The Heir's Secret Bride

However, the Queen was very busy. Maeve would only see her when she needed to take the Queen's measurements for her clothes.

On the other hand, Loren would occasionally come to her house for a free meal or to bring some high-tech toys for Theo.

Even when she had another identity, Maeve had never tried to go out of her way to please them, merely treating them with basic human decency.

After chatting for a while, Karina went back to work.

At this moment, the little boy had also spotted Maeve. His round eyes instantly lit up and he pounced at Maeve.

""Mommy! I missed you so much!"

Maeve did not know whether to laugh or cry. "You've only been out for less than an hour. Did you miss me that much?" Theodore shook his head, "As the saying goes, absence makes the heart grow fonder. It's even more so for me!" "You and your silly ideas," Maeve said as she picked him up, tapping the tip of his nose. "If you missed me so much, why didn't you stay here with me?"

"Hehe, of course, I went to help you gather information!" Theo patted the notebook in his arms mysteriously.

Maeve looked at it curiously. "What is this?"

"Mommy's court uniform research report!" Theo answered,

Maeve had not expected that Theo had been running around the palace for this.

"Thank you, Theo." Maeve lowered her head and kissed his soft cheek. She smiled and said, "You've really helped me a lot." Theo blushed as he wrung his hands together, "Not really, just a little."

Maeve carried him out of the garden and climbed into the car that the palace had provided for her. They left the palace and headed home.

As Maeve opened the door, she asked, "Have you finished your homework for today? Don't wait for Jaylen to come back and check on you. If that happens, he'll give you more."

Theodore immediately wrinkled his nose, "Mommy, why don't we lock the door tonight and not let Jaylen in?"

"Who aren't you going to let in?" A disgruntled voice came from the living room.

Maeve was stunned for a moment before Theo was lifted from her arms.

The man was dressed in gray traditional clothes. After a few years, the disillusioned look in his eyes had become more mature and stable, and he was much gentler "Jaylen?" Maeve was a little surprised. "Weren't you supposed to come back in two days? Did you finish what you needed to

do?

Jaylen nodded and weighed the young boy in his arms. He said in disdain, "No wonder your mother calls you Theo. You're getting even chubbier. You should eat less" These words made Theo so angry that he puffed his cheeks up.

I'm just a child! So what if I'm chubby? I'll be as thin as a bolt of lightning when I grow up!

"A bolt of lightning with a diameter of 16 feet?" Jaylen was as sharp-tongued as ever.

Theo held Jaylen's face with his chubby hands. Jaylen, if you continue to speak like this, you might not be able to get married for the rest of your life!"

Jaylen subconsciously looked at Maeve, who was smiling gently beside him. He snorted and said, "Children should drink more milk and worry less. Also, I told you to address me as your godfather. Why are you addressing me this way?"

"I don't want to!" Theo refused. "Once a brother, always a brother Don't even think about trying to change your seniority. just because I'm young!"

Jaylen was speechless.

Maeve laughed so hard that she had to bend over.

You're laughing?" Jaylen's face was numb. 93%

"I'm sorry, I couldn't hold it in." Maeve held back her laughter with much difficulty. "You should have just accepted Theo as your student back then. Why did you go through the entire process of bringing him around?" By doing so, he'd lost a student to his master.

Now, Theo was the last disciple of Jaylen's master and also the youngest one in the entire sect.

The student that Jaylen had been anticipating for a few years had slipped through his fingers. Jaylen had been upset for long while and had not even returned to the sect.

Theo placed his hand on Jaylen's shoulder and said with a brotherly expression, "Jaylen, this is called all your efforts going to

waste.

"You brat," Jaylen led him to the study room. I'm going to test how you're doing. Did you lose your focus when I wasn't around

Theodore whined.

Maeve didn't know which one of them was more childish. She shook her head and headed to the kitchen.

Not long after, Jaylen came out of the study to help Maeve wash the vegetables.

I heard from Loren that you plan to go back?" His voice was a little deep. 'Aren't you afraid of meeting him?"

Maeve's hand paused, and her chopping slowed down.

"Of course, I'm afraid." She smiled gently. "But there's no point in being afraid. I've been running away for four years. Theo has grown up. I want to... go back and bury the child's body."

