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

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

clamoring for something, a craving that was

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

to make the poison.

water and took a deep breath. When he stepped out, he

sky after a

few of lan's friends arrived at

a festive makeover, ostensibly

and she was bustling

up bearing

found the house warmly

arrived together, each carrying

out, "Should

decorations were

forward, casting a quick glance at lan to make sure he was alright

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

sent a text to Carol, though

Felix was keeping

table was laden with drinks, desserts, and even jewelry mystery boxes for

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

feeding him a piece.

head, indicating he couldn't bear to

on setting a wedding date soon

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

wedding dress.

looked at

her belly, Maja

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

that."

as she finished

to open the door, and

gifts, and her eyes lit up when

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