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

Maeve two or three days to fully recover

to the hospital for a checkup, worried that

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

froze, her entire body stiffening as her mind went blank. Her lips

was gripped by panic

the timing lined up with the night she had been drugged and sought out

was, she had taken emergency contraception

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are you sure this isn't a mistake?" she

doctor answered. "It's clearly shown on the report. There's

29%

89%

been taking birth control pils, and I've been careful

but that doesn't 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 sure what to

said..

almost bumping into someone. Leaving the the hospital,

sat down, her face as pale as paper as

had come

wasn't ready to be

hand on her flat stomach. It didn't even feel

so unfamiliar, so

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

out her

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

She'd I

thought crossed her mind, she stopped

forgotten that her family wasn't like

haven or a

at Macve's lips as she clutched her phone,

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

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 the hospital, Maeve noticed some small children

sweet, their smiles innocent, and they

couldn't help

was doing, her face flushed with embarrassment.

apartment, she noticed that Byron was sitting on the couch, working

Ass

he saw

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calm, unreadable. "You went to

with a nod toward the small

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