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

an excruciating torment, soon causing a thin sheen of sweat to

soothing rub on Maja's

clamoring for something, a craving that was

been for Beck revealing the truth, he would never have believed someone could be

to make the poison.

shower, he splashed his face with cold water and took a deep

sky after

a few of lan's friends arrived at Greenfield

been given a festive makeover, ostensibly

lifted Maja's spirits, and she was bustling around, ignoring lan's

the others showed up bearing gifts, they were

they found the house warmly adorned with

arrived together,

blurted out, "Should I say congratulations

decorations were

at lan to make sure he was alright

guy's got nine lives; he's not going down that

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

Felix was keeping a tight leash

drinks, desserts,

Gardens hadn't been this lively in a long time, and Maja,

feeding him a piece.

his head, indicating

you two planning on setting a wedding date soon or

had been on lan's mind since he woke up, but with Maja's pregnancy showing, he was worried she wouldn't

wedding dress.

looked at Maja,

belly,

after the baby is born. My belly's only going to get bigger,

that."

finished speaking,

to open the door, and to everyone's surprise, Carol

her

are for

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