Heartstrings On Fire

Chapter 29

Jared walked into the hall holding Agnes‘ hand. It took a while for Agnes to realize the situation.

All eyes in the room were on Agnes.

The ladies from their social circle stared at her as if they were shooting sharp arrows.

Agnes felt uncomfortable and tried to pull her hand out of Jared’s, which made him turn to her and ask, “What’s wrong?”

Agnes replied, “I really don’t want to be the center of attention. Maybe you should let go of my hand.””

Jared frowned but released her hand anyway.

Agnes added, “I’ll head out first. You go ahead with your stuff.”

Agnes was torn. On the one hand, she didn’t want to be in the spotlight, but on the other, she couldn’t bear to see Jared flirting with other girls. So, she chose to avoid this

scene.

Jared asked, “Where are you off to?”

school. It’s getting late, and I have

I just have to

in surprise,

Tim’s birthday party, it was also a matchmaking event for Jared. In a way, he was the host. Could he just leave before the party ended? Jared replied casually, “If my wife finds it boring, I can’t help it. Accompanying my wife is the

as she saw the slight smile playing on Jared’s

added, “Wait for me here.

and said

and drove through a special passage. They quickly left the mountain road behind the

something to do at school and had to

hanging up, Jared asked, “Agnes, are

distracted and replied without thinking, “Not really.”

said, “Agnes, I’m

up to see Jared’s teasing gaze,

Jared was up to something, he would have this expression. His whole body

heart started to race, and she blushed, stammering,

I said I’m hungry. What were you

feeling extremely embarrassed.

he was hungry. How did