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

a thin sheen of sweat to

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

was clamoring for something, a craving that was

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

to make the poison.

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

sky after a

evening, a few of lan's

place had been given a festive makeover,

had lifted Maja's spirits, and she was bustling around, ignoring lan's

the others showed up bearing gifts, they were

the house

Fitch arrived together,

Tyler blurted out, "Should I say congratulations

decorations were indeed

glance at lan to make sure he was alright

guy's got nine lives; he's not going

few artists from her company and had sent a text to Carol, though she doubted

that Felix was keeping a

desserts, and even jewelry mystery

and

feeding him a piece.

head, indicating he

you two planning on setting a wedding date

lan's mind since he woke up, but with Maja's

wedding dress.

at Maja, letting her

belly, Maja

until after the baby is born. My belly's only going to get

that."

she finished speaking, the doorbell

the door, and to everyone's surprise, Carol

and her eyes lit up when

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