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

got up and, with a soothing rub on Maja's head, headed into the

for something, a craving that

hadn't been for Beck revealing the truth, he would never have

to make the poison.

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

sky after a

few of lan's friends arrived at Greenfield

given a

and she was bustling around, ignoring lan's attempts to

Fitch and the others showed up bearing gifts,

they found the house warmly

and Fitch arrived together,

moment's hesitation, Tyler blurted out, "Should I say

decorations were

strode forward, casting a quick glance at lan to

what did I tell you? The guy's got nine lives; he's not going down that

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

was keeping a tight leash

was laden with drinks, desserts, and even

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

feeding him a piece.

shook his head, indicating he

two planning on setting a

since he woke up, but with Maja's

wedding dress.

looked at Maja, letting her

her belly, Maja

is born. My belly's only going

that."

she finished

open the door, and to everyone's

with gifts, and her eyes lit

are for

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