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

go to the hospital for a checkup, worried that staying up all night would eventually break

congratulations," the doctor said with a smile after reviewing her test

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

was gripped by

up with the

was, she had taken emergency

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

doctor answered. "It's clearly shown on

29%

89%

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

very old, responded kindly, "Contraceptive 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 serious. Just take the prescribed

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

said..

you, doctor," she walked absentmindedly, almost bumping into

and sat down, her face as pale as paper

had

to be

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

sensation was so

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

her phone,

through the instinctively pulled up Valda's number

this before. She'd I

her mind, she stopped

had almost forgotten that her family wasn't like other

weren't a safe haven or a

Macve's lips as she clutched her phone, feeling

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

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

soft and sweet, their smiles innocent, and they ran

couldn't help but

she was doing, her face flushed with

Byron was sitting

Ass

as he saw her, Maeve's

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

toward the small

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