Dear Ex-wife Marry Me by Twin Bridge

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

torment, soon causing a thin sheen of sweat to form

rub on Maja's

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

hadn't been for Beck revealing the truth, he would never have believed someone could be crazy

to make the poison.

and took a deep breath. When he

after a

evening, a few of lan's friends arrived

given a festive makeover, ostensibly

it had lifted Maja's spirits, and she was

others showed up bearing gifts, they were greeted by

inside, they found the house warmly adorned

Fitch arrived together, each

hesitation, Tyler blurted out, "Should I say congratulations on

were

lan to make sure he was

got

had sent a text to Carol, though she doubted Carol would

was keeping a

drinks, desserts, and even jewelry mystery boxes for

a long time, and Maja, holding a plate of fruit,

feeding him a piece.

indicating

two planning on setting

with

wedding dress.

he looked at Maja,

her belly, Maja

baby is born. My belly's only going to get

that."

as she finished speaking,

to open the door, and to

with gifts, and her eyes

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