Shattered Longings

Chapter 12 the 1tanned This

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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,

Truthfully, she wanted to see Dominic, but she couldn’t. It would be best if they had never crossed paths–again in this lifetime.

left, Bella book one last look at the

she tried to catch some sleep on the plane,

getting off the plane, she searched for nearby hotels Alter confirming her booking,

market, she found the terms quite enticing. Della didn’t doubt

checking out the place in person the next day. Since she might be

hopes

day, she scheduled an appointment to look at the apartment. Bella expected to meet with a real estate agent, but to her surprise, the landlord responded, and they only wanted to

they told her to let herself in, ring the key was under the doormat at the

good to be true. This place could easily be worth double

except the master bedroom. The only catch was that she couldn’t sublet any of the rooms. Additionally, the landlord would occasionally come back to try,

feeling that something was off Plus, she suspected that someone might

to which the landlord replied. “If you don’t want to rent, get lost! m’s your place that’s been

or she

The first thing he said was, “You‘ in math already? why didn’t you tell me? I’ve been busy these past few days and didn’t get a chance to check on you. Have you

him off “I didn’t come here to mooch off you the already found