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 drunken

she'd finished the tasks 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

as her mind went blank. Her lips parted, but

gripped

with the night she had been

was, she had taken emergency contraception afterward.

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you sure this isn't

shown on the

29%

89%

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

rare, but that doesn't mean it's impossible. And your report shows signs of

a spiral. She wasn't sure what to

said..

she walked absentmindedly, almost bumping into someone. Leaving the

down, her face as pale as paper

baby had come so

wasn't ready to be a

flat stomach. It

so unfamiliar,

to run, but she didn't

out her

been through the instinctively pulled up Valda's number

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

her mind, she stopped herself and

her family wasn't

weren't a safe haven or a

bitter smile tugged at at Macve's lips as she

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

When she finally stood up to leave, her steps were unsteady, as though she were

smiles innocent, and they ran around

help but

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

was

Ass

he saw

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back?" Byron's fingers paused on the keyboard. His gaze was calm, unreadable. "You went to

nod toward the small chalkboard sitting on her

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