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

to go to the hospital for

her test results. "You're four weeks pregnant." 'Pregnant? How could

her mind went blank. Her lips parted,

was gripped by

up with the night she had been drugged and sought out

was, she had taken emergency

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this

shown on the report. There's no

29%

89%

pils, and I've been careful

doctor, 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

heart into a

said..

almost bumping into someone. Leaving the

her face as pale as paper as the doctor's words replayed

had come so

wasn't ready to be a

vacant as she gently placed her hand on her flat stomach. It didn't even

so unfamiliar,

to run, but she didn't know where to

her phone,

the instinctively pulled up Valda's number

this before. She'd I know what

crossed her mind, she

almost forgotten that her family wasn't

safe haven or a

at at Macve's lips as she

How could I tell Byron about this? It seems that he doesn't like children..." she

her steps were unsteady, as though she were walking on clouds. Passing by the park next to

soft and sweet, their smiles innocent, and they ran around like little Smurfs,

help

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

was sitting on the couch, working

Ass

he saw

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Byron's fingers paused on the keyboard. His gaze was calm, unreadable. "You went to the hospital today?" Maeve's heart lifted inmediately. "How did you

gestured with a nod toward the small chalkboard sitting on her

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