Holden’s heart danced a jig of alarm as a wave of concern rushed through him in a heartbeat. He hastened his steps, trying to reach Ariana’s side.
Seeing Ariana’s sudden entry into the room, Sadie sprang into action instantly. She bolted forward, clasping Holden’s hand tightly, tears cascading down her cheeks while emitting a loud, piercing cry.
“Holden! I’m carrying your baby!”
Holden came to an abrupt stop, casting a frosty glare back at her.
“I’ll give you a moment to rethink this. I’ve never laid a finger on you. How on earth could you be expecting my child?” he retorted coldly.
Faced with Holden’s icy reaction, Sadie felt a jolt of fear, but with Ariana present, she knew she had to keep Holden by her side at all cost.
She clenched her jaw, forcing herself to remain composed. “It’s been almost a month. I planned to tell you after the wedding. It happened when you were off your head drunk. I know you can’t recall a thing because you were wasted, but I found out a few days ago from the doctor.”
While Sadie spoke, Ariana approached Holden. The ringing in her ears from the car accident hadn’t subsided, but she heard every word from Sadie loud and clear.
With tears streaming down her face, she gazed up at the man she had yearned for helplessly and hoarsely whispered, “Theodore.”
Blood was still slowly trickling down from the cut across her forehead, but she couldn’t take her eyes off the guy in front of her.
Seeing her in such a state, Holden felt a wrenching pain in his chest, leaving him breathless.
His hand trembled slightly as he slowly reached out, yearning to touch Ariana.
Just as his fingertips were about to reach her, Ariana recoiled abruptly, pulling back to avoid his touch. With tearful, reddened eyes fixed on Holden, she asked in a strained voice, “Are you truly Theodore?”
Holden fell silent, uncertainty clouding his mind.
Even now, Holden wasn’t entirely sure of his own identity. He felt lost, wandering through a dense fog, having forgotten events from the past. Everyone around him skirted around anything from five years ago.
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That lingering fog clouded his vision, leaving him without any concrete evidence to definitively prove whether he was Theodore or not.
Holden moved his lips, but no words came out. A sharp pain struck his heart, and his eyes reddened involuntarily, yet he couldn’t say anything.
Ariana held his gaze, her expression filled with sorrow. She pressed her lips together and shook her head, retreating two steps backward.
The way she looked at him now was like staring at a total stranger.
“No, you’re not him. My Theodore wouldn’t have taken this long to find me, and he wouldn’t have married or started a family with another woman. You… You’re not him,” she said in anguish.