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

Maeve two or three days

to go to the hospital for a checkup,

test

body stiffening as her mind went blank. Her

was gripped by

with the night she had

taken emergency contraception afterward. Sat, Oct

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sure this

doctor answered. "It's clearly shown on the

29%

89%

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

that doesn't mean it's impossible. And your report shows signs of a potential miscarriage. Thankfully,

heart into a spiral.

said..

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

sat down, her face as pale as paper

had come

ready to be a

gaze was vacant as she gently placed her hand on her flat stomach.

so unfamiliar,

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

out her phone, she

through the instinctively pulled up Valda's

I know what to do,

soon as the thought crossed her mind, she stopped

her family

weren't a safe haven or

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

I tell Byron about this? It seems

what felt like ages, until her legs went numb. When she finally stood up to leave, her steps were unsteady, as though she were walking on clouds. Passing by the park next to

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

couldn't help

she was doing, her face

that Byron was sitting on the couch, working on his

Ass

as he saw her, Maeve's

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was calm, unreadable. "You went to

nod toward the small chalkboard

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