Heartstrings on Fire

Chapter 264

A crowd of reporters swarmed outside the hospital.

Agnes knew the whole thing was going to be splashed across tomorrow’s front pages,

Half an hour later, Ivan showed up.

He was all dusted up and had a worried look on his face. “How’s Mamie? Is she okay?” he asked.

Agnes had never seen Ivan so freaked out like this.

He took a plane early this morning for a meeting out of town. It was just past noon now. He must have heard about Mamie as soon as he landed and rushed back immediately.

“She’s fine,” Jared said, “just a bit shaken up.”

Ivan rushed into the ward.

“Let’s go grab

Agnes had absolutely zero

a meal, they went to the police station to

with severe delusions. He watched Mamie’s movies everyday and gradually came to believe

walls were plastered with posters and photos of

planned the proposal for a long time, and was even prepared to die with her if she

guy was a radical and had served time for a criminal case

he

left the police station,

sat in the

suddenly grabbed her hand, “Those things I said up on the roof, I only said them beccause I had to. Don’t overthink it, okay?”

it. She wasn’t really overthinking anything at the moment. She wasn’t even sure what Jared was trying to explain.

why I was so mad and now I understand: it’s because I wasn’t part of your past. Your past with Mamie is like a mysterious box to me, I can’t see anything inside it. I’ve been trying to understand you, to understand your past feelings. I’ve been through a relationship with Elton Taylor, so I know letting go isn’t easy. I’m always scared, scared that I’m just a fling to you; scared that in the end, you might think the woman

out what was on her mind.

avoiding and hiding, but Jared’s words today