Heartstrings on Fire

Chapter 64

Usually, when this kind of thing happened, hotels handled it privately. They contacted the newspaper, deleted the photos, apologized, and compensated. Problem solved. And celebrities usually didn’t want to stir up trouble with the media.

But Mamie wasn’t an average celeb. She’s a national sweetheart.

Mamie was pretty chill about the whole thing “Let’s call the cops then Investigate her newspaper and send them a lawyer’s letter,” she said.

The General Manager was all, Yes, yes,” and had Agnes escorted out.

Now it’s 4 a m. Agnes just got out of the police stationis interrogation room

Ben’s already there. He didn’t scold her. Instead, he comforted her. “Paparazzi end up at the police station all the time. You get used to it. But you really have guts to jump over a building like that. Remember, whatever you do, it’s for a living, it’s not worth risking your life.”

Agnes said, “Did I cause trouble for the newspaper? I deleted all the photos.

Ben was like, “I saw this coming. The top brass got a call. Mamie’s secret boyfriend is a big shot, and we can’t afford to offend him. Even if you really got the scoop, it might not be made public. Think about it: why hasn’t any media outlet been able to get proof all these years? Let it go, it’s in the past now.

Don’t sweat it.”

Agnes was still at the police station, just staring

later, Jared showed up

her head down, seeing

didn’t look up or stand. Pretended not to see

patted Agnes’s head. “Regret it yet?”

touch me. I don’t know

and said, “Let’s go. We’ll talk back

didn’t budge. What she wanted was an

the police station, Agnes thought a lot. Maybe it wasn’t that Jared

that Agnes almost forgot that to

photo revealed

of Mamie in her bathrobe made Agnes

Jared’s tone cooled. “Agnes, are you going to keep acting

up