Heartstrings on Fire

Chapter 65

Agnes was clueless about what “good friends” meant.

Jared said, “Agnes, if your actions today were out of jealousy, I’d be stoked, but this can’t happen again. If you have doubts, you should come straight to me, not risk sneaking around taking pictures. That’s utterly foolish. You have to consider not only yourself but also me I don’t fancy being labeled a widower in my youth.”

Agnes:”

Jared added. Today was purely a coincidence; I bumped into Mamie on my business trip in New York; we were just hanging out, having a meal. Did I clear that up for you?”

Agnes responded, “But you got me thrown into the police station over a picture.” The thought of this left Agnes feeling queasy, it was her first visit to such a place

Jared replied sternly. “I had you end up at the police station to make you remember today’s lesson. It’s not about a picture, but your reckless disregard for your own life”

Hearing Jared say this, Agnes felt slightly better, but she was still unsure if what he said was the truth.

Seeing Agnes wavering a bit, Jared said, “I’ve explained my situation; now let’s talk about you.”

“What about me?”

become a paparazzi, sneakily taking pictures of

intern; they assigned me to the

about her car accident. Two grand was nothing to

it: “If you want to intern, I could hook you up with a better newspaper

want to do this on my own.”

anything else, he kept quiet for a while and

swing by the newspaper office; I have an important class tomorrow

Agnes left.

stood there,

office, waiting until Siam came to

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chew, recklessly taking risks? You’re not cut out to be a reporter, you should be Spiderman. Agnes, let me tell you, the newspaper doesn’t have money to pay

was livid, while Agnes looked completely lost.

got even angrier: “Agnes,

getting complaints, for not finishing my assignment, for getting the newspaper blacklisted from the World Internatinal Hotel, I… didn’t

think I would care about those things more than your life? Agnes, you really haven’t