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.

be such a

exactly had bought the snow


asked the neighbor, "Do you know if there are any other snow lotuses

shook his head. "They're incredibly rare and only bloom once every 50 years. None of the mountains around here have

words, there

bloomed once every 50 years. If they missed

that

held Hailey's hand. "Why is your

whispered, "Jonah, we were

Maybe I'm just not destined to get my face hea

belongs to s

wrapped her arms around him tightly.

her hair.

Hailey nodded. "Alright."

their room and decided to


slay home the r

morning Content belonet

s

went to

heart sink. She really wanted

to be so handsome. Now, he had to wear a mask for the rest of

he never said it aloud, Hailey knew he minded—he

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