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

took Maeve two or three days to fully recover from

hand, she decided to go to the hospital for a checkup,

doctor said with a smile after reviewing her test results.

her mind went blank. Her lips parted, but no words came out for a long

heart was gripped by

timing lined up with the night

problem was, she had taken emergency contraception afterward. Sat,

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sure this isn't a mistake?" she

"It's clearly shown on

29%

89%

I've been taking birth control pils, and

mean it's impossible. And your report shows signs of a potential miscarriage. Thankfully, it's not serious.

heart into a spiral. She wasn't

said..

almost bumping into someone. Leaving

her face as pale as paper as the doctor's

had come so

wasn't ready to be a

gaze was vacant as she gently placed her hand on her flat stomach. It didn't even feel like there was a life growing

was so unfamiliar,

run, but she didn't know where to

her phone,

the instinctively pulled up Valda's number

before. Sh this before. She'd I know

crossed her mind, she stopped

almost forgotten that her family

safe haven or

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

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

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

their smiles innocent, and they ran around like little

couldn't help

her face flushed

apartment, she noticed that Byron was sitting on the

Ass

as he saw her,

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was calm, unreadable. "You went to the hospital today?"

toward the small chalkboard sitting

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