The Divorce Prescription

"Marriage?" Hailey's heart skipped a beat at the thought.

"With whom?" she asked in a daze.

Sure enough, her question earned her a punishment from Jonah he leaned in and bit her on her luscious, red lips.

"Ow!" Hailey winced in pain. "You're hurting me!"

Jonah stared at her intently. "Good. It should hurt. Ms. Hailey, who exactly do you want to marry?"

"I..." she stammered.

"Besides me, could there possibly be someone else? I'm asking-have you ever thought about marrying me?"

Marrying him?

Hailey felt overwhelmed. It was all so sudden. After all, they had only just

reconciled. But then again, if it hadn't been for that accident three years ago, they probably would've already been married.

"Jonah... are you asking me to marry you?"

Jonah wrapped his arms tightly around her waist, pulling her into his embrace.

marry you. Will you marry

feel her heart pounding crazily in

you a good life. I didn't dare to dream you'd marry me in

I've missed you so much, I couldn't sleep. Do you know what it's like to ache for someone like that?

It was a confession.

the steamy showerhead, he lowered his voice to a

echoed in her ears, wearing away

out the longing he felt in the past three years. He said he

stared into his burning gaze, so intense

Hailey, will you? Will you marry me?"

her heart screamed,

She nodded. "I will."

him and spend her life

down and kissed her. It was an aching, lingering kiss,

her arms around his neck,

we acquire the snow lotus

nodded. "Okay. My face

healed. Hailey, I'll look

of me

that even now, she loved him deeply.