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

a thin sheen of sweat

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

something, a craving that was hard

revealing the truth, he would never have believed someone could be crazy enough to use

to make the poison.

splashed his face with cold water and took a deep

sky after

evening, a few of lan's

given a festive makeover, ostensibly to

she was

others showed up bearing

found the

Fitch arrived together, each

out, "Should I say congratulations on your

decorations were indeed very

glance at lan to make sure he was alright before starting their

I tell you? The guy's got nine lives; he's

also invited a few artists from her company and had sent a text to

was keeping a

laden with drinks, desserts, and even

and

feeding him a piece.

shook his head, indicating he couldn't

setting a wedding

lan's mind since he woke up, but with Maja's pregnancy showing, he was worried she wouldn't feel beautiful

wedding dress.

he looked at Maja, letting

belly,

is born. My belly's only going to get bigger, and I don't

that."

as she finished speaking,

open the door, and

laden with gifts, and her eyes

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