With a hint of a smile in his voice, he enlightened her.

“You haven’t told me your son’s name yet.”

Ariana hit her palm on her forehead in a resounding slap. How in the world had she not given him his name? “Sorry, it completely slipped my mind. His name’s Max,” she quickly told Holden.

“Got it, Max, it is. I’ll make sure to keep that in my memory,”

Holden quipped with a light chuckle.

“Send me your number. I’ll give him a ring tomorrow.”

“Thank you so much.” A sigh of relief escaped Ariana’s lips. She could finally release the tension that had been furrowing her brow.

A moment of acknowledgment passed between them before the line went off.

Lowering her phone, Ariana found herself entranced, caught between the eerie resemblance of that voice to Theodore’s and the warmth of Holden’s tenor. The haunting similarity left her in a daze. It wasn’t until after she had dispatched her contact details to him that her tumultuous thoughts started to dissipate.

A N G E L A ‘s L I B R A R Y

couldn’t help but unlock her phone again, her compulsion driving her to pore over the

disappointedly, her hand falling limp in her lap, her thoughts drifting to the brief encounter with the Theodore doppelganger from earlier that

her very core. Was she so desperate and delusional that she now saw his apparitions wherever she turned? The very thought left her feeling

into the plush cushions of the couch, Ariana took a slow, deep breath in an attempt to calm her tumultuous mind. She scrolled through the man’s

had she expected to unearth about Theodore from this enigmatic man

shuffled off to bed, the images of those vacant social media pages trailing behind her

seemed more like a shadow of his

fingers ran tenderly through his hair as she coaxed, “I’m certain Daddy will be calling very soon, my sweet. Perhaps

his lips puckered with doubt, silently musing, “Are you truly expecting

to listlessly turning the pages

a weight of guilt as she gazed at her

her silent phone. She had been anxiously anticipating the

Her

Sonia’s exuberant voice that greeted her, bubbling over

well, you

special someone’s

friend’s voice, Ariana couldn’t help but laugh, a sound

call me using an unfamiliar

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