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

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

and, with a soothing rub on Maja's head, headed into

whole body was clamoring for something, a craving that

never have believed someone could be crazy enough to use

to make the poison.

a deep breath. When

sky after

of lan's friends arrived at

had been given a festive makeover, ostensibly to

and she was

Fitch and the others showed up bearing gifts, they were

inside, they found the house warmly

Fitch arrived together,

hesitation, Tyler blurted out, "Should I

decorations were

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

The guy's got nine lives; he's not going down

from her company and had sent a text to

was keeping a tight leash on

was laden with drinks, desserts,

Gardens hadn't been this lively in a long time, and Maja, holding a plate of

feeding him a piece.

head, indicating he couldn't bear

two planning on setting a

with Maja's pregnancy showing, he was worried she wouldn't feel beautiful in

wedding dress.

he looked at Maja, letting

belly,

after the baby is born. My belly's only going to get bigger, and I don't

that."

finished

the door, and to everyone's surprise, Carol walked

her eyes lit up when she

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