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

took Maeve two or three days to fully

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

a smile after reviewing her test results. "You're four

froze, her entire body stiffening as her mind went blank. Her lips parted,

was gripped

the math, the timing lined up with the night she

problem was, she had taken emergency contraception

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sure this isn't a mistake?" she

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

29%

89%

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

your report shows signs of a potential miscarriage. Thankfully, it's not serious. Just take the

heart into a spiral. She wasn't sure what

said..

almost bumping into someone.

down, her face as pale as paper as the doctor's

baby had

to

vacant as she gently placed her hand on her flat stomach. It didn't even feel like there

sensation was so unfamiliar,

run, but she didn't know where to

out her phone,

through the instinctively pulled up Valda's

Sh this before. She'd I know

crossed her

had almost forgotten that her family wasn't like

weren't a safe haven or a

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

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

numb. When she finally stood up to leave, her steps were unsteady, as though she were walking on clouds. Passing by the park next

sweet, their smiles innocent, and they ran around like

help but

doing, her face

she noticed that Byron was

Ass

as he saw her,

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calm, unreadable. "You went to

toward the small chalkboard sitting

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