Heartstrings on Fire

Chapter 43

Those past events felt like they happened just yesterday, as if a long period had passed

Etton approached Agnes and said, ‘Agnes, I really miss you‘

Agnes replied, “We’re done, Elton Please don’t do this.”

Elton reached out to hold Agnes’s hand ‘Agnes, I know you hate me, but could you forgive me one last time? Agnes, I love you, I can’t live without you.”

But Agnes stepped back, looking up at Elton “Elton, we’re past the point of no return. Jenny is pregnant, you have to find courage. Don’t bother me anymore, things between us are long over”

Pain flickered in Elton’s eyes

As Agnes tried to leave, Elton blurted out, Jenny’s pregnancy was a fluke. She planned it. Agnes, please don’t ignore me, do you know how much I’ve suffered these days?”

was almost child like at the

Elton’s way, every time he upset her, he would act like

Agnes used always to forgive him.

a kid anymore. Haven’t you faced the reality yet? You think you can just apologize and everything will be fine? Also, Elton, I’m not the same person anymore,

school gate, and though it was noon and not many people were around, people started glancing

ran back to

after her, but Agnes quickly entered the nearby library, which was off–limits without a student

a corner and sat down. She was spacing out, but all

knew that even if Jenny wasn’t pregnant, there was no future

now, Agnes couldn’t help but wonder, what was Jared

at TimTower, on the 60th floor, in the CEO’s office.

casually dressed guy pointed at Jared’s face, bellowing, “I, Mr. K, am a top–notch hacker in the country, you called me here in such a hurry, I thought the Tim Group’s secret system got hacked! And you want me to hack a campus forum? Jared, aren’t you looking down on

signed a check and pushed it over: “A hundred thousand dollars, enough?”