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

or three days to

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

the doctor said with a smile after reviewing her test results.

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

gripped by panic and

the night

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

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sure this

"It's clearly shown on the report.

29%

89%

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

your report shows signs of a potential miscarriage. Thankfully, it's not

a spiral. She wasn't sure what to

said..

she walked absentmindedly, almost bumping into

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

had

ready to be a

gaze was vacant as she gently placed her hand on her flat stomach.

so unfamiliar, so

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

out her phone,

up Valda's number and almost

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

crossed her mind, she stopped herself

her family wasn't

haven or

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

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

steps were unsteady, as though

soft and sweet, their smiles innocent, and they ran

help but

what she was doing, her face flushed

the apartment, she noticed that Byron was sitting on the couch, working on his

Ass

as he saw her, Maeve's nerves

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Byron's fingers paused on the keyboard. His gaze was calm, unreadable. "You went to the hospital today?" Maeve's heart lifted inmediately. "How

toward the small chalkboard sitting

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