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

time he upset her, he would act like a child, despite being much older than

used always to

yet? You think you

at the school gate, and though it was noon and not many people were around,

turned and ran back to

quickly entered the nearby library, which was off–limits without a student

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

even if Jenny wasn’t pregnant, there was no future for her and

but wonder, what was Jared doing?

60th floor, in the CEO’s

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,

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