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 sweat

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

body was clamoring for something, a craving that was hard to

would never have believed someone could be crazy enough to

to make the poison.

cold water and took a deep breath. When he stepped out, he

sky after

a few of lan's friends arrived at

given a

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

Fitch and the others showed up bearing gifts,

inside, they found the house warmly adorned with

arrived together, each

moment's hesitation, Tyler blurted out, "Should I say congratulations on

were

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

The guy's got nine

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

keeping a

desserts, and even jewelry mystery boxes

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

feeding him a piece.

indicating

setting

been on lan's mind since he woke up, but with

wedding dress.

he looked at Maja, letting

belly,

baby is born. My belly's only going to

that."

soon as she finished speaking, the doorbell

open the door, and to everyone's surprise, Carol

her eyes lit up when she

are

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