Heartstrings On Fire

Chapter 518

At night, Alyssa decided to pay Jared’s room a visit.

But she didn’t expect to find Jared sleeping in his bed.

The room was pitch–black, with the curtains tightly drawn over the floor–to–ceiling windows.

Alyssa had no idea when Jared picked up this habit.

Now, whenever he was having an emotional meltdown, he’d either bury himself in work or sleep all day. He had quit smoking and drinking.

That’s because he once had a bleeding stomach from drinking and a bout of pneumonía from smoking. Alyssa felt heartbroken. She wished she could take on all the pain herself.

But she couldn’t help him. She had caused all this.

Her mistakes when she was young had finally caught up with her, but Jared was the one paying the price. Alyssa switched on the light.

The sudden brightness made Jared blink.

He wasn’t actually asleep, just lying there with his eyes closed, staring at the ceiling.

When Alyssa turned on the light, he used the blanket to cover his eyes.

But Alyssa still saw it.

didn’t show any emotion, tears were trickling down his face, wetting his cheeks. Alyssa

never shed tears in front

when he was a baby, he rarely

always said that their kid was born with a steady temperament,

Jared did turn out like Tim

an extremely high

unusual calmness and indifference for his age.

entirely pleased about it.

like other kids, laughing at a flower or

and sorrow seemed to be

changed when Agnes entered the

thankful

she later realized, that was the beginning of

her

never eat airplane food. You must be hungry after all this time. Get up

Jared didn’t respond.

now. Come out

Then she left.

slowly moved the

hadn’t turned off

squint. His mind was filled with images of Agnes and that