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?”

respectfully replied, “He is

headed upstairs to the bedroom. She hesitated at the door

the room was empty. The only sign of life

taking a

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

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 the heir of the Whitfield family, one of the Four Families of

knew

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

door of the bathroom opened.

fell on

and he looked refined and handsome. His broad, muscular chest and perfect six–pack

moment, Agnes was stunned.

no privacy between them anymore, Agnes had always kept her eyes closed; she hadn’t

Jared said, “Are you