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

to go to the hospital for a checkup, worried that staying

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

Her lips parted, but no

heart was gripped by panic and

the timing lined up with the night she had been drugged and

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

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you sure this isn't

answered. "It's clearly shown on the report.

29%

89%

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

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 take the prescribed medication and make sure to come

a spiral. She wasn't sure what

said..

you, doctor," she walked absentmindedly, almost bumping into someone. Leaving the

sat down, her face as pale as paper

baby had come so

ready to

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

sensation was so unfamiliar, so

she wanted to run,

her

through the instinctively pulled up Valda's number and almost

before. Sh this before. She'd I know what to do, she

crossed her mind, she stopped herself and quickly

almost forgotten that her family

weren't a safe haven or a source

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

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

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

and they ran around like little Smurfs, full of

help but

doing, her face flushed with embarrassment. She quickly

apartment, she noticed that Byron was sitting

Ass

as he saw her,

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on the keyboard. His gaze was calm, unreadable. "You went to the

toward the small chalkboard

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