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

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

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

clamoring for something,

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

to make the poison.

with cold water and took a

after a

lan's friends arrived

a festive makeover, ostensibly

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

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

they found the house warmly adorned with

and Fitch arrived together, each carrying

Tyler blurted out, "Should I

were indeed very

at lan to

got nine lives;

and had sent a text

was keeping a

drinks, desserts, and even jewelry mystery boxes for

this lively in a long time, and Maja, holding a plate

feeding him a piece.

his head, indicating

on setting a

been on lan's mind since he woke up, but with

wedding dress.

looked at Maja, letting her

her belly, Maja

baby is born. My belly's only going to get bigger, and I don't want to wear a wedding

that."

finished speaking, the

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

and her eyes lit

are for

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