Heartstrings on Fire

Jared was soothed by Agnes’s gentle call of “honey”.

Now, she called him that more naturally.

Jared took a bite of a roasted potato.

The well-roasted potato was fragrant, sweet, and soft, melting on his tongue as soon as he bit into it. It suddenly reminded Jared of his first kiss with Agnes. That kiss was just as sweet

He turned his head to look at Agnes, who was looking at him expectantly.

She asked, “How is it, how does it taste, is it sweet?”

Jared replied, “Not bad, it tastes like you.”

Agnes frowned, “That’s a weird comparison.”

But then she turned her face away and busied herself with the com in the fire.

was thinking about something

from her childhood, “I loved staying at my grandma’s house when I was little, because there were all sorts of foods that you couldn’t get in the city. In the summer there were berries, in the winter there were potatoes. Once, I followed the neighborhood kids to raid a beehive and

embarrassing past, Agnes started

was completely absorbed, his eyes full of adoration.

a troublemaker when you were

not liking to follow rules, climbing trees and catching fish with the boys.

since her mother passed away, she

sighed, “I really miss being a kid, if only we didn’t have to grow up and have

something and lightly

best man in the world, what troubles

Jared, “Do you know how annoying it is when you’re being

it would be

beyond repairing from his narcissism

face in the dark night seemed even

chin looked as if it had been carved by a knife, the laughter in his eyes was different from his usual