But upon examining a long skirt and checking a shoe cabinet, he found the sizes were all wrong. Everything was off.
Confusion took hold.
His fingerprints were enrolled to the lock, but he couldn’t recall ever owning this place. The men’s wardrobe screamed his name,
yet the women’s closet sang a different tune. It wasn’t Sadie’s.
His mind raced back to the tailor, who’d mentioned the wedding dress designed for someone Holden held dear. Could she have
lived here?
Yet, according to Sadie, they were the star-crossed lovers from five years back. How could he have a connection with another
woman?
Holden put everything back to its original place, and then he fell into deep thought for a long time. He suddenly began searching
the entire apartment, hoping to find even a simple trace of the woman’s existence. He wanted to know who this woman was,
even if he could only find one photo.
However, the room had been meticulously cleaned and Holden was unable to find any photos or objects that could give clues to
the identity of this woman.
Only the shoes in the shoe cabinet and the women’s clothing in the wardrobe indicated that a woman had once lived here.
Standing in the room, Holden looked around, his mind in a mess.
He couldn’t understand why there were so many things related to him here. Who was that woman? More importantly, what did
she do five years ago?
Since his accident, he had never had such an ardent desire to remember his past.
A N G E L A ‘s L I B R A R Y
What happened before he lost his memory? Had Sadie been deceiving him all this time?
Holden stayed in the apartment for a while. After he had finally calmed down, he left the apartment.
Just as he entered the elevator, the doors of another elevator opened and Ariana stepped out.
Ariana’s mind was still busy with what had happened during the day.
On top of that, she missed Theodore so much. She unconsciously turned in the direction of the apartment where Holden had just
come out of.
Standing at the door, Ariana took a deep breath to calm her heart, which was overwhelmed with emotions. It had already been
five years since she had been back here. In fact, she had been afraid to come back here as it could bring back old memories and
she might not be able to control her emotions. But ever since she saw that photo, she had been restless. Her heart was no
longer consumed by fear but by desire. And now she found herself standing right here.
It was the first time she had come back here in five years.
When Ariana opened the door and walked in, a wave of bitterness and sadness washed over her heart at the sight of the familiar
surroundings.
Everything was still the same as it was five years ago. Nothing had changed at all. She had not even changed the fingerprints
lock or the passwords.
She had been in a situation where she found herself both avoiding this place and wanting to preserve it in its original state. She
wanted to keep things intact, as if Theodore was still with her.
She knew every nook and cranny of this apartment as if the last time she was here was yesterday. But at the same time, all of
this was like a fleeting dream to her.
Ariana went straight to the room that used to be Theodore’s at the time. As soon as she entered it, the sadness in her heart grew
so much that her heart was about to burst.
She opened the wardrobe and took out the clothes Theodore used to wear. She couldn’t resist the desire to squeeze them tightly
against her. With her hands trembling slightly, she held the clothes close to her chest.