Dear Ex-wife Marry Me by Twin Bridge

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 on

up and, with a soothing rub on

for something, a craving that was hard to

truth, he would never have believed someone could be crazy enough to use

to make the poison.

took a deep breath. When he stepped out,

sky after

few of lan's friends

a festive makeover, ostensibly to

of it had lifted Maja's spirits, and she was bustling around, ignoring lan's attempts to slow her

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

inside, they found the house warmly adorned

and Fitch arrived together,

Tyler blurted out, "Should I say congratulations on

were indeed

at lan to make sure he

got nine lives; he's not

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

was keeping

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

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

feeding him a piece.

head, indicating he

you two planning on setting a wedding

woke up, but with Maja's pregnancy showing, he was worried she wouldn't

wedding dress.

at Maja, letting her

belly, Maja

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

that."

soon as she finished

went to open the door, and

with gifts, and her eyes lit up when

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