Heartstrings On Fire

Chapter 701

Agnes had an epiphany.

No wonder Phenix had said earlier that she couldn’t keep the promise she’d made to Kearney, advising him to pick a partner for the evening at Eden Nights.

Presumably, Kearney had originally intended Phenix to be his plus–one.

Agnes agreed without hesitation, “No problem, Kearney, I’ll accompany you to the dinner party.”

During her four years in in Manhattan, Kearney had always been very good to her.

And with this current situation, Kearney had helped her immensely.

Now that he asked, there was no reason for Agnes to refuse.

Moreover, Agnes had recently been through a lot.

Her mind was a mess.

A trip abroad to clear her head seemed like a good idea.

as my date, but as my fiancée. Right now, Count and Countess Alexandra are looking to expand their market. They plan to handover the rights to a wine merchant. Nine major wine merchants have been invited, and I’m one of them. As far as I know, it’s already been decided. This dinner party is more of a formality. But since it’s not set in

knew what kind of man Kearney

he was a ruthless genius, turning impossible tasks into possible

wanted to help

Agnes asked, puzzled, “But what does this have to do with me pretending to be

I already had a woman I loved and planned to propose. They were thrilled and eager to meet my beloved. So, you’ll have to play the part of my fiancée, and we might even

You may not know this, Kearney, but I used to be an actress. I’ve been on TV:”

“I d

know that.”

asked, “When do we

at

I’ll go get ready.”

and Kearney flew to

flight left

she was still recovering.

was two

was to start at six

about twelve hours

took Agnes to

about ten