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.

hadn’t received any messages from Jared all

Agnes had left the library and planned to go home to sleep. On her bike ride home,

was startled because her bike had left an obvious

one look at the license plate, and it was a

you, young lady? How can you ride a bike so

sorry,

for this

first, follow the standard procedures, get an assessment, and I

like it’s so easy. Do you have any idea how much this car

from the back seat of the car.

was then that Agnes noticed there was a young man in the back seat. He was wearing sunglasses, and his face was unclear, but his side profile was strikingly handsome,

driver, Moss, went over immediately and reported the incident.

said, “We don’t have time for official procedures. Just give

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

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

to ask the man in the back seat again.