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

three days to fully

the hospital for a checkup, worried that staying up all night would

test results.

her mind went blank. Her lips parted,

was gripped by

the night she had been drugged and sought out

taken emergency contraception

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are you sure this isn't a mistake?" she

doctor answered. "It's clearly shown on the

29%

89%

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

your report shows signs of a potential miscarriage. Thankfully, it's not serious. Just take the prescribed medication

a spiral. She wasn't sure

said..

absentmindedly, almost bumping into

bench and sat down, her face as pale as paper as the doctor's words replayed in her

baby had come so

wasn't ready to be

flat stomach. It didn't even

sensation was so unfamiliar, so

she wanted to run, but she didn't know

out her phone,

through the instinctively pulled up Valda's

before. Sh this before. She'd I

thought crossed her

almost forgotten that her family wasn't like other

a safe haven or a source of

smile tugged at at Macve's lips as

Byron about this? It seems that he doesn't

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

and they ran around like

couldn't help but

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

was sitting on the couch, working on

Ass

saw her,

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

nod toward the small chalkboard sitting on her

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