Heartstrings On Fire

Chapter 19

Agnes never thought that a dude like Jared would be caught dead in the kitchen. Wasn’t a guy like him supposed to be all about takeouts and dining out?

But you had to hand it to him, watching him cook was a sight for sore eyes. Every move he made was like watching a masterpiece in the making.

Turning around, Jared caught Agnes in his‘ view. “Off to school?” he asked.

Agnes just nodded, almost robotically.

“Breakfast is ready. Eat before you go.” Jared suggested in the most nonchalant manner,

Thinking about last night’s events, Agnes was still down in the dumps.

She sat down silently and started on her breakfast.

The breakfast was the whole nine yards. Jared’s pancakes were to die for. But right now, all Agnes wanted to do was skedaddle out of there. So, she wolfed down her food hastily she burned her tongue.

was about to sit down, Agnes was already done. Dropping her fork, she announced, “I gotta jet. It’s the opening ceremony today, can’t be

that something was off. Frowning, he asked, “Agnes, do you remember anything from last

last

eyes flickered for a moment before asking, “Do youjwant me to drop

far away, I can walk.”

and bolted from the dining hall like a bat out of hell. She remembered all too well about last night,

1. up.

in no time and Agnes was officially a sophomore. In the

a well–known media university. The Journalism

into Jenny. She almost forgot that Jenny was now the vice

something about The Journalism Society planning to start a new column called Big Shot,

popular med student hottie, Ryder. Some suggested the bad–boy hacker, Javier, an e–commerce student. Some even suggested the budding starlet Ava from

Jenny and asked, “Jenny, any bright ideas?

we want to make a splash with this column, our first interviewee has to be a big fish. We shouldn’t limit ourselves to the campus. I suggest we invite the youngest CEO of the Tim Group, Jared.”