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?”

replied, “He is in

quickly headed upstairs to the bedroom. She hesitated at the door for a moment, but in the end, she pushed it

surprise, the room was empty. The only sign of life was

taking a shower.

heaved a sigh of relief and plopped down on the couch, lost in thought. Her gaze drifted towards the bathroom. To be honest, she felt like everything that happened today

her and the man in the bathroom was a whirlwind romance, a long story to tell. But when Agnes married him, she had no

one knew

this day, Agnes couldn’t understand why Jared chose her.

thought, the frosted glass door of the bathroom opened. Jared emerged

fell on him.

a great body, no extra fat, his skin was smooth, and he looked refined

a moment, Agnes

always

expression, Jared said, “Are you satisfied with my