"The rabbit belonged to me anyway! You were using my stuff to feed my own pet—I absolutely cannot take your money!" Mrs. Potts forcefully shoved the cash into Norah's hands.
"And one more thing," Mrs. Potts added, pulling a small potted plant from another basket. It was a beautiful orchid. "This is actually a pretty rare variety. Take it as a souvenir, and come back to the mountains whenever you have free time."
Norah accepted the plant warmly. "Thank you!"
Mrs. Potts waved her hands frantically. "No, we are the ones thanking you!"
After bidding everyone a final farewell, Xavier and Norah started the drive back to J City.
As the car wound through the mountain roads, Norah rolled down the window. With the fresh breeze hitting her face, she smiled brightly. "We really made a killing on this trip!"
Thinking back to his completely sleepless, agonizing night, Xavier let out a soft scoff. She was certainly in a good mood!
Still, he was just relieved it was finally over.
*
By the time they arrived back in J City, it was already late afternoon. The car pulled up to the barbecue restaurant, and Damian rushed out with the rest of the crew to greet them.
Stepping out of the car and walking toward the entrance, Xavier subconsciously reached out and grabbed Norah's hand. After days of being joined at the hip, it had become second nature.
Seeing their intertwined hands, Damian's jaw dropped, a highly amused smirk spreading across his face.
Xavier realized what he was doing and awkwardly let go of her hand. "Get back to work," he commanded coolly.
Norah let out a dramatic sigh. "After playing for a few days, I really don't want to go back to work!"
"The last few days were just an exception," Xavier replied flatly.
Staring at his calm, detached expression, a wave of disappointment washed over her. Still, she clutched her orchid and smiled. "I'm going to go check on Circe and put my orchid in the yard."
As Norah headed toward the back, Damian led the others to unload the trunk. He sidled up to Xavier with a massive grin. "Boss, are you and Norah finally together?"

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The readers' comments on the novel: Find me in your labyrinth (Stella and Jonathan)
Norah isn't a girl, but a twenty -five year old beautiful woman that loves Xavier Fleming/Gonzalez/Hanson....
Update 3103 hasn't been received and it hold pertinent information. Please fix it for us. Thank you....
This is great! I love the updates....
Now Xavier needs to call in the reinforcement, Gabriel and Jonathan to settle this. Thank you for the updates....
May we please have updates. Thank you...
Xavier will always protect Norah he must admit this to himself and Norah. I believe after they return from this , he'll need to approach Norah 's parents and he'll get support from Jonathan and Ella....
I like how you are getting all the different love interest committed, thank you for the updates....
Hoping Manly have his own love story here, atleast a short one...
Emily has finally stood up for herself. Now with Charlie's support, her mother and sister in law will be as quiet as church mice....
Another epic ten updates... this is great! I'm sooo enjoying this. Thank you for the updates....