Heartstrings On Fire

Chatper 820

Chapter 820

Back in high school, everyone thought Agnes was Ryder’s girl

During that time his buddies would always bring her up in conversation

It seemed like they were hell bent on playing matchmaker, pairing them up at every turn.

Looking back, Ryder recalls that period as sweet, yet tumultuous.

It felt like a fleeting happiness that he couldn’t quite grasp

Ryder always felt that his joy, both then and now, was borrowed stolen, even

He opened the door to his apartment not leading Agnes to the bedroom, but instead tidying up the couch to lay her down

Agnes mumbled incoherently

her some water, helping her sit up to take a sip. But as she drank,

heart. He knew she couldn’t handle her liquor, yet

stopped her was simple he had missed her too much. But in her sober moments, they couldn’t be as they were now,

seeing Agnes in discomfort, he regretted it

hangover tea, and fed it to Agnes

scrubbed the carpet in the bathroom until it was spotless and took care of the mess on the floor.

returned Agnes was sound asleep on the couch, looking utterly

mother to a five–year–old her face still

hadn’t changed a bit from the girl etched in Ryder’s

day when she handed him a bottle of water, her smile bright as sunshine,

He had replayed these memories over and over through the

only he had been braver back then and

not be as

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