Heartstrings On Fire

Chapter 228

Beatrice was consumed by envy as she watched Jared hand over a plate. In her hopeful excitement, she thought the plate might be for her However, Agnes seemed preoccupied, lost in her thoughts while staring at the shrimp. Jared’s behavior left Agries wondering about his intentions Was he trying to make amends?

Alter dinner, Agnes had planned to retreat to her room, but Jared remained on the sofa, engaged in a conversation with Preston Laura approached Agnes and requested her assistance in cutting some fruit, providing her with a task to distract her As Agnes headed to the kitchen, she returned to find Preston had already

lefi.

Meanwhile, Beatrice was enthusiastically chatting away beside Jared, and they both seemed engrossed in something Curious, Agnes walked over to see what had captured their attention. To her surprise, Beatrice had brought out an old photo album to share with Jared, who appeared genuinely interested

photos, most of the images in the album were from the time when her mom was still alive, and she was just a

lot of Beatrice’s photos. She always loved

of the photos in the album were

only a few

“Look, this is a photo of me when I was five years old. It’s so cute, right? When I was five, my mom took me to shoot advertisements and I was even on the cover of magazines. This is my middle school graduation photo. At that time, I was the prettiest girl in the whole school. And this…” Beatrice continued talking, but when she finally looked up, she realized that Jared hadn’t been paying any attention to her at

Agnes and her mom when Agnes was just five years old, the edges now tinged with yellow from the

slipped out from the album as they were flipping through its pages, capturing Jared’s interest for an

vain? It seemed like she could never manage to capture this man’s attention.