Chapter: 1210

Finding no one home, he called Alicia, but there was no answer.

His heart sank, but he tried to convince himself that she was just out, busy with something.

Yet, as the hours passed and his calls went unanswered, his hope dwindled.

Frantically, he sent people out to search, but their efforts vanished like stones in a pond.

Exhausted and alone, he ended up at the city hall, clutching the documents he'd brought to get their marriage license.