Heartstrings on Fire

Chapter 437

Kerri’s gaze was flitting between the two of them.

Although they both seemed calm, the atmosphere in the room was as chilly as an ice cellar.

Kerri coughed, “Well, I’m gonna leave.”

Then immediately turned around and walked away. Agnes remained cool, acting as if Jared didn’t exist. She turned around and started to pack up her things. Jared walked over, placing a lunch box on the table.

“Valeria is my sister’s business partner. She didn’t come here looking for me. Don’t get the wrong idea,” he said to Agnes’s retreating back.

Agnes turned around, “I’m not misunderstanding anything, because frankly, I don’t care, Jared. Whether you end up with Valeria or anyone else in the future, I don’t care. I only hope that you and I can clearly end our relationship before you start a new relationship, without dragging things out.”

Lately, Agnes had been giving Jared the cold shoulder.

She spoke her mind without any sugarcoating.

would

Agnes got the feeling that he had grown used to her icy

as though he had learned to filter out any words he didn’t want

Agnes, instead, he opened the lunchbox, “I made Boletus mushroom soup today, thought you might like a change.”

feel a mix of

Jared. But his willingnéss to appease her, even going so far as to

she supposed to do? She felt like she

down, taking a sip

had been bringing her soup almost every

Agnes never ate any, and Jared would take it back the

Jared still came every

drank the soup, and Jared seemed a bit

a bad feeling about this.

heart, “Jared, I’m begging you. Do you find this fun? You can’t change me, nor can you change reality. Each time I hurt you, I feel terrible. But why are you forcing me to extinguish the last bit of feelings I have for you? So please, let go. It’s

don’t!” Jared

her face