Shattered Longings

Chapter 12 the 1tanned This

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Heard This

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.

they ended the call Right before she left, Bella book one last look at the

she tried to catch some sleep on

plane, she searched for nearby hotels Alter confirming her booking, she received a text about a place

quite enticing.

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, the wanted to

it was bonic Bella had tumed to the quaint with nostalgia and high hopes but ended up having to get

look at the apartment. Bella expected to meet with a real estate

odd; they told her to let herself in,

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

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

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

accidents or incidents in the house, to which the landlord replied.

rent it, or she would be

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.

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