Heartstrings on Fire

Chapter 60

Life in the following days was pretty chill, and before she knew it, it was already June.

Jared was still often away on business, and Agnes found hersell growing increasingly dependent on him.

On the first day of every business trip Jared took, Agnes would start looking forward to when he would get back.

But this time. Jared’s trip was unusually long–a whole week with no confirmed date of return.

Kerri noticed Agnes moping around the house, endlessly staring at her phone, like she was deep in the throes of missing someone.

Agnes had to admit that she really missed Jared, waiting for his messages and his calls.

Even if his messages were just a word or two, Agnes would look at her phone, her heart brimming with happiness.

Kern began to wonder if Agnes was falling in love.

Agnes didn’t deny it.

received any messages from Jared all day, which made

home to sleep. On her bike ride home, because her mind wasn’t there, she nearly hit a black sedan.

her bike had

one look at the license plate, and it was a

out and immediately scolded her: “What’s wrong with you, young lady? How

sorry,

afford to pay for this damage?

replied. “We can call the police first, follow the standard procedures, get

have any idea how

voice came from the back

He was wearing sunglasses, and his face was unclear, but his side profile was strikingly handsome, and he carried himself with a calm aura that

over immediately and reported the

a distance, and after a while, Moss came over and said, “We don’t have time for official procedures.

she didn’t know any better, she might have thought he was trying to rip her off, but Agnes knew that settling for twenty thousand was actually letting her off easy

“Alright, but twenty thousand is no small sum. I’m just a student. Give me a month, and I will

ran over to ask the man in