Crushed Affections (Dominic and Bella)

Chapter 42

Chapter

Heard This

Tella dan't get a wink of sleep that night. By the time down broke, she had packed her bags and was ready to leave.

Before heading out, the

Leonard message to explain her situation. Since he was abroad and in a different time zone, she didn't want to disturb him by calling.

To be surprise, Leonard called her right away. "Where are you planning to po

"Holha," she responded. As soon as the word let her mouth, the realized she had sold him where she was going, and Dominic would soon find out about it,

wanted to see Dominic, but she couldn't. It would

Right before she left, Bella book one last look at the rose in the corner of the courtyard, hoping it would

she tried to catch some sleep on the plane,

the plane, she searched for nearby hotels Alter confirming her booking, she received a text about a place to

reasonable. Undamilar with the loopental market, she found the terms quite enticing. Della

out the place in person the next day. Since she might be staying there for a long time,

with nostalgia and high hopes but ended up having to get out of there as fast as

with a real estate agent, but to her surprise, the landlord responded, and they

rather odd; they told her to let herself in, ring

she and at the property, she began to wonder if it was too good to be true. This place could easily be worth double the price, and

The only catch was that she couldn't sublet any of the rooms. Additionally, the landlord would

the feeling that something was off

to which the landlord replied. "If you don't want to rent, get lost! m's your

or she would