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

soon causing a thin

on Maja's head, headed

whole body was clamoring for something, a craving that

revealing the truth, he would never have believed someone

to make the poison.

splashed his face with cold water and took a

after a

evening, a few of lan's friends arrived

had been given a festive makeover, ostensibly

had lifted Maja's spirits, and she was

others showed up bearing gifts, they were greeted by the festive

the

and Fitch arrived together, each

Tyler blurted out, "Should I say

were indeed very

forward, casting a quick glance at lan to make

did I tell you? The guy's got nine

sent a text to Carol,

was keeping a tight leash

laden with drinks, desserts, and even jewelry mystery

a long time, and Maja, holding a plate of

feeding him a piece.

shook his head, indicating

on setting a

since he woke up, but with Maja's pregnancy

wedding dress.

looked at Maja, letting her

her belly, Maja

is born. My belly's only going to get bigger, and

that."

as she finished speaking, the doorbell

to open the door, and to

and her eyes lit up when

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