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

days to fully recover from her

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

smile after reviewing her test results.

body stiffening as her mind went blank. Her lips parted, but no

was gripped by

timing lined up with the night she had been drugged

the problem was, she had taken emergency contraception

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this

shown on the report.

29%

89%

her dry lips. "But I've been taking birth control pils, and I've been careful every time since. How

pills aren't 100% effective. It's rare, but that doesn't mean it's impossible. And your report shows signs of a potential miscarriage. Thankfully, it's not

a spiral. She

said..

almost bumping into someone. Leaving

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

had come

ready to

hand on her flat stomach. It didn't even feel like there was a life

was so unfamiliar, so

her, and she wanted to run,

her

the instinctively pulled up Valda's number and

before. Sh this before. She'd I know

as soon as the thought crossed her mind, she stopped herself and quickly hung

that her family wasn't like other

haven or a source of

bitter smile tugged at at Macve's lips as

I going to do? How could I tell Byron about

for what felt like ages, until her legs went numb. When she finally stood up to leave, her steps were unsteady, as

were soft and sweet, their smiles innocent, and they ran

help

was doing, her face flushed

she noticed that Byron was sitting on

Ass

he saw her,

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

nod toward the small chalkboard sitting on

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