The Divorce Prescription

Jonah nodded. "Alright."

He took Hailey to Arlo's residence, but the front door was locked. There was no one home.

Hailey knocked on the gate. "Hello? Is anyone home?"

A neighbor stepped out from next door. "Are you two looking for Arlo?"

Hailey nodded. "Yes, we are. Do you know where he went?"

The neighbor replied, "He's already moved. He left Barombya."

"What?" Hailey panicked and asked, "Do you know where he moved to?"

"I heard he made a lot of money and said he's not coming back."

Made a lot of money?

"You're here to buy the snow lotus, right? It's already been sold. Someone offered a huge sum to buy it, and Arlo took the windfall and moved away."

Hailey felt her heart sink. The snow lotus had already been sold-they were too late.

They had thought their timing was perfect, that they'd arrived just as the rare flower bloomed. However, someone else beat them to it.

could there be such

suspicious. Who exactly had bought

there

"They're incredibly rare and only bloom once every 50 years. None of the mountains

words, there were

bloomed once every 50 years. If they missed this one, who knew how long

didn't have that

hand. "Why

whispered, "Jonah, we were just one step

fate. Maybe I'm just not destined to get my face

belongs to s

her arms around him tightly.

a soft kiss to her hair. "Then let's

Hailey nodded. "Alright."

to their room and decided to stay one more night

slay home the r

morning Content belonet

s

to shower

feeling her heart sink. She really wanted Jonah to be

he had to wear a mask for the

said it aloud, Hailey