Chapter


    Heard This


    Te 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 exin 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 nning 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.


    After a brief exchange, they ended the call Right before she left, Be book onest look at the rose in the corner of the courtyard, hoping it would still be as bullete when she


    Be took a direct flight to Holh to save time. Even though she tried to catch some sleep on the ne, she was still severely sleep-deprived.


    After getting off the ne, she searched for nearby hotels Alter confirming her booking, she received a text about a ce to rent


    The location was nice, and the price was reasonable. Undamr with the loopental market, she found the terms quite enticing. De didn''t doubt the text message in the age of bigdia, it was normal to reive messages like this.


    She saved the information and decided to get some shut-eye at the hotel before checking out the ce in person the next day. Since she might be staying there for a long time, the wanted to be thorough. After all, not everyndlord was asid-back and easygoing as Leonard


    Looking back, it was bonic Be had tumed to the quaint with nostalgia and high hopes but ended up having to get out of there as fast as she could


    The next day, she scheduled an appointment to look at the apartment. Be expected to meet with a real estate agent, but to her surprise, thendlord responded, and they only wanted tomunicate via text


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


    When she and at the property, she began to wonder if it was too good to be true. This ce could easily be worth double the price, and it would still be a steal. It was in a high- and neighborhood, close to a school, and it was huge.Exclusive ? content by N(?)ve/l/Drama.Org.


    Be would get to use all the rooms except the master bedroom. The only catch was that she couldn''t sublet any of the rooms. Additionally, thendlord would asionallye back to try, but she was dine with that.


    Even though it was a really good deal, she couldn''t shake the feeling that something was off Plus, she suspected that someone might have died in the house.


    Be hesitantly asked thendlord if there had been any idents or incidents in the house, to which thendlord replied. "If you don''t want to rent, get lost! m''s your ce that''s been haunted by misfortune"


    Be had to rent it, or she would be out on the streets.


    wasn''t until the


    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 ce to stay? Thave a house bere Before he could finish bis sentence, she impatienthreat him off "I didn''te here to mooch off you the already found a job and a ce to stay. Don''t bother me unless it''s important!TM


    Bells hung up and was just about to peel an apple when she heard the doorknob baming ught off guard, she cut her finger, and blood started to drip. As soon as the door swung open, Betrose "D-Dominic? What are you doing here?


    Not only was hehere, but he also had the keys to her rented abode. If he won''t standing right there in front of her, she would''ve thought she was tripping


    Dominicked his ck suitcase in theer, loosened his ce, and responded lowly, "This is my house. Why wouldn''t be here? Didn''t tell you before I rented it to you that world stay here sometimes? m on a business trip, so let''s just stay out of each other''s way during this time."


    11 Look Be five etinutes to wrap her head around this. It was just a coincidence that her bedlord in the small town named out to be his friend Leonard, then what are the chances that he''s now herndlord too? Be felt like a puppet on a string with no way to berak free. This time, she was certain that he had nned this!