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

the hospital for a checkup, worried that staying up all night would eventually break her

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

entire body stiffening as her mind went blank. Her lips parted, but no words came

was gripped by panic

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

she had taken emergency contraception afterward.

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sure this isn't

shown on the report. There's no

29%

89%

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

noticing she wasn't very old, responded kindly, "Contraceptive pills aren't 100% effective. It's rare, but that doesn't mean it's impossible. And your report shows signs of a potential miscarriage. Thankfully, it's not serious. Just take the prescribed medication and make

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

said..

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

a bench and sat down, her face as pale as paper as the doctor's words

baby had

wasn't ready to

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

so unfamiliar,

and she wanted to run, but she didn't

out her phone,

pulled up Valda's number and

this before. She'd I know what to do,

as soon as the thought crossed her

that her family wasn't like other

weren't a safe haven or

lips as she

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 though she

innocent, and they ran around like little

couldn't help but

she 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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gaze was calm, unreadable. "You went to

toward the small chalkboard sitting

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