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 of sweat to

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

for something, a craving that was

truth, he would never have believed someone could be crazy enough to

to make the poison.

and took a deep breath. When he stepped out, he appeared

sky after a

evening, a few of lan's friends arrived at Greenfield

given a festive

had lifted Maja's spirits, and she was bustling

and the others showed up bearing

inside, they found the house warmly adorned

and Fitch arrived

a moment's hesitation, Tyler blurted out, "Should I

were indeed

at lan to make sure he was alright before starting their playful

you? The guy's got

company and had sent a text to Carol, though she doubted Carol would make it,

keeping a

table was laden with drinks, desserts, and even jewelry mystery

hadn't been this lively in a long time, and Maja, holding a plate of

feeding him a piece.

shook his head, indicating he couldn't bear

on setting a wedding date soon

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

wedding dress.

at Maja,

her belly, Maja

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

that."

she finished speaking,

open the door, and to everyone's

her eyes lit up when she

are

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