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.

brief exchange, they ended the call Right before she left, Bella book one last look at the rose in the corner of the courtyard, hoping it would still be as

she tried to catch some sleep on the plane,

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

reasonable. Undamilar with the loopental market, she found the terms quite enticing. Della didn’t doubt the text message in the age of bigdia,

hotel before checking out the place in person the next day. Since she might be staying there for a long time, the wanted to be thorough. After all, not every landlord was

bonic Bella had tumed to the quaint with nostalgia and high hopes but ended up having to get out of there

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 communicate

let herself in, ring the key

too good to be true. This place could easily be worth double the price, and

only catch was that she couldn’t sublet

it was a really good deal, she couldn’t shake the feeling that

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

it, or she would

third day of her employment in Hatha Simonched out. 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 found a place to

to mooch off you the already found a job