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.”

and Elton were now

about their

was only Jenny answering. Elton was giving her the cold

couldn’t shake the feeling that Elton’s eyes were glued to her.

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screen behind the stage started rolling photos of Jenny

the big screen: “Patrick, I need you to forge a six–week pregnancy result

doctors. We can’t do

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 could never earn in

result is a lie, Jenny. How can you marry into a rich family based on a lie? If it gets out, wouldn’t it implicate me and the hospital?”

I didn’t have the confidence, would I come to you? Isn’t the billions of assets in the Taylor

silence.

ashen. She was frozen. Because the voice in

now the dialogue in the recording

eyes were

was thick