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

decided to go to the hospital for a checkup,

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

stiffening as her mind went blank. Her lips parted, but no words came out for a

gripped by panic

the math, the timing lined up with the

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

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this isn't a mistake?"

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

29%

89%

"But I've been taking birth control pils, and I've been

rare, but that doesn't mean it's impossible. And your report shows signs of a potential miscarriage. Thankfully, it's not serious.

words sent Maeve's heart into a spiral. She wasn't sure what to

said..

bumping into someone. Leaving the the

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

had come

ready to be a

as she gently placed her hand on her flat stomach. It

sensation was so

and she wanted to run, but she

her

pulled up Valda's number and

She'd I know

the thought crossed her mind, she stopped

her family wasn't like other

parents weren't a safe haven or

tugged at at Macve's lips

I tell Byron about this? It

leave, her steps were unsteady, as

and sweet, their smiles innocent, and they ran around like little Smurfs, full of energy and

help but

she realized what she was doing, her

noticed that Byron was sitting

Ass

saw her, Maeve's nerves

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the keyboard. His gaze was calm, unreadable. "You

toward the small chalkboard

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