The Heir's Secret Bride

Chapter 547

Chapter 547

Chapter 547

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After the kiss, Maeve could feel the heat radiating off Byron even more intensely. Bryon's breath was a searing breeze, like a gust of summer wind that could scorch the skin with its heat. She even wondered if that glass of wine was testing him, or torturing her.

Byron's hot lips traced her earlobe, and after the kiss, his voice came out like a flame licking at her skin. "Admit defeat now, and I'll show you just how much I can endure with you." Maeve's throat was dry from the way he nuzzled her, and she nearly choked on his words.

She wondered, "He still remembers the bet at this point?'

"No." She replied decisively. "Why would I give up when I'm in a position to win? You'd better hold it together. If you can't, it just means you're completely lost in lust."

Byron fell silent for a moment, and when he spoke again, his words seemed to be forced through clenched teeth. "So you think I'll lose?"

Maeve blinked, the realization dawning on her. If she won and he lost... that meant he wouldn't be able to hold on until the effects of the drug wore off, right?

What was the difference between this and her openly inviting him to Netflix and chill?

Her neck tingled, and suddenly her confidence faltered. "No, I believe you'll win. You just need to trust yourself." Byron's tone turned cold. "You'd better start praying my tolerance holds out longer than the medicine."

Maeve didn't say another word. She curled into the blanket, feeling the heat building between them. She didn't even complain about how hot it was anymore.

But this kind of close embrace... it didn't feel pleasant. Especially since Byron wasn't just holding her; he was fighting to contain his growing desire, even through the thin blanket between them.

Several times, Maeve felt his control slipping. Her heart trembled, but he never lifted the blanket to act on it.

Maeve thought, 'This man is ruthless with others, but even more so with himself.

Maeve finally saw it for herself.

Maybe it was the years of restraint before, the way he'd been holding himself back, that caused everything to come crashing down now. Desire surged within him like an unquenchable wildfire, always hungry, consuming everything in its path, never satisfied, never resting. His desire stretched out before her like an endless abyss, deep and uncharted.

And yet, Byron clung to her, refusing to let go, even when he was clearly reaching his limit. She didn't understand it.

Maeve stood in front of Bryon, her presence so magnetic that he had to summon every from crossing the line between desire and restraint.

ounce

control to keep

he only hugged the meat bun and did not

was serious

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thoughts were clouded with confusion. Was he really holding out just to make her believe

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Chapter 547

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it even matter whether she believed him, considering

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sound of her shallow breaths filled the air, a constant rhyth, and Maeve felt like her insides were being set on

head grew heavy, and she found herself growing drowsy, despite the intense

she was jolted awake by the faint, metallic scent of blood in the

eyes were closed, his breath even. But there was a patch of crimson staining the middle of his pale lips. It was blood

like something out of a

inside. It was clear

world wasn't what one couldn't do, but what one could do, yet chose not

their desires, fighting against

help but be moved

she still hadn't come to terms with

first time, she believed that perhaps he had

anything, but it made

applied a thin layer of Theo's powder to the

at the man lying in bed, still exuding an undeniable presence even in sleep. She turned and quietly

the door behind her, ensuring it could only be opened from the inside before she

report on the employee's failure, saw Maeve moving quickly and decided

go

for now.

quietly disappeared

children to the Mcdaniel family's old residence to stay with Gilbert, saying she would be off on a vacation. Then, she

didn't take her phone, wallet, or suitcase. She only carried her ID

she left no trace behind

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