Heartstrings On Fire

Chapter 823

Jared couldn’t shake the suspicion that Agnes had been faking her drunkenness last night

Waking up the next morning with a splitting headache, Agnes found her memories of the evening were patchy at best, leaving her with a disconcerting blank space where last nights events should have been

After freshening up, she made her way down to the breakfast nook, only to be met by Jared’s piercing gaze from the moment she entered the room

Agnes shot him a casual glance and settled into her chair, taking a sip of her milk “What’s got you looking so sour this morning?”

Agnes you still owe me a reasonable explanation Jared prodded

A flicker of guilt passed over her as she asked knowingly. “What explanation?”

“What exactly did you get up to last night?” he pressed

I just had an interview, grabbed

remember how you got

Agnes didn’t remember But the more serious Jared’s expression became, the guiltier she felt

about her interview with Ryder, which in itself wasn’t a problem The issue was that she had also gone out for drinks with Ryder afterward without

have a few drinks last night but had completely blanked on the rest of the evening. She assumed she had woken up at home because a colleague must have called Jared to pick her up After all, their relationship

bedroom

it be that something else had happened after she

ventured, “Did I cause some trouble last night?”

expression remained

anymore. I just couldn’t get out of it last night, you know, the social pressure”

cooed, “I know I messed up Can you forgive me

play the coquette, but Jared was a sucker for it

your mistakes, yet

And you’re