Heartstrings on Fire

Chapter 269

Agnes asked, “Just to be sure, did you put Kingdom Heart in my bag?”

Mamie snorted, “Are you accusing me of what?”

Agnes retorted, “Why are you so ungrateful? If it wasn’t for me just now, you’d still be being bullied by that woman. You’re always so cocky with me, why did you back down when facing an old woman?”

Mamie shot back, “Mind your own business.” Mamie was fearless, but she was scared of that home.

She was afraid of hearing the family curse, afraid of anyone mentioning her parents’ and Antonia’s deaths.

Over the years, she often had nightmares and was afraid of the dark, so she preferred the spotlight on stage.

But Lara would show up every now and then to remind her, to provoke her

her since she was a

instilled from childhood still

but each attempt

Bartley family for protecting her. He didn’t want a penny of the Bartley fortune

giving Lara the excuse to badmouth Mamie

the Bartley family had not only wealth, but the ultimate

protection, she would have sunk into the mire long ago.

said “I swear, I didn’t take the necklace to frame you. I also believe you didn’t take it. From the start, I felt that someone was pulling strings behind the scenes, but I haven’t figured out what their real intent is. If you

looked up and asked, “Why

but I believe Jared. If he believes in you, then I trust

Mamie’s eyes dimmed again.

at the girl

as innocent as a high schooler

Lara and her agility, Mamie was certain that this