Chapter 880
Hailey stared at him. “Jonah, I’m here now. So what is it that you want to say?”
“Hailey, I—”
“You think I came down to see you? You’re wrong! I came down because I didn’t want to disturb my parents. I didn’t want them to worry.”
Her cold, cutting words were like a blade plunging deep into Jonah’s heart.
He froze, looking closely at her delicate features. In the pouring rain, she looked even more beautiful, but the warmth she once had was gone.
Her gaze was ice-cold, filled with nothing but irritation and disdain.
Jonah pressed his lips together. “Hailey, you can throw a tantrum, act spoiled, or do whatever else you want. But breaking up isn’t a joke you get to make. I’m not breaking up with you!”
“Jonah, why are you so stubborn? Can’t you understand what I’m saying? I’ve told you-I want to break up!”
“Why? We were fine just yesterday. Last night we were still together. We even promised to get married when we got back.”
He reached out, placing his hands on her shoulders. “Hailey, give me a reason. Tell me why you’re breaking up with me. Did something happen? You can tell me
“Yes!” Hailey suddenly cut him off. “Something did happen!”
“What is it?”
“We couldn’t get the snow lotus! That means your face can’t be healed!”
Jonah froze, and the air around them fell into an eerie silence.
After a long silence, he finally asked, “Is that why you’re breaking up with me?”
Hailey forced a smile and said mockingly, “Jonah, you already know the answer. So why even ask? Are you acting ignorant because it’s more fun for you that way?”
Jonah muttered in disbelief, “So, because we couldn’t get the snow lotus, my face won’t recover, and that’s why you’re leaving me? No, I don’t believe you. You told me you didn’t care about my face. You said-“
“I was just lying to you, Jonah!”
He stiffened.
Hailey suddenly reached up and yanked off his mask.
Jonah instinctively raised his hand to cover his face, but she immediately held up a mirror instead.
“Jonah, take a good look at yourself. Look at your face-do you think it looks good like this?”
He rarely looked in the mirror. He couldn’t stand to face what he saw.
But now that she forced him to look, he saw a disgusting face that was disfigured beyond recognition.
“Do you see now? Do you see how hideous you’ve become? I used to think your face could be healed. thought that once we found the snow lotus, everything would be fine again. s
“But now that it’s gone, I just can’t do it. I don’t have the courage to wake up every morning and see your face. It terrifies me!”
Jonah’s voice turned hoarse. “Hailey… if you’re afraid, I’ll keep wearing a mask. I’ll never take it off.”
“That’s enough, Jonah! When will you stop deceiving yourself? You can’t even accept your own face. Why do you expect me to accept it?”
Cracks seemed to have appeared in Jonah’s vision. They splintered like spiderwebs, slowly entrapping his entire world.
He looked at her. “Hailey… is that really how you feel?”
Her heart ached, and it felt as though there was a blade being twisted in her heart.
However, she had no choice but to end this—she had to drive him away.
Hailey looked him in the eyes. “Yes. That’s exactly how feel. Jonah go I
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Her words hit him like a truck. Jonah staggered back a step, feeling as though his world was collapsing around him.
“Jonah Pilsner, we’re over. It’s the end for us. Do you understand now?
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don’t ever want to see you again!” s
She turned and walked away.
Jonah stood in the pouring rain, watching her retreating figure grow smaller and smaller.
Soon, his vision suddenly went black as he collapsed, falling onto the cold, storm- drenched ground with a heavy thud.