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

days to

she'd finished the tasks at hand, she decided to go to the hospital for a checkup, worried that staying up all

her test results. "You're four weeks pregnant."

as her mind went blank. Her lips parted,

was gripped by

the night she had been

taken emergency contraception afterward. Sat, Oct

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you sure this isn't a mistake?"

shown on the

29%

89%

I've been taking birth control pils,

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

heart into a spiral. She wasn't sure

said..

absentmindedly, almost bumping into someone.

down, her face as pale as

had come

wasn't ready to be

her flat stomach. It

sensation was so unfamiliar,

to run, but she didn't know where

out her

pulled up

I know what to do, she

thought crossed her mind, she stopped herself and quickly

had almost forgotten that her family wasn't

weren't a safe haven or a source

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

Byron about this? It seems that he doesn't

legs went numb. When she finally stood up to leave, her steps were unsteady, as though she were walking on clouds.

voices were soft and sweet, their smiles innocent, and they ran around like little

help

realized what she was doing, her face flushed with

was sitting on the couch,

Ass

saw her, Maeve's

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His gaze was calm, unreadable. "You went to the hospital today?" Maeve's heart

the small chalkboard

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