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

with a soothing rub on

whole body was clamoring for something, a craving that

truth, he would never have

to make the poison.

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

sky after a

evening, a few of lan's

had been given a

spirits, and she was bustling around,

up bearing gifts, they were greeted by the

they found the house warmly

Fitch arrived together,

Tyler blurted out, "Should I

decorations were

Fitch strode forward, casting a quick glance at lan to make sure he was alright before starting their

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

sent a text

keeping a

with drinks, desserts,

time, and Maja, holding a plate of fruit, stayed close to lan,

feeding him a piece.

indicating

on setting a

but with Maja's pregnancy showing,

wedding dress.

at Maja, letting

her belly,

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

that."

finished

open the door, and to

arms were laden with gifts, and her eyes lit up when she

are

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