Heartstrings on Fire

Chapter 54

Agnes was sitting there, all chilled.

The feast kicked off in no time.

With the music blaring, the lights in the banquet hall suddenly dimmed. Jenny, arm in arm with Elton, strolled up to the stage along a plush, rose–red carpet.

Jenny had switched to an uber–luxe wedding gown.

Both of them were total lookers and seemed like a match made in heaven.

Agnes overheard some hushed whispers from the next table: “Who’d have thought Elton would pop the question so young? I wonder whose daughter this Jenny is. I haven’t seen her folks around.”

“I reckon they’re tying the knot ‘cause they’ve got a bun in the oven. Why else would they get engaged before even graduating?”

“I heard Elton was once betrothed to the Pritchard family’s daughter. The Taylors and the Pritchards have always been thick as thieves, but there were no Pritchards in sight at Elton’s engagement today.”

were now on stage.

their

most of the time, it was only Jenny answering. Elton was

the feeling that Elton’s

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announced the start of the feast, and the big screen behind the stage started

stage, a recording suddenly blared from the big screen: “Patrick, I need you to forge a six–week pregnancy result for me. I’ll give you half a million, but you must keep it

doctors. We

the Taylor family. Once I become their daughter–in–law, I’ll hand over five percent of the Taylor Group’s shares to you. Think about it; this could be the fortune you

can you marry into a rich family based on a lie? If

fake miscarriage for me. If I didn’t have the confidence, would I come to you? Isn’t the billions of assets in the Taylor Group worth you taking a

entire banquet hall fell into pin–drop silence. The host was

ashen. She was frozen. Because the voice in the recording

now the dialogue in the recording was

were on her.

hall was thick with tension.