New mother whose partner died in bike crash finds love with spitting image of dead fiance

A grieving new mum has met the man of her dreams for the second time - after falling for a spitting image of her dead fiancé.

Naz Faruk, from Wokingham, Berkshire, was pregnant when her fiance, Mark Ashdown, was tragically killed in a motorbike accident last July.

The 28-year-old gave birth to their daughter, Sia, in February, but just months later met the man of her dreams for the second time.

After the death of Mark, Naz never thought she'd meet someone like him again.

But just weeks after giving birth, she signed up to an online dating site and got talking to 23-year-old Michael Miller - who looks strikingly similar to her late partner.

She said: 'It was so crazy, I felt as thought I was talking to Mark but it was Michael.

'Nothing will ever replace Mark but it was surreal to meet another person so alike to him.

'It took two months of talking online before me and Michael met but we hit it off straight away.

'Mark was caring and was emotional and I found that Michael was exactly the same.

'Michael is over 6ft tall with long golden brown hair and blue eyes - just like Mark.'

'Mark also enjoyed playing the guitar as does Michael, the list is endless.

'People are always making comparison's to Michael and Mark.

'I just feel so lucky to have found someone who understands me like my fiance did, I never thought I'd fall in love again.'

Mark died instantly when he was involved in a motorbike accident at a crossroads.

His parents had to deliver the devastating news after Naz rang his mobile.

She said: 'I called Mark as I wondered why I hadn't heard from him all afternoon.

'I fell to my knees when they told me he had died, I couldn't take it all in.

'He was too young to die, we had our whole lives to look forward too, it was so cruel.

'Apparently he had misjudged some changing traffic lights when he hit into another car.

'It was the biggest shock, I had never gone through everything like this in my life, I thought we would grow old together.

'I was petrified I would lose the baby too - the only piece of Mark left with me.'

Thankfully, Naz had a smooth pregnancy and their daughter, Sia, and she was born in February. 

She said: 'Knowing I had Sia to look after is the only thing that got me through the trauma of losing Mark.

'I never imagined we were soon to become a family of three again.'

Naz met Michael in March this year and ever since the day they met up they have been inseparable.

She added: 'Michael gets on so well with Sia, he loves her like she's his own daughter.

'I'll always make sure Sia knows who her daddy, Mark, was and how much he meant to us. 

'I've got a drawer full of his clothes and memories we shared that I will show Sia when she grows up.'

After a tough year, Naz is finally looking forward to the future.

Naz said: 'I can't believe I have got through it all.

'Meeting Michael and my beautiful Sia has made me happy again.

'If it wasn't for them both then I don't know how I would have coped with losing Mark, he was my everything.

'I'm just to lucky to have met, Michael, who is so similar, not only in looks, but in personality too.'

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