In the past four years, Maeve had never forgotten this.

That child's premature death had always been a deep scar in her heart. Even a slight touch would cause her pain.

Maeve could not and would not forget it.

Jaylen knew that this was a sore spot for Maeve. Sometimes, when he passed by her bedroom door at night, he would hear her being woken up by nightmares and crying out the child's nickname. If this matter was not resolved, Maeve would never be able to start a new life.

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Jaylen turned to look at her. When are you planning to go?"

"The day after tomorrow," Maeve answered.

""That soon?"

Maeve nodded. "Coincidentally, there's a fashion show happening at Kleymond soon. They invited me to be a judge. I'll treat it as a short holiday."

Jaylen raised his eyebrows. "I forgot that MR is now an internationally renowned figure. If you weren't hiding in the palace, you'd have drowned in invitation letters by now."

"That's nothing compared to Dr. Chatterly's popularity. You get approached almost every day."

The two of them flattered each other for a while. Jaylen hesitated for a few seconds and asked, "What about him? What are your plans?"

There was silence in the kitchen.

After a long time, Maeve lowered her eyes and said calmly, I don't care about him anymore. I'll just treat him as a stranger."

Jaylen's smile reached his eyes as he said, "It's good that you think that way. I was afraid that you would be sad, so there's something I haven't been able to tell you." "What is it?" Maeve asked.

The year you left, he had a child with that Lynn."

Maeve suddenly tightened her grip on the hilt of the knife. She did not even notice she had cut her finger and that she was bleeding.

Jaylen's eyes tightened. He immediately grabbed her wrist and brought her to the sink to rinse the wound with water. "How can you cut your hand just by cutting vegetables? What are you thinking?" Jaylen said. Maeve smiled nonchalantly. "The handle of the knife was a little slippery from the water. I even accidentally cut the glove last time."

Jaylen took some gauze to bandage Maeve's wound before chasing her out of the kitchen.

"Go and see if Theo is slacking off. Leave this to me." Jaylen said

"Alright," Maeve turned around and walked toward the study. The forced smile on her face slowly faded and she turned pale.

She looked down at the bandage on her index finger and frowned slightly.

"How strange. It's just a small wound, why does it feel so uncomfortable?" Maeve thought.

However, Maeve didn't notice a tiny figure dashing back toward the study room when she turned around, locking the door behind him. The young boy held his chin with a deep expression. "So Mommy had another child? That's my older twin no my younger twin brother? Maeve glared in the direction of the living room. Then, she deliberately asked the little child, "So if I'm the baby, what are you?" DG

The little girl poured indistress. Then, her eyes lit up, I'm just the silly child of Mommy and Daddy!"

The little child's nickname was Joy. It was probably because of this nickname that she was always happy all day.

Maeve was charmed by the serious look on her face. She pressed his cheek against Joy's and said, "Don't listen to your daddy You're our baby"

"No!" Joy said seriously, "Only Mama is his baby,"

Maeve's face flushed red and she wondered when he was going to stop treating her like a child.

Once the little girl finished conveying her message, she left to go and watch her cartoons

Maeve originally thought that this matter would be over just like that. As long as she did not admit that she was a baby, she would be able to guard her pride as an adult.

However, the next evening, when she went to the kindergarten to pick her daughter up, she realized that the teachers and parents seemed to be looking at her with looks of ridicule.

After bringing Joy home, Maeve finally understood the whole story from the group chat.

Her obedient child went up on stage and said, "My Daddy is so clingy. He clings to Mommy every day! Can't he look for his own Mommy? Also, why does Mommy get so angry when Daddy calls her his baby.... Now, everyone, including the children's parents, knew that Joy's father was clingy to his wife and called his wife a baby.NôvelDrama.Org owns all content.

This was nothing.

However, when this clingy wife was equated with the CEO of the Mcdaniel Group, everyone felt that it was amazing.

No one would have imagined that the great CEO who was always on the news and full of vigor at work, would behave like this normally.

After Maeve read the group message, her embarrassment soared. He kicked his calf as he sat next to her watching television. "Byron Mcdaniel, look at what you've done!"

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