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?”

yet I married you. She would never

Jared “Is our marriage really that insignificant to you?”

retorted, “Aren’t you doing the same thing? Devaluing our

long time. “Agnes, is this really how you want to

truth between them, whether to break the illusion But Agnes didn’t have the guts. She feared that once the truth came out,

she just wanted to cool things

her head and said,

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

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 heard his

love. When Elton betrayed Jenny, Agnes didn’t hesitate to

was painful, things were different now, she didn’t have the courage to confront the truth. Because then, she would be a complete

Jared? Just a band–aid

a TV show during the summer break and will be staying

agree with that.”