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

go to the hospital for a checkup, worried that staying up all night would

with a smile after reviewing her test results. "You're four weeks

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

was gripped by panic

with the night she had been drugged and sought out

was, she had taken emergency contraception afterward. Sat,

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this isn't a

doctor answered. "It's clearly shown

29%

89%

I've been taking birth control pils,

report shows signs of a potential miscarriage. Thankfully, it's not serious. Just take the prescribed medication and make

a spiral. She wasn't sure what

said..

she walked absentmindedly, almost bumping into someone. Leaving the

found a bench and sat down, her face as pale

baby had

wasn't ready to be

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

was so

terrified her, and she wanted to run, but

out her phone,

been through the instinctively pulled up Valda's number and

She'd I know what to

thought crossed her mind, she stopped

her family wasn't like

safe haven or a

tugged at at Macve's lips as she clutched her phone,

tell Byron about this? It seems that he doesn't like

numb. When she finally stood up to leave, her steps were unsteady, as though she were walking on clouds. Passing by the park

innocent, and they

couldn't help but

she realized what she was doing, her face

she noticed that Byron was sitting

Ass

as he saw her, Maeve's nerves

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was calm, unreadable. "You went to the hospital

the

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