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.

call Right before she left, Bella book one last look at the rose in the corner of the courtyard, hoping

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

searched for nearby hotels Alter confirming her booking, she received a

enticing.

and decided to get some shut–eye at the hotel before checking out the place in person the next day. Since she might be staying there for a long time,

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

Bella expected to meet with a real estate agent, but to her surprise, the landlord responded,

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

she and at the property, she began to wonder if it was too good to be true. This place could easily be worth double the price,

the rooms except the master bedroom. The only catch was that she couldn’t sublet any of the rooms. Additionally,

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

there had been any accidents or incidents in the house, to which the landlord replied. “If you don’t want to rent, get

to rent it, or she would

me? I’ve been busy these past few days and didn’t get a chance to

come here to mooch off you the already found a