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

took Maeve two or three days to fully recover from her

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

Reese, congratulations," the doctor said with a smile after reviewing her test results. "You're four weeks pregnant."

froze, her entire body stiffening as her mind went blank. Her

was gripped by

math, the timing lined up with the

was, she had taken emergency contraception afterward. Sat,

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you sure this isn't a mistake?" she

doctor answered. "It's clearly shown on the

29%

89%

been taking birth control pils, and

And your report shows signs of

into a spiral. She wasn't sure what

said..

absentmindedly, almost bumping into someone. Leaving the

face as pale as paper as the doctor's

had come so

to be

gently placed her hand on her flat stomach. It

sensation was so unfamiliar, so

her, and she wanted to run, but she didn't know

out her

pulled up Valda's

She'd I know what to do,

her mind, she stopped herself and quickly

her

haven or

tugged at at Macve's lips as she clutched her

Byron about this? It seems that he doesn't like children..."

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

innocent, and they ran around like little Smurfs, full

help but

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

that Byron was sitting on the couch, working on

Ass

he saw her, Maeve's

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was calm, unreadable. "You went to the hospital today?" Maeve's heart lifted inmediately. "How did you

toward the small chalkboard

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