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

she decided to go to the hospital for

Reese, congratulations," the doctor said with a smile after reviewing her test results. "You're four weeks pregnant." 'Pregnant? How

stiffening as her mind went blank. Her lips

gripped

the night she

problem was, she had taken emergency contraception afterward.

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sure this

doctor answered. "It's clearly shown on

29%

89%

dry lips. "But I've been taking birth control pils, and I've been careful every time since. How

pills aren't 100% effective. It's rare, but that doesn't mean it's impossible. And your report shows signs of a

doctor's words sent Maeve's heart into a spiral.

said..

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

a bench and sat down, her face as pale as paper as

baby had come

wasn't ready to be a

her flat stomach. It didn't even feel like there was a

was so unfamiliar,

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

out her phone, she

been through the instinctively pulled up Valda's number and almost hit

before. Sh this before. She'd I know what

soon as the thought crossed her mind, she stopped herself and

that her family wasn't like

parents weren't a safe haven or a source of

lips as she clutched her phone, feeling utterly

going to do? How could I tell Byron about

ages, until her legs went numb. When she finally stood up to leave, her steps were unsteady,

they ran around like little Smurfs,

help

doing, her face

Byron was sitting on the couch, working on

Ass

he saw

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calm, unreadable. "You went to the hospital

with a nod toward the small chalkboard sitting on

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