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

a thin sheen of

got up and, with a soothing rub on Maja's head, headed into the bathroom for a

whole body was clamoring for something, a craving that was

the truth, he would never have believed someone could be

to make the poison.

water and took a deep breath. When

after a

lan's friends

had been given a

lifted Maja's spirits, and she was

others showed up bearing gifts, they were greeted by the festive

inside, they found the house warmly

arrived

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

decorations were

glance at lan to

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

and had sent a text to Carol, though she doubted

that Felix was keeping a tight leash

drinks, desserts,

lively in a long time, and Maja, holding a

feeding him a piece.

his head, indicating he couldn't bear

two planning on setting a wedding

been on lan's mind since he woke up, but with Maja's pregnancy showing, he was worried

wedding dress.

at

her belly,

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

that."

soon as she finished

and to

her eyes lit up when

These are

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