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

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

for something, a

would never have believed someone could be crazy

to make the poison.

a deep breath. When he stepped out, he appeared as serene

after a

a few of lan's

been given a festive

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

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

they found the house warmly adorned with

Fitch arrived together, each carrying

out, "Should I say

were indeed

forward, casting a quick glance at lan to make

tell you? The guy's got nine lives; he's not going

sent a text

that Felix was keeping

drinks, desserts, and even jewelry mystery boxes

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

feeding him a piece.

indicating he

on setting a wedding date soon

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

wedding dress.

he looked at Maja, letting

belly,

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

that."

soon as she finished speaking, the

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

with gifts, and her eyes

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