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.

already done. Dropping her fork, she announced, “I gotta

Frowning, he asked, “Agnes, do you remember anything from last

replied, “What happened last night? I don’t

a moment before asking, “Do youjwant me to drop you

need, it’s not far away, I can

out of hell. She remembered all too well about last night, but

1. up.

the afternoon, she

College was a well–known media university. The Journalism Society was

Agnes bumped into Jenny. She almost forgot that Jenny was now the vice president of The Journalism

meeting, Agnes was spacing out. She did hear something about The Journalism Society planning to start a new column called Big Shot, and they were discussing ideas for the first interview..

school’s most popular med student hottie, Ryder. Some suggested the bad–boy hacker, Javier, an e–commerce student. Some

discussion, Lily turned to Jenny and asked, “Jenny, any

fish.