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 Maja's head,

clamoring for something, a craving that was hard

for Beck revealing the truth, he would never have believed someone could be crazy enough

to make the poison.

his face with cold water and took a deep breath.

after a

of lan's friends

given a festive makeover,

of it had lifted Maja's spirits, and she was bustling around, ignoring lan's attempts to slow her

bearing gifts, they were greeted

found the house warmly adorned

arrived together, each carrying

out,

were

glance at lan to make sure he was alright before starting

what did I tell you? The guy's got

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

was keeping a tight leash on

coffee table was laden with drinks, desserts, and even jewelry

a long time, and Maja,

feeding him a piece.

indicating he couldn't bear

on setting a wedding date soon

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

wedding dress.

at Maja, letting her

belly, Maja

only going to get bigger,

that."

as she finished speaking, the doorbell

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

arms were laden with gifts, and her

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