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?”

know you that well either, yet I married you. She

“Is our marriage really that insignificant to

“Aren’t you doing the same thing? Devaluing our marriage.”

“Agnes, is this really how you want to talk to

But Agnes didn’t have the guts. She feared that once the truth came out, everything

just wanted

lowered her head and said, “Jared, let’s take

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

suddenly felt hurt. See, Jared was smart, and he could sense her mood. But Jared didn’t know that she went to the hospital that day and

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

things were different now, she didn’t have the courage to confront

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