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

two or three days to fully recover

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

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

her mind went blank. Her lips parted, but

gripped by panic and

with the night she

taken emergency contraception afterward.

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sure this isn't a

clearly shown on

29%

89%

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

mean it's impossible. And your report shows signs of a potential

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

said..

she walked absentmindedly, almost bumping into someone. Leaving the

as pale as paper as the

had come

to

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

so unfamiliar, so

she wanted to run, but she didn't know

out her

pulled up Valda's

Sh this before. She'd I know what to

crossed her mind, she stopped herself

forgotten that her family wasn't like other

parents weren't a safe haven or a source of

Macve's lips as

Byron about this? It seems

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

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

help

realized what she was doing, her face flushed with embarrassment. She quickly turned and

was sitting on the couch,

Ass

as he saw her, Maeve's

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paused on the keyboard. His gaze was calm, unreadable. "You went to the hospital

a nod toward the

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