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

Maeve two or three days to fully

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

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

blank. Her lips parted, but no words came out

was gripped by

the timing lined up with the night she

had taken emergency contraception afterward. Sat, Oct

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sure this isn't a mistake?"

clearly shown on the

29%

89%

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

noticing 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 shows signs of a potential miscarriage. Thankfully, it's not serious. Just

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

said..

walked absentmindedly, almost bumping into someone. Leaving the

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

had come so

ready to

flat stomach. It didn't

so

and she wanted to run,

out her

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

I know what to

soon as the thought crossed her

almost forgotten that her

weren't a safe haven or a source

lips as she clutched her

I going to do? How could I tell Byron about this?

leave, her steps were unsteady, as though she were walking on clouds. Passing by the

and they ran around like little

couldn't help but

she was doing, her face flushed with embarrassment.

noticed that Byron was sitting on the couch, working

Ass

as he saw her, Maeve's

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

with a nod toward the small chalkboard sitting on

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