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.

from Jared all day, which made her feel particularly down.

o’clock in the afternoon, Agnes had left the library and planned to go home to sleep. On her bike ride home, because her mind wasn’t

startled because her bike had left an obvious

one look at the license plate, and it was a Maybach.

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

quickly apologized, saying, “I’m sorry, it was my

saw the scratch on his car and said, “Can you afford to pay for this damage?

standard procedures, get an assessment, and I will

easy. Do you have any idea

the back

man in the back seat. 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

Moss, went over immediately and

have time for official procedures. Just give us twenty thousand for the repair cost;

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

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

man in