, responded kindly, "Contraceptive pills aren't 100% effective. It's rare, but that doesn't mean it's impossible. And your report

into a spiral. She wasn't sure what to

said..

absentmindedly, almost bumping into someone. Leaving the

as pale as paper as the doctor's words replayed in her

had come so

ready to

was vacant as she gently placed her hand on her flat stomach. It

sensation was so unfamiliar, so

her, and she wanted to run, but she

her

been through the instinctively pulled up Valda's

Sh this before. She'd I

as the thought crossed her mind, she stopped herself and

had almost forgotten that her

parents weren't a safe haven

at at Macve's lips as

could I tell Byron about this? It seems that

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

their smiles innocent, and they ran

couldn't help but

was doing, her face flushed with embarrassment.

was

Ass

he saw her,

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His gaze was calm, unreadable. "You

the small chalkboard sitting

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