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 of sweat to form on

a soothing rub on Maja's

for something,

for Beck revealing the truth, he would never have believed someone

to make the poison.

his face with cold water and took a deep breath. When he stepped

after

a few of lan's friends

a festive makeover,

spirits, and she was bustling around,

others showed up bearing gifts, they were greeted

they found the house warmly

arrived together,

out,

were indeed very

at lan to make sure he was

did I tell you? The guy's got nine lives; he's not going

artists from her company and had sent

keeping a tight

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

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

feeding him a piece.

indicating he

you two planning on setting a wedding

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

wedding dress.

at Maja, letting

belly, Maja

My belly's only going to get bigger, and I don't want to

that."

as she finished speaking, the doorbell

went to open the door, and to everyone's

arms were laden with gifts, and her eyes lit up when

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