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.

she left, Bella book one last look at the rose in the corner of the courtyard,

to save time. Even though she tried

confirming her booking,

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

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 be thorough. After all, not every landlord was as laid–back and easygoing

Bella had tumed to the quaint with nostalgia and high hopes but ended up having

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

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

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

get to use all the rooms 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, but

shake the feeling that something was off Plus, she suspected that someone might have

accidents or incidents in the house, to which the landlord replied. “If you don’t want

had to rent it, or she would be out

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 stay? Thave a house

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