Ames Brown made us all leap in air in joy and laugh like giddy high school girls last night when he ditched his chances to win $250,000 on Bachelor Pad for love by running after a limo with his eliminated girlfriend Jackie Gordon inside.

A day later, our hopes of happily ever after for Ames and Jackie have been dashed into a thousand pieces. Today,  during a conference call with reporters, Ames and Jackie confirmed that the two are no longer a couple despite Ames’ stupendous gesture.

“We had a great time on the show and chose love over money in the competition,” Ames said. “We are not still dating, but we enjoyed every moment we had together.”

Their fairly tale romance sadly ended up being rather short-lived, as they dated for “a couple of weeks” before Ames broke things off at a surprise to Jackie.

“I personally was definitely shocked that it ended as it did,” Jackie said. “I was certainly not expecting that. I thought this was something that had the potential of forever, but you know, with every relationship, nothing is maybe exactly perfect.

“But it’s a hard pill to swallow when you find love, especially on a show like that where it’s so unusual, and it leaves you. It’s hard,” she stated.

So will a single Ames, the 31-year-old bachelor (from Ashley Hebert‘s season of The Bachlorette), make a good next Bachelor?

“It hasn’t been discussed or anything. So at this point, I don’t even know,” Ames said.