Heartstrings On Fire

Chapter 60

Life in the following days was pretty chill, and before she knew it, it was already June.

Jared was still often away on business, and Agnes found hersell growing increasingly dependent on him.

On the first day of every business trip Jared took, Agnes would start looking forward to when he would get back.

But this time. Jared’s trip was unusually long–a whole week with no confirmed date of return.

Kerri noticed Agnes moping around the house, endlessly staring at her phone, like she was deep in the throes of missing someone.

Agnes had to admit that she really missed Jared, waiting for his messages and his calls.

Even if his messages were just a word or two, Agnes would look at her phone, her heart brimming with happiness.

Kern began to wonder if Agnes was falling in love.

Agnes didn’t deny it.

weekend, and Agnes hadn’t received any messages from

had left the library and planned to go home to sleep. On

because her bike had left an obvious scratch on the rear

took one look at the license plate, and it was a Maybach. Her heart

and immediately scolded her: “What’s wrong with you, young lady? How can you ride a bike so

sorry, it was my

“Can you afford to pay for this damage? Do you know what kind of car it is? Can you, a student, afford it?”

replied. “We can call the police first, follow the standard procedures, get an assessment, and

easy. Do you have any

came from the

young man in the back seat. He was wearing sunglasses, and his face was unclear, but his side profile was strikingly handsome, and he carried himself with a calm aura that was not ordinary

driver, Moss, went over immediately

waited at a distance, and after a while, Moss came over and said, “We don’t have time for official procedures. Just give us twenty thousand for the

better, she might have thought he was trying to rip her off, but

twenty thousand is no small sum. I’m just a student. Give me a

man

said, “This is my boss’s card. It has his contact information. When you have the money