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.”

and Elton were

some questions about their

time, it was only Jenny answering.

feeling that Elton’s eyes were glued to

ww

the big screen behind the stage

stage, a recording suddenly blared from the big screen: “Patrick, I need you to forge a six–week pregnancy result for me.

we’re doctors. We can’t do

telling you, with that result, I can marry into the Taylor family. Once I become their daughter–in–law, I’ll hand over five percent of the

a rich family based on a lie? If

need you to stage a fake miscarriage for me. If I didn’t have the confidence, would I come to

fell into pin–drop silence. The host

turned ashen. She was frozen. Because

and now the dialogue in the recording was too

were

was thick with tension.

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