Heartstrings on Fire

Chapter 2

Agnes honestly said, “I’m at a department dinner at Flavour Fusion.”

Jared’s voice was cold, obviously tinged with displeasure. “Get your butt home now.”

And with that, he hung up.

Agnes was dumbstruck for half a minute. She returned to her seat and hurriedly said, “Something urgent just came up. I gotta scoot.”

Seeing her rush like that, everyone thought something big must’ve happened, so they didn’t try to stop her.

Agnes left the restaurant and hailed a cab straight back to Silver Oak Villas. It was a standalone garden mansion on a hillside. From the outside, it looked like a palace. The butler was at the door to welcome her. “Madam, you’re back.”

Agnes asked, “Where’s Mr. Whitfield?”

“He

upstairs to the bedroom. She hesitated at the door for

was empty. The only sign of life was the

was taking a

on the couch, lost in thought. Her gaze drifted towards the bathroom. To be honest, she felt like everything that happened

she had no

no one knew he

couldn’t understand why Jared chose her. Was, it just because…?

door of

fell

his skin was smooth, and he looked refined and handsome. His broad, muscular chest and perfect six–pack abs exuded mature masculine power and charm…

Agnes

was no privacy between them anymore, Agnes had always kept her eyes closed;

Jared said, “Are you