Maja's eyes suddenly brimmed with tears as she placed Beck's hand against her cheek without uttering a word.

Beck, feeling even more guilty, cleared his throat awkwardly, "I'll take care of this for you, don't worry about Queena. As long as

lan pulls through, that's what matters, right?"

The more he spoke, the less convinced he sounded.

There were two reasons for his unease, firstly, he had concealed the fact that lan was still alive, and secondly, he had let Queena

get away.

lan had been laid up for another whole day.

When he awoke, the room was bathed in sunlight.

Turning his head, he saw Maja lying beside him.

Maja was sleeping soundly, her hand tightly clutching his.

They were in the master bedroom of Greenfield Gardens, a place he knew all too well.

A wave of tenderness washed over him, and he felt little desire to get out of bed.

He tried to pull his hand free, but Maja's grip was firm, and her eyes were still red, likely from crying.

His heart ached with a mixture of pain and tenderness as he drew closer, enveloping her entirely in his embrace.

When Maja woke with a start, her immediate concern was to check on lan's health.

"I'm really okay," he insisted.

But Maja wouldn't hear of it and proceeded to give him a thorough examination right there on the bed.

His injuries had mostly healed, but the issue of being poisoned was something that wouldn't resolve anytsoon.

lan looked fine on the surface, but he was biting the inside of his cheek to carry on a normal conversation, the itch in his bones

torment, soon causing a thin sheen of sweat to form on his

a soothing rub on Maja's head, headed into the bathroom

for something, a craving

it hadn't been for Beck revealing the truth, he would never have believed someone could

to make the poison.

he splashed his face with cold water and took a deep breath. When he stepped out, he

after a

lan's friends arrived

a

sight of it had lifted Maja's spirits, and she was bustling around, ignoring lan's attempts to

showed up bearing gifts, they were greeted by

inside, they found the house warmly adorned with

Fitch arrived together, each

hesitation, Tyler blurted out, "Should I say

were indeed

quick glance at lan to make sure he was alright

got nine lives; he's not going down that

artists from her company and had sent a text to Carol, though she

keeping a tight

coffee table was laden with drinks, desserts, and even jewelry mystery boxes for a

in a long time, and Maja, holding a plate of fruit, stayed close to lan,

feeding him a piece.

shook his head, indicating he

planning on setting a wedding date soon

with Maja's pregnancy showing, he was worried she wouldn't feel beautiful in

wedding dress.

looked at Maja, letting her

her belly,

baby is born. My belly's only going to get bigger, and I don't want to wear a wedding

that."

as she finished speaking,

open the door, and to

were laden with gifts, and her eyes

are

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