The Heir's Secret Bride

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Maeve sighed, feeling reluctant to answer Byron's increasingly sharp questions. Instead, she opted for a different approach. I choose a dare."

The person holding the big wildcard wore a look that seemed to say they had been waiting for her to say that. "You have to kiss Byron for two minutes right here!"

The people nearby instantly became more excited than if they had drawn the big wildcard themselves, repeatedly shouting and cheering enthusiastically,

She thought. "Kiss him for two minutes in front of all these people Maeve's cheeks flushed bright red, and she could hardly believe what she had just heard. "Why not just kiss the pillar instead?" Byron narrowed his eyes, looking at her with a dangerous expression. Kay, relishing the drarna, chimed in, "Mae, do you. prefer kissing the pillar? We're talking about that one right at the restaurant entrance! "Not really, it's just that this is a bit. Just as Maeve felt awkward, Byron suddenly stood up and casually said. Tm going outside for a smoke. He then stepped out of the private room.

As Maeve sighed with relief, she also felt a twinge of disappointment. She was too shy to do something so bold in public, but after being turned down by him, an inexplicable sense of loss washed over her. "Mac, did you and Byron fight?" Ray pushed the fruit platter before Maeve and leaned in, lowering his voice. Just tell me secretly, like you would tell your best friend. Don't act like a stranger with me." Feeling frustrated, Maeve replied, "You noticed, huh? It's not that we fought; we broke up."

Ray thought, 'Broke up? That serious?

"Byron made you angry? He shouldn't have," Ray said, raising his eyebrows. "He waited over four years for you. There was a time when he got drunk and kept shouting your name." With a teasing grin, he added, "I told him that, but he didn't believe me. So, I got smart and recorded his drunken ramblings, but he got so embarrassed that he deleted the recording"

Maeve opened her mouth in disbelief, 'No way!" Byron was always very restrained when drinking and would never let himself get drunk. The idea that he would shout her name while intoxicated sounded more like a tall tale.

abandoned Will, so he had

have a backup in the cloud. He deleted it, but I recovered it." He laughed as he continued, "If you don't believe me, just listen for yourself!" Maeve hesitantly

lover's whisper. It struck Maeve's heart like a heavy blow, breaking through a wave

turned out that she hadn't been in unrequited love after all these four years. While she was unaware, her feelings had once received a response.

stemmed entirely from her resemblance to his first love. But in that moment,

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notion began to waver.

you, was

head. "And could you send me

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for over ten years, and I've never seen him so

him and Ronnie, once a chance was missed, it often

with mixed feelings. Thank you,

the railing at the end of the corridor, his long fingers holding a half-burned cigarette. The thin smoke blurred

seconds before walking up to him. "Didn't you quit smoking a long time

lifted his eyelids and casually glanced at her.

if you're not going to smoke?" Maeve asked,

the cigarette butt into a nearby trash bin and slowly walked toward