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.

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

save time. Even though she tried to catch some sleep

Alter confirming her booking, she received a text about

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

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,

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

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

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

if it was too good to be true. This place could easily be worth double the price, and it would still be a steal. It was in

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

good deal, she couldn’t shake the feeling that something was off Plus, she suspected that someone might have died in

asked the landlord if there had been any accidents or incidents in the house, to which the landlord replied. “If you don’t want to rent, get lost! m’s your place that’s been haunted

she would be out on the

first thing he said was, “You‘ in math already? why didn’t you tell me? I’ve been busy these past

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