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.

last look at the rose in the

to save time. Even though she tried to catch some sleep on the plane,

hotels Alter confirming her

terms quite enticing. Della didn’t doubt the text message in the age of bigdia, it was normal to reive messages like

the next day. Since she might be staying there for a long time, the wanted to be thorough. After all,

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

day, she scheduled an appointment to look at the apartment. Bella expected to meet with a real estate

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

be worth double the price, and it would still be a steal. It was in a high- and neighborhood, close to a school, and it was

to use all the rooms except the master bedroom. The only catch was that she couldn’t sublet any of

feeling that something was off Plus, she

the landlord replied.

it, or she would be

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 found

could finish bis sentence, she impatienthreat him off “I didn’t come here to mooch off you the already found a job and a place to