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

rub on Maja's

was clamoring for something, a craving that was hard to

the truth, he would never have believed someone could be

to make the poison.

face with cold water and took a deep breath. When he stepped out, he appeared as

sky after a

few of lan's friends arrived

had been given a festive makeover, ostensibly to

it had lifted Maja's spirits, and she

the others showed up bearing gifts, they

they found the house warmly adorned

arrived together, each

blurted out, "Should I

decorations were indeed very

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

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

sent a text to Carol, though she

Felix was keeping a tight

desserts,

long time, and Maja, holding a plate of

feeding him a piece.

indicating

setting a

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

wedding dress.

at Maja, letting her

belly,

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

that."

finished speaking,

went to open the door, and to everyone's surprise,

arms were laden with gifts, and her eyes lit

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