Heartstrings on Fire

Chapter 212

Once they got in the car.

Agnes had been secretly watching Jared’s expression.

Jared looked really wiped out

All Agnes wanted to do was to cheer him up

She said, “Jared, Ryder got discharged from the hospital today. I cooked dinner myself.”

Hearing that name, Jared frowned, opened his eyes, his voice cold as ice, I know”

Agnes bit her lip gently. “I ordered a cake for Ryder. We can pick it up in a bit.”

Jared’s fingers twitched slightly, his voice still icy, “Alright,

After getting the cake, Agnes got back into the car all excited, telling Jared. The owner of the bakery also gave me a bouquet of lilies. Ryder was discharged from the hospital. Today is just the nght gift for him.”

“Agnes, you were too involved in that scene.”

Jared suddenly said.

Agnes was puzzled

her was not what Jared said, but

as cold as an ice sculpture, and his eyes, they were like icy daggers, radiating a cold

didn’t catch on for a moment, asked, “What did you say?”

face, “Ryder, Ryder, how many times do you need to say this name every day? Agnes, please recognize your identity. He’s not Romeo and you’re not Juliet. Please show some self-awareness as my

understand. It took her a while to finally catch on

filled Agnes’s eyes. “Jared, what do you think I

Jared

her of having an affair

business trip, they would call each other

that’s because he’s Jared’s nephew, and someone he cares about a lot. Agnes was just updating Jared on

expect Jared to think this

nowhere, on top of that, she felt it was incredibly ridiculous

Ryder, how could that even be possible?

“I think you got the wrong idea. Ryder and I are just friends, plus, he’s your nephew. I’ve always seen him as my nephew too.”

tightly. He got a wrong idea?

he saw with his own eyes could not

was someone he watched grown up and he

and probably didn’t do it on