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 recover

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

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

Her lips

was gripped by panic and

the night she had

had taken emergency contraception

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sure this

doctor answered. "It's clearly shown on

29%

89%

lips. "But I've been taking birth control pils, and I've been careful every time since. How could this still

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

sent Maeve's heart into a spiral. She

said..

absentmindedly, almost bumping into

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

baby had come

wasn't ready to be

gaze was vacant as she gently placed her hand on her flat stomach. It didn't even

sensation was so

to run, but she didn't know where

her phone,

up Valda's number and almost

before. Sh this before. She'd I know what to

soon as the thought crossed her mind, she stopped

had almost forgotten that her

a safe haven or a

at at Macve's lips

could I tell Byron about this? It seems that he doesn't like children..." she

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

innocent, and they

help

realized what she was doing, her face flushed with

noticed that Byron was sitting on the couch,

Ass

as he saw

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

the small chalkboard

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