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

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

her test results. "You're four weeks pregnant."

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

was gripped by panic and

the math, the timing lined up with the night

the problem was, she had taken emergency contraception

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are you sure this isn't a mistake?"

shown on

29%

89%

"But I've been taking birth control pils,

And your report shows signs of

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

said..

absentmindedly, almost bumping into someone. Leaving

sat down, her face as pale as paper as the

baby had

wasn't ready to be a

vacant as she gently placed her hand on her flat

was so unfamiliar, so

and she wanted to run,

out her phone,

instinctively pulled up Valda's number and almost hit

I know

thought crossed her mind, she stopped herself and quickly hung

forgotten that her family wasn't like other

haven or

smile tugged at at Macve's lips as

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

were unsteady, as though she were walking on clouds. Passing by the park next to the hospital, Maeve noticed some

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

couldn't help

she was doing, her face flushed with embarrassment.

the apartment, she noticed that Byron 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 today?" Maeve's heart lifted inmediately.

toward the small chalkboard sitting

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