Closing the Distance

After Stella thought it over, she decided to end the topic and asked Genevieve about the problem with her accommodation, "I'm staying at the place where Dante had prepared before this. Of course, I paid rent."

She added the last comment because she was worried that Stella would get the wrong idea. Sure enough, the news surprised Stella. "Rent? Will he accept rent from you?"

"If he doesn't accept i