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

rub on Maja's head, headed into the bathroom for

body was clamoring for something, a craving that was hard

would never have believed someone could be crazy

to make the poison.

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

after a

lan's friends arrived at Greenfield

place had been given a

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

others showed up bearing gifts, they were greeted by

found the house warmly adorned with

and Fitch arrived

a moment's hesitation, Tyler blurted out,

were

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

The guy's got nine lives; he's

few artists from her company and had sent

that Felix was keeping

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

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

feeding him a piece.

head, indicating he couldn't bear to

you two planning on setting a wedding

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

wedding dress.

he looked at Maja, letting her

her belly,

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

that."

as she finished speaking, the

door, and to everyone's

and her eyes lit up when she saw

are

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