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

a thin

got up and, with a soothing rub on Maja's head, headed into the bathroom for

was clamoring for something, a craving that was hard

hadn't been for Beck revealing the truth, he would never have believed someone could

to make the poison.

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

sky after

lan's friends

had been given a festive makeover, ostensibly to

of it had lifted Maja's spirits, and she was bustling

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

inside, they found the house warmly adorned with

Fitch arrived

out,

decorations were

quick glance at lan to make

tell you? The guy's got nine lives;

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

that Felix was keeping a tight leash on

was laden with drinks, desserts, and even

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

feeding him a piece.

head, indicating

setting a wedding date soon or

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

wedding dress.

at Maja,

belly,

probably wait until after the baby is born. My belly's only going to get bigger, and I don't want to wear a

that."

she finished speaking, the

went to open the door, and to

were laden with gifts, and her eyes lit

These are for the

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255