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.

open for a few months, she had never encountered such a situation, and Zane was usually the one who dealt with such situations in Hollowcrest. Thus, she didn’t

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?

she replied. “That guy was so drunk 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

and wondered, How should I

asked when he saw that she seemed

was her landlord and told him what happened while

me the phone,” he said and extended his hand

was worried that she wouldn’t be able to handle the consequences of his ideas. Then, she would have no idea

of it,” he answered

person in the shop today to take

works when they’re paid, and they always work

was worried that if the door couldn’t be fixed today,

a deep

phone 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 also added that it should be of better quality than the previous

Stella merely stared at him speechlessly as she waited for the reply anxiously. After he hung up the call, she asked

“Yeah.”

was so nervous earlier, she thought as she patted her chest. If anything has been stolen, it

returning to

earlier, the better,”

City, she thought, and Miles walked out of the coffee shop without even saying

felt as though she was torn into pieces in that second. After staying a night at Miles’ place,

she really wanted them to 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 and made Miles really upset,

Matthew told her, and if that was

cafe, she was welcomed by the good summer weather which carried with it a humid air, and she felt that life

why is my heart as cold and barren as

mind suddenly: We’ll be separated by mountains tomorrow. How uncertain

take an hour of flight to travel between the two cities. If they didn’t keep in contact, it would probably

separate both of them from now

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

had already fixed the door a long time ago. There were no

door, asking that she had to inform Miles

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