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

an excruciating torment, soon causing a thin sheen of sweat to form on his

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

whole body was clamoring for something,

it hadn't been for Beck revealing the truth, he would never have believed someone could be crazy enough to use her

to make the poison.

cold water and took a

after

evening, a few of lan's friends

a festive makeover, ostensibly

had lifted Maja's spirits, and she was bustling

others showed up bearing gifts,

found the house warmly adorned

Fitch arrived together, each

moment's hesitation, Tyler blurted out, "Should

were

lan to make sure he was alright

you? The guy's got nine lives; he's not going down that

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

was keeping a

coffee table was laden with drinks, desserts, and even jewelry mystery boxes for a

a long time, and Maja, holding

feeding him a piece.

indicating he couldn't bear to

two planning on setting a wedding

with Maja's pregnancy showing, he

wedding dress.

he looked at Maja, letting her

belly, Maja

probably wait until after the baby is born. My belly's only going to get bigger, and I don't want to wear

that."

as she finished speaking, the doorbell

went to open the door, and

laden with gifts, and her eyes

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