Heartstrings On Fire

Chapter 540

Beatrice felt a sharp terror rising from the pit of her stomach, spreading throughout her body in a flash.

She stared at the woman across her, Agnes, her body shaking uncontrollably.

It had been years.

Beatrice would sometimes wake up from nightmares about that one night.

She didn’t exactly know who had saved Agnes back then.

She harbored a deep fear for Agnes/

She’d done so much, tried so hard to get Agnes out of the picture, but she was the one who ended up hurt.

It was as though God had a soft spot for Agnes, always getting her out of trouble.

Fortunately, Agnes had disappeared four years ago and no one knew where she went or what had happened to her.

Jared had searched frantically for her, but even he didn’t find a trace.

Beatrice let out a sigh of relief in her heart, maybe that woman was already ‘dead.

If Agnes was indeed dead; that would be the best.

be no more powerful rivals in

if Jared loved her, he could do nothing.

pretended

mimicking every move Agnes

she once hated had now

even thought she was Agnes,

looked at her as if he was in a daze.

a glimmer of hope.

Jared would eventually blur the lines between the real and the fake.

still filled with fear.

came back one day?

comforted herself every day, Agnes would never

she had now was hers,

telling herself this over and over.

clearer, she felt like she was waking up

had passed, yet Agnes‘ face looked

bit darker, and her hair was short, but it made Agnes

she made was filled with a powerful aura and confidence that the old Agnes never

a fear

began shaking

around her noticed.

stared at Beatrice’s shaking hand, asking, “Beatrice, what’s wrong with you? Why

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