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 sweat to

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

something, a craving

would never have believed someone could be crazy enough

to make the poison.

and took a deep breath. When he stepped

after a

a few of lan's

been given a festive makeover, ostensibly to

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

the others showed up bearing gifts, they were greeted by

they found the house warmly adorned with

Fitch arrived

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

decorations were indeed

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

you? The guy's got nine lives;

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

keeping

table was laden with drinks, desserts,

long time, and Maja, holding

feeding him a piece.

indicating he couldn't

two planning on setting a wedding date

woke up, but with Maja's pregnancy showing, he

wedding dress.

he looked at Maja,

belly,

wait until after the baby is born. My belly's only going to get

that."

finished speaking,

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

gifts, and her eyes

are for the

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