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

soon causing a thin sheen

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

something, a craving that was hard to

would never have believed someone could be

to make the poison.

water and took a deep breath. When

after a

evening, a few of lan's

given a festive makeover, ostensibly to

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

Fitch and the others showed up bearing gifts, they were greeted by the

they found the house warmly

and Fitch arrived together, each carrying

out, "Should I say congratulations

were indeed

glance at lan to make sure he

what did I tell you? The guy's got nine lives;

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

keeping a

desserts,

time, and Maja, holding a plate of fruit,

feeding him a piece.

his head, indicating he couldn't bear

two planning on setting a wedding date

woke up, but with Maja's pregnancy showing, he was worried she wouldn't feel

wedding dress.

at Maja,

belly,

born. My belly's only going to get bigger, and

that."

as she finished speaking, the

door, and to

with gifts, and her eyes lit up when

are