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?”

butler respectfully replied, “He is in

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

was empty. The only sign of life was the sound of running

taking a

thought. Her gaze drifted towards the bathroom. To

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 the Tim Group and

knew

this day, Agnes couldn’t understand why Jared chose

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

naturally fell

skin was smooth, and he looked refined and handsome. His

moment, Agnes was

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

dazed expression, Jared said, “Are