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

two or three days to fully

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

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

Her lips parted, but no words came

gripped by

math, the timing lined up with the night she

problem was, she had taken emergency contraception afterward. Sat, Oct

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this isn't a

doctor answered. "It's clearly shown

29%

89%

been taking birth control pils, and I've been

pills aren't 100% effective. It's rare, but that doesn't mean it's impossible. And your report

Maeve's heart into a

said..

doctor," she walked absentmindedly, almost bumping into

face as pale

had come so

wasn't ready to be a

placed her hand on her flat stomach. It didn't even feel like there was

so

she wanted to run, but she didn't

out her phone, she

up

I know what to do, she

her mind, she stopped herself and

had almost forgotten that her family wasn't like other

parents weren't a safe haven or

Macve's lips as she clutched her phone,

going to do? How could I tell Byron about this? It seems that he doesn't like

on the bench for what felt like ages, 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 some small children playing

innocent, and they ran around like little Smurfs,

help but

what she was doing, her

that Byron was sitting

Ass

as he saw her, Maeve's nerves

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gaze was calm, unreadable. "You went to the

gestured with a nod toward the small chalkboard sitting on her

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