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

got up and, with a soothing rub on Maja's

was clamoring for something, a craving

never have believed someone could be crazy enough to

to make the poison.

water and took a deep breath. When he stepped

after

lan's friends

a festive makeover, ostensibly

she was bustling around, ignoring lan's attempts to slow her

and the others showed up bearing

the house

and Fitch arrived together, each

moment's hesitation, Tyler blurted out, "Should I say congratulations on

were indeed very

Fitch strode forward, casting a quick glance at lan to make sure he was alright before starting their

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

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

Felix was keeping a tight leash on

with drinks, desserts, and even jewelry mystery boxes for

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

feeding him a piece.

his head, indicating he

two planning on setting a wedding date soon

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

wedding dress.

looked at Maja, letting her

her belly, Maja

only going to get bigger, and I don't want to wear

that."

soon as she finished speaking, the doorbell

the door, and to everyone's surprise, Carol

gifts, and her eyes lit up when she saw

are for

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