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 form on

soothing rub on

something, a craving that was hard

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

to make the poison.

water and took a

sky after

of lan's friends

had been given a festive makeover,

she was bustling

showed up bearing gifts, they were greeted by

they found the house warmly

arrived

blurted out, "Should I say congratulations on your

were indeed

casting a quick glance at lan to make sure he was alright before starting

tell you? The guy's got nine

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

Felix was keeping a tight

laden with drinks, desserts, and even jewelry mystery boxes

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

feeding him a piece.

his head, indicating he couldn't

two planning on setting a wedding date soon or

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

wedding dress.

he looked at Maja, letting her

her belly,

belly's only going to get bigger, and I don't want to wear a

that."

she finished speaking, the

and to everyone's

and her eyes lit up

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