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 fully recover from

finished the tasks at hand, she decided to go to the hospital for a checkup,

after reviewing her test results. "You're four

body stiffening as her mind went blank. Her lips parted,

gripped by

the timing lined up with the night she had been

the problem was, she had taken

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you sure this isn't a

doctor answered. "It's clearly shown

29%

89%

birth control pils, and

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

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

said..

bumping into someone.

pale

baby had come

ready to

flat stomach. It didn't even feel like there was a life

sensation was so unfamiliar,

terrified her, and she wanted to run,

her phone, she

instinctively pulled up Valda's number and almost hit

She'd I know what to do,

the thought crossed her mind, she stopped herself

her family

a safe haven or

lips as she clutched her phone, feeling

could I tell Byron about this? It seems

finally stood up to leave, her steps were unsteady, as though she were walking on clouds. Passing by

and they ran around

couldn't help but

realized what she was doing, her face flushed with embarrassment. She quickly

that Byron was

Ass

he saw her, Maeve's nerves

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

the small chalkboard sitting

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