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 now on

about their love story,

only Jenny answering. Elton was

shake the feeling that Elton’s eyes were glued to her.

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the start of the feast, and the big screen behind the stage started

the stage, a recording suddenly blared from the big screen: “Patrick, I need

We can’t do

become their daughter–in–law, I’ll hand over five percent of the Taylor Group’s shares to you. Think about it; this could be the fortune you could never earn

into a rich family based on

If I didn’t have the confidence, would I come

fell into pin–drop silence. The

face turned ashen. She was frozen. Because the voice in the

host, and now the dialogue in the recording

eyes were on

hall was thick

on? Mr. Taylor’s