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

excruciating torment, soon causing a thin sheen of

on Maja's head,

clamoring for something, a

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

to make the poison.

his face with cold water and took a deep

after

few of lan's friends arrived at

been given a

it had lifted Maja's spirits, and she was bustling around, ignoring lan's

others showed up bearing gifts, they

they found the

and Fitch arrived together,

Tyler blurted out, "Should I say congratulations on your

decorations were indeed

a quick glance at lan to make sure he

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

her company and had sent a text to Carol, though she

that Felix was keeping a tight leash

laden with drinks, desserts, and even

lively in a long time, and Maja,

feeding him a piece.

indicating he couldn't bear

on setting

had been on lan's mind since he woke up, but with Maja's pregnancy showing, he

wedding dress.

looked at

her belly,

only going to get bigger, and

that."

finished

went to open the door, and to everyone's

her eyes lit up when

are

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