Ariana lay in a tight curl on her bed, eyes red from crying, fixated on her phone.

She drafted message after message, only to delete them time and again.

Pressing send would mean closing the chapter with Holden, something she wasn’t fully ready for despite knowing better.

Guilt consumed her, especially given Holden’s impending marriage.

How could she sustain her relationship with him?

After what seemed like an eternity of an internal battle, she sent a simple message.

“Thank you.”

caught in his throat as he read

a puzzled emoji and replied, “Why are you

minutes stretched, a knot of worry

he decided to call her, only to be met with

sting of

he could process

talk. Texting’s better

swirled in Holden, and after a few deep breaths, he responded, “What’s

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