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

causing a thin sheen of sweat to form

soothing rub on Maja's head, headed into

whole body was clamoring for something, a craving that was hard

never have believed someone could be crazy enough to use her own

to make the poison.

splashed his face with cold water and took a deep breath.

after

of lan's friends arrived

place had been given a festive makeover,

lifted Maja's spirits, and she was bustling around, ignoring lan's attempts to slow her

others showed up bearing

inside, they found the house

arrived together,

hesitation, Tyler blurted out, "Should I

were

forward, casting a quick glance at lan to

The guy's got nine

company and had sent a text to Carol, though she

that Felix was keeping a tight leash

laden with drinks, desserts, and even jewelry mystery

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

feeding him a piece.

indicating

two planning on setting a wedding date soon or

mind since he woke up, but with Maja's pregnancy showing, he was worried

wedding dress.

he looked at

her belly, Maja

born. My belly's only going

that."

as she finished speaking,

the door, and to everyone's

her eyes lit

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