Heartstrings on Fire

Chapter 29

Jared walked into the hall holding Agnes‘ hand. It took a while for Agnes to realize the situation.

All eyes in the room were on Agnes.

The ladies from their social circle stared at her as if they were shooting sharp arrows.

Agnes felt uncomfortable and tried to pull her hand out of Jared’s, which made him turn to her and ask, “What’s wrong?”

Agnes replied, “I really don’t want to be the center of attention. Maybe you should let go of my hand.””

Jared frowned but released her hand anyway.

Agnes added, “I’ll head out first. You go ahead with your stuff.”

Agnes was torn. On the one hand, she didn’t want to be in the spotlight, but on the other, she couldn’t bear to see Jared flirting with other girls. So, she chose to avoid this

scene.

asked, “Where are you

It’s getting late, and I have classes

saying, “Wait for me. I just have to say hi to a

looked up in surprise,

knew that although this was Tim’s birthday party, it was also a matchmaking event for Jared. In a way, he was the host. Could he just leave before the party ended? Jared replied casually, “If my wife

as she saw the slight smile playing on Jared’s

added, “Wait for me here. I’ll be back soon.”

expected and said to Agnes,

passage. They quickly left the mountain road behind the bustling Whitfield family mansion. Not long after they got in the car, Preston called

him she had something to do at school and had

Jared asked, “Agnes,

seemed a little distracted and

said, “Agnes, I’m hungry.”

teasing gaze, a

have this expression. His whole body seemed to radiate male hormones, making him incredibly attractive.

heart started to race, and she blushed, stammering,

I said I’m hungry. What were you thinking?