The Heir's Secret Bride

Chapter 299

Maeve's eyelashes fluttered, and the wetness and bitterness that had surged up in an instant fully formed into tears.

Years of suppressed anger and resentment exploded in that moment

She opened her mouth and bit down hard on his shoulder, as if to vent her fury, but also as if she were holding back, trying to stifle the emotions he had stirred in her.

Her bite was so deep that a bit of blood seeped through Byron's shirt, staining the white fabric.

He didn't even flinch. Instead, he held her close, his hand gently stroking her trembling back.

"Maeve, I've never looked at you the way those people in the video claimed, and I've never regretted marrying you. Byron's voice was clear, more serious than ever before. Look at me-do you really think I sent those people to do that?" Maeve slowly let go, her eyes flickering as she stared into his earnest gaze, searching for the truth.

But she couldn't find it.

Because all she could see in those dark eyes was her own reflection

"You seem to forget, Maeve's bloodstained lips moved as she said. "Archer is your personal assistant. Who else could direct him but you? How do you expect me to trust you?"

"Archer was out of the office on vacation the day that video was made. I'll need to investigate before I give you an answer Byron said, raising his hand to gently wipe the blood from her lips. "Do you remember the name of the clinic?" Marve told him the clinic's name, a detail she had memorized years ago.

Byron's brow furrowed. "The Booth family's private clinic?"

He had been there a few times in the past while staying with the Booth family.

The numbness in Marve's eyes softened slightly. Thinking of what Karen had said earlier that afternoon, she asked, "Did you ever tell Karen about my pregnancy?

"I had no further contact with her after she was fired," Byron said.

"When was she fired?" Maeve asked

Byron didn't bother to recall such trivial matters, so he just gave her a rough time frame.

Maeve calculated the dates. It was before she got pregnant!

There was no way Karen could have learned about her pregnancy from Byron.

was owned by the Booth family, the answer was

only question left was

With her heart racing, she looked at Byron and asked, "Did you send someone to pick me up

an important meeting that day and drove

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he left after not seeing her for

that day," Maeve said calmly. "In the car, passed out from the drugs and woke up in the clinic. If you didn't order him around, could he have colluded with Karen long ago

and lifted Maeve's chin for

sudden intimacy, Maeve's mind went blank for a moment. She could feel the heavy smacking and sucking of her lips,

him away furiously. "What are you doing?

up

could I hold back after you said something like

I say?" Maeve was

He rubbed his hand over the side of her face, a soft stile on his handsome features. "Maeve, you're so cute when you talk like this" Maeve froze, a flush quickly spreading

shot him a colorful warning. "Don't get too cocky-you're only cleared of suspicion for now!" Byron's dark eyes gleamed with amusement. "So, are you going to punish me before we settle this?" It

in that terrible situation-he felt that was his responsibility. Maeve frowned, a show of

if she trusted him

It was just that...

teeth marks on Byron's shoulder,

couldn't bring herself to believe he would ever be cruel enough to truly

slightly as he leaned over and lifted her into a crouched position, carrying

in his arms, was utterly bewildered. In this the same technique she always

was a child, and it was

she was

down on the couch, closed her laptop, and were to fetch the medical kit. He returned, kneeling

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to the back of

887%!

a scratch. You should be treating your shoulder instead. She tried to pull her hand

a sear?" Byron frowned, refusing to