The Heir's Secret Bride

Chapter 186

Maeve's shoulders trembled slightly, and it took her a moment to gather her thoughts. "I was afraid you'd be angry...

Byron let out a low, cold laugh. "You think hiding it would keep me from being mad?"

Maeve lowered her eyes, her mouth tasting bitter. 'It was an accident. I'm panicking inside, so scared I don't know what to do."

Ever since she found out she was pregnant, there hadn't been a single moment of calm.

Fear, confusion, and an overwhelming sense of helplessness hit her all at once, as if she had tasted a hundred different emotions in a single day.

She had originally planned to hide it from him for a while longer, but she hadn't expected him to find out so quickly.

Looking at her panicked expression, Byron's anger began to subside, though his voice remained cold and harsh. "So you stressed yourself out to the point of getting gastritis? Impressive. Maeve nodded numbly, listening, but something suddenly struck her as off. 'Gastritis?"

Byron unfolded the report in his hand and gave a derisive snort. "Did you think I wouldn't find out if you kept it hidden? Try drinking alcohol around me again, and we'll see."

He'd suspected something that night when she was so violently ill. He just hadn't thought it was this.

Maeve, still bewildered, blinked at him until her eyes landed on the words on the report.

Then it hit her. She had gone to the gastroenterologist before her gynecological exam!

The pregnancy had shocked her so much that she'd forgotten about the earlier diagnosis entirely.

Realizing this, she flushed with embarrassment, thinking Byron had caught her about the pregnancy when it was really just the gastritis.

Maeve exhaled deeply, her heart, which had been racing, slowly settling back in her chest.

"It's just gastritis. It can be treated. Don't be so angry," she said.

At that, Byron's eyes darkened further. "Just gastritis?"

Maeve shrank back slightly. "Don't you have stomach problems yourself? Yours still hasn't healed...

"Say that again?" Byron reached out, his hand gripping the back of her neck lightly. The cool touch sent shivers down her spine, making her instinctively want to step back, Terrified, Maeve raised her hands in surrender. "I swear I won't drink again! If I do, I'll be a puppy!"

expression grew colder and

that he

he couldn't stand watching her

if he had thought of something unpleasant in the

still mad at her for hiding the stomach bug. She dwelled on it for a

skills werent the

learn from being

was smart enough to

Byron's lead each time he kissed her, licking and kissing his bottom lip,

letting the tip

arms around her

had taken the initiative

moves he usually used to

look in his eyes

pressed deeper into the couch, his kisses growing fierce and

easily stirring a storm of sensations in Maeve, who trembled

leaving red

low and hoarse,

worried he might pinch her

him. "Of course I do! You don't need to check

it was bound to get out of

back to her senses and hurriedly grabbed his hand. "Wait! My period hasn't ended

then let go

waste if

one lost sight, the other senses became even sharper-sometimes

drenched in sweat, as if she'd

her back to the master bedroom and laid her down on the

expressionless face, Maeve felt a little uneasy. "Byron, are you

his voice low and cold. "You realize you made

didn't want to get sick either. I

manor with me. Byron

"What?" Maeve was surprised.

to recover if you