Heartstrings On Fire

Chapter 78

Throughout the whole ride, Agnes and Jared remained silent. Agnes kept sneaking glances at Jared’s face through the rearview mirror. His gloomy expression was suffocating.

Agnes initially felt a tad guilty. After all, she and Jared were married, and she was caught staying overnight at a stranger’s house. But when she thought about Jared not coming home that night, Agnes figured her actions weren’t that outrageous in comparison.

The car rolled into Maplewood Manor, finally parking in front of the villa. The atmosphere inside the car grew even tenser, Agnes felt as if the air had

frozen solid

Jared finally broke the silence “Tell me, what the hell happened?”

Agnes played dumb. “What do you mean?”

Jared turned to look at Agnes. Strangely, she felt exposed under his gaze.

Jared snapped, “You ran off, didn’t tell me, and stayed at a stranger’s place. Do you think you can manage a guy like Ivan? How well do you know him to have the guts to go home with him?”

back, “I don’t know you that well either, yet I married you. She would never have dared to talk

infuriated Jared “Is our marriage really that

doing the same thing? Devaluing

time. “Agnes, is this really how you want

torn inside, wondering whether to expose the truth between them, whether to break the illusion But Agnes didn’t

just wanted

head and said, “Jared,

because I didn’t come home to pick you up that night, you’re gonna

to the hospital that day and heard his conversation with Mamie. Or maybe he did know but pretended not to. Once the truth came out, a lot of things would change

in love. When Elton betrayed Jenny, Agnes didn’t hesitate to cut off a decade–long

was painful, things were different now, she didn’t have the courage to confront the truth. Because

Jared? Just a band–aid

I’ve agreed to act in a TV show during the summer break and will

agree with