Heartstrings on Fire

Chapter 243

Agnes said, “I hope my studies go smoothly, and my grandmother stays healthy and lives to at least a hundred.”

Thinking of her grandmother, Agnes felt quilty. It was her birthday today, but her father hadn’t invited her grandmother, and she hadn’t visited her grandma in a long

time.

Jared furrowed his brows.

He noticed that his name wasn’t mentioned in her wishes. He let out a faint hum, clearly dissatisfied, “Stupid girl, don’t you know that wishes won’t come true if you say them out loud?”

Agnes replied, “If you already knew that saying them out loud would prevent them from coming true, why did you ask me in the first place?”

Agnes continued to enjoy her cake.

However, suddenly she let out a scream and found a diamond ring inside the cake. She was pleasantly surprised and quickly wiped off the cream from the ring

using a tissue.

to Jared, “Is this the birthday

eyebrow, “Do you like it?”

it was a diamond ring, but because Jared had prepared a gift

Jared, “You hid it so well. Weren’t you afraid I might have swallowed it just

quite clumsy, and it’s possible you could have done something like

think I’m that dumb in

silent for a moment and then said seriously, “Perhaps among the women

Why was this person

someone as dumb as me and even give me a ring?” Agnes

married before, simply obtaining their marriage certificate, and Jared hadn’t given her a ring. So when she saw the ring as a gift, she was pleasantly surprised. The current Agnes was completely

a gift, why couldn’t he say a few words of

I love you, dear.

for a

he always full of surprises?

said he loved

nose felt sour, and