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

thin sheen of sweat to form on his

rub on Maja's head, headed into the bathroom

body was clamoring for something, a craving that

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

to make the poison.

splashed his face with cold water and took a deep breath. When he stepped out,

after

evening, a few of lan's friends arrived

been given a festive

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

Fitch and the others showed up bearing gifts,

inside, they found the house warmly adorned

Fitch arrived together, each carrying

Tyler blurted out, "Should I

decorations were

Fitch strode forward, casting a quick glance at lan to

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

artists from her company and had sent a text to Carol, though she doubted Carol would make

was keeping a tight

drinks, desserts, and even jewelry mystery boxes

long time, and Maja,

feeding him a piece.

shook his head, indicating he couldn't bear to

on setting a

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

wedding dress.

he looked at

her belly,

only going to get

that."

as she finished speaking, the

went to open the door, and

and her

are

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