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

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

smile after reviewing her test results.

her mind went blank. Her

gripped by panic and

math, the timing lined up with the night she had been

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

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sure this isn't

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

29%

89%

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

It's rare, but that doesn't mean it's impossible. And your report

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

said..

doctor," she walked absentmindedly, almost bumping into someone. Leaving the the hospital,

down, her face as pale as

had come

ready to be a

flat stomach. It didn't even feel like there was a life growing inside

sensation was so

to run, but she didn't know

out her phone, she

been through the instinctively pulled up Valda's number and

I

as the thought crossed her mind, she stopped

almost forgotten that her family wasn't

parents weren't a safe haven or

bitter smile tugged at at Macve's lips as she

going to do? How could I tell Byron

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

smiles innocent, and they ran around like little

couldn't help but

when she realized what she was doing, her face flushed with

Byron was

Ass

as he saw her, Maeve's nerves

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the keyboard. His gaze was calm, unreadable. "You went to the hospital today?"

the

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