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

Maeve two or three days to fully

to the hospital for a checkup, worried that

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

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

was gripped by

with the night she had been drugged and sought out

she had taken emergency contraception afterward. Sat, Oct

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sure this isn't a mistake?" she

answered. "It's clearly shown on the report. There's no

29%

89%

her dry lips. "But I've been taking birth control pils, and

it's impossible. And your report shows signs

heart into a

said..

walked absentmindedly, almost bumping into someone.

pale as paper as the

had come so

wasn't ready to be a

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

sensation was so

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

her

through the instinctively pulled up Valda's

before. She'd I know what

her mind, she stopped herself and

that her family

a safe haven or a source

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

do? How could I tell Byron about this? It seems that he doesn't

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

were soft and sweet, their smiles innocent, and they ran

help but

what she was doing, her

that Byron was sitting on the couch, working on

Ass

as he saw her, Maeve's nerves

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

gestured with a nod toward the small chalkboard sitting on her

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