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 of sweat to form on

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

whole body was clamoring for something, a

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

to make the poison.

a deep breath. When he stepped out, he appeared

sky after a

of lan's friends arrived

had been given a festive makeover, ostensibly to

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

bearing gifts, they were greeted by the

inside, they found the house warmly

Fitch arrived together,

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

decorations were

a quick glance at lan to make sure he was alright

The guy's got nine

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

was keeping a tight

laden with drinks, desserts, and even

hadn't been this lively in a long time, and Maja, holding a plate of fruit, stayed close to lan,

feeding him a piece.

his head, indicating he couldn't

planning on setting a wedding date soon or

with Maja's pregnancy showing, he

wedding dress.

he looked at Maja, letting her

belly,

probably wait until after the baby is born. My belly's only going to get bigger,

that."

soon as she finished

the door, and to everyone's surprise, Carol

and her eyes lit up when

are for the

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255