Heartstrings On Fire

Chapter 54

Agnes was sitting there, all chilled.

The feast kicked off in no time.

With the music blaring, the lights in the banquet hall suddenly dimmed. Jenny, arm in arm with Elton, strolled up to the stage along a plush, rose–red carpet.

Jenny had switched to an uber–luxe wedding gown.

Both of them were total lookers and seemed like a match made in heaven.

Agnes overheard some hushed whispers from the next table: “Who’d have thought Elton would pop the question so young? I wonder whose daughter this Jenny is. I haven’t seen her folks around.”

“I reckon they’re tying the knot ‘cause they’ve got a bun in the oven. Why else would they get engaged before even graduating?”

“I heard Elton was once betrothed to the Pritchard family’s daughter. The Taylors and the Pritchards have always been thick as thieves, but there were no Pritchards in sight at Elton’s engagement today.”

were now on

asked some questions about their love story, all in good humor.

only Jenny answering. Elton was giving her the cold

couldn’t shake the feeling that Elton’s eyes were glued

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the big screen behind the

and Jenny were about to leave the stage, a recording suddenly blared from the big screen: “Patrick, I need you to forge a six–week pregnancy result for me. I’ll

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daughter–in–law, I’ll hand over five percent

result is a lie, Jenny. How can you marry into a rich family based on a lie? If it gets out, wouldn’t it implicate me and the

have the confidence, would I come to

into pin–drop silence. The host was taken aback and flummoxed.

was frozen. Because the voice

interacting with the host, and now the dialogue in

were on

hall was

going on? Mr. Taylor’s bride’s name is Jenny, right?”