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

headed upstairs to the bedroom. She hesitated at the door for a moment, but in the

life was the sound of

was taking a shower.

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

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

no one knew he was

this day, Agnes couldn’t understand why Jared chose

frosted glass door of the bathroom opened. Jared emerged from

naturally fell on him.

a white towel. He had a great body, no extra fat, his skin was smooth, and he looked refined and

moment, Agnes

anymore, Agnes had always kept her eyes closed; she hadn’t dared

said, “Are you