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

their love story, all in good humor.

most of the time, it was only Jenny answering. Elton was giving her the cold shoulder.

Elton’s eyes

ww

and the big screen

the 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

We can’t do

into the Taylor family. Once I become their daughter–in–law, I’ll hand over five percent of the Taylor Group’s shares to

lie, Jenny. How can you marry into a rich family based on a lie? If it gets out, wouldn’t it

I’ll need you to stage a 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

into pin–drop silence. The

frozen. Because the

now

were on

hall was thick with