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.

was weekend, and Agnes hadn’t received any messages from Jared all day, which made her feel

planned to go home to sleep. On her bike ride home, because her mind wasn’t

Agnes was startled because her bike had

and it was a Maybach.

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

sorry, it

said, “Can you afford to pay for this damage? Do you know what kind of car it is? Can you, a student, afford

replied. “We can call the police first, follow the standard procedures, get an assessment, and I will take

Do you have any idea how much this car costs?”

A deep voice came from the back seat of

was a young man in the back seat. He was wearing sunglasses, and his face was unclear, but his side profile was

over immediately and reported the incident.

waited at a distance, and after a while, Moss came over and said, “We don’t have time for official procedures. Just give us twenty thousand for the repair cost; we

better, she might have thought he was trying to rip her off, but Agnes knew that settling for twenty thousand was actually

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

ran over to ask the man in the