Love at the Next Stop

Chapter 83 Separated by Mountains

The property agent said that the buyer was keen on the international school nearby the villa, which was why he bought it.

That reminded Stella that there was such an international school near the villa, but the school fees were rather expensive. Hence, regular people wouldn’t consider this villa because it wasn’t exactly a property in a schooling area. With no children of her own, Stella didn’t pay any attention to such matters.

The one who showed up for the purchase procedure was coming on behalf of the buyer. In other words, it was another agent, so Stella never saw how the buyer looked like even until she received the payment.

If a million was a big amount, then more so for twelve million. Feeling jittery, Stella went to look for Miles in a hurry to return him the money. Instead of meeting him at his company for fear that it would be awkward when she met her ex-colleagues, she asked him out in a coffee shop outside.

Carefully, she calculated all the money she and Zane owed to him and wrote down the exact figure on the check.

With a cup of coffee in her hand, she waited patiently for Miles to show up. Previously when she asked him out, she hadn’t told him the reason why she wanted to meet him.

After Miles arrived, she hurriedly pushed the check to him as though she was afraid that it would fly away from her hands. “President Grant, I’ve sold the villa and included the money which Zane and I owed you.”

Lowering his head, Miles took a glance at the check worth more than six million which Stella had carefully written, afraid that she might write the number incorrectly.

While he was looking at the check, Stella hung her head and let out a long sigh of relief; the feeling of being debt-free made her feel as though a heavy burden had been lifted off her. Even the sun seemed especially warm, and she felt incredibly light-hearted.

This is simply amazing! she thought.

When he lifted his gaze, he saw her hanging her head. “Why are you sighing?”

Not expecting that he would hear it, she replied with a giggle, “Of course I’m happy because I’ve paid off all my debts. I can leave with no attachments this time.”

“No attachments?” he repeated, saying each word clearly.

“Yeah,” she answered rather happily.

“How did you know Gabriella?” Miles asked out of the blue, clearly uninterested to continue with the topic and popped up with a question which had boggled him this whole time.

“It’s your—” Before she could even start her sentence, her cell phone rang in a hurried tone. Feeling rather odd, she excused herself, “I’m sorry. I’m taking a call.”

It was her shop employee, Emma, who called saying that a drunkard had broken the glass door of the shop with a stone in the middle of the night. As the glass door was made from plexiglass, a rather expensive material, Emma didn’t know how to deal with the situation and had called to tell her about it.

unexpectedly that she was speechless. Although her shop had been open for a few months, she had never encountered such a situation, and Zane was usually

She began but stopped herself; this wasn’t a problem that could wait for her return. What if someone steals the clothes when the door is broken?

that he passed out, and I saw what happened from the CCTV footage this morning. He was full of brute force and passed out exactly in front of the hole after breaking the glass, blocking it completely while he lay there motionless.

How should I get

he saw that she seemed anxious

and told

extended his hand to receive

you going to do?” Feeling a little hesitant, she was worried that she wouldn’t be able to handle the consequences of his ideas. Then, she would

of it,” he answered

her phone and told Emma to leave one person in the shop today

they’re paid, and

be

deep voice. “I’ll give

and called the property management to explain the situation, telling them that they had to buy the new glass door and change it today. He

stared at him speechlessly as she waited for the reply anxiously. After he

“Yeah.”

her chest. If anything has been stolen,

are you returning to Murdough?”

earlier, the better,” she

Hollowcrest City, she thought, and Miles walked out of the coffee shop without even saying goodbye. From his back, Stella could tell that he

she was torn into pieces in that second. After staying a night at Miles’ place, Gabriella had left

have a happy ending. Since they already slept together, then they must have sorted things out as well. Even though Gabriella disappeared the first time

was what Matthew told her, and if that was the case, then

welcomed by the good summer weather which carried with it a

my heart as cold and barren as

We’ll be separated by mountains tomorrow. How uncertain was life? Perhaps, this was the summary of her relationship with

far, and it would only take an hour of flight to travel between

horizon would probably separate both of them from

booking a flight for the evening, Stella returned to Murdough. On the plane, however, she suddenly remembered she hadn’t told Miles how she knew Gabriella. Thinking to send him a text to explain herself, she then decided to give up on the idea after contemplation since it

the evening when she reached Murdough, and she was surprised that the management had already fixed the door a long time ago. There were no signs that it was

waiting for her at the door, asking that she had to inform Miles the door

reduce my contact with him in the afternoon, she thought. Why do I suddenly have so