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

causing a thin sheen of

and, with a soothing rub on Maja's

for something, a craving that was hard

revealing the truth, he would never have believed someone could be crazy

to make the poison.

and took a deep

after

lan's friends arrived

been given a festive makeover,

Maja's spirits, and she

Fitch and the others showed up bearing gifts, they

the house

Fitch arrived

Tyler blurted out, "Should I say congratulations on your

were indeed very

at lan to make

what did I tell you? The guy's got

her company and had sent a text

Felix was keeping a tight leash on

desserts, and even

a long time, and Maja, holding a

feeding him a piece.

indicating he couldn't

on setting a wedding date soon or

with Maja's pregnancy showing, he was worried she wouldn't feel beautiful

wedding dress.

looked at

her belly,

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

that."

finished speaking, the doorbell

and to everyone's surprise, Carol walked

and her eyes lit up when she

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