Heartstrings on Fire

Chapter 78

Throughout the whole ride, Agnes and Jared remained silent. Agnes kept sneaking glances at Jared’s face through the rearview mirror. His gloomy expression was suffocating.

Agnes initially felt a tad guilty. After all, she and Jared were married, and she was caught staying overnight at a stranger’s house. But when she thought about Jared not coming home that night, Agnes figured her actions weren’t that outrageous in comparison.

The car rolled into Maplewood Manor, finally parking in front of the villa. The atmosphere inside the car grew even tenser, Agnes felt as if the air had

frozen solid

Jared finally broke the silence “Tell me, what the hell happened?”

Agnes played dumb. “What do you mean?”

Jared turned to look at Agnes. Strangely, she felt exposed under his gaze.

you can manage a guy like

that well either, yet I married you. She would never have dared to talk to

Jared “Is our marriage really that insignificant to

retorted, “Aren’t you doing the same thing?

“Agnes, is this really how you want to talk

torn inside, wondering whether to expose the truth between them, whether to break the illusion But Agnes didn’t have the guts. She feared that once

just wanted to

her head and said, “Jared, let’s

because I didn’t come home to pick you

sense her mood. But Jared didn’t know that she went to the hospital that day and heard his conversation with Mamie. Or

love. When Elton betrayed

different now, she didn’t have the courage to confront the truth. Because then, she would be

Jared? Just a band–aid on his

act in a TV show during the summer break and will be staying in the cast