Heartstrings on Fire

Chapter 450

Agnes just couldn’t bear to stay with him.

She whispered, “Can you find your own way home? You’ve had a few drinks, don’t drive yourself. Get a designated driver or call your secretary. I need to go see my dad.”

With that, Agnes turned and walked away.

Jared had planned to spend the night with Agnes, looking after Preston.

But as he watched Agnes walk away, he’d never felt so lost.

Earlier in the evening, Mamie had casually mentioned that Agnes might be pregnant.

To him, it was like seeing an oasis in the middle of a desert. A glimmer of hope.

If Agnes was pregnant, maybe things would change. Maybe she wouldn’t be so determined to leave him, to abandon him.

Even if it was for the sake of the baby, maybe she’d stay.

He was willing to do anything, even spend his whole life making up for the pain he caused her, just to have her stay.

in the end, it was all just

understand the depth of his disappointment,

head over

becoming more and more determined to leave? What was he supposed to do?

went to Preston’s hospital room.

lying there, breathing

the chances of him regaining

as his vital signs were

was very quiet.

She wanted

a text to Kerri, just one short

the blood samples. The

at Hope Hospital. She was originally in cardiology, but had recently been transferred to the lab after crossing the wrong person.

was this coincidence that gave Kerri

even sure if

had been so

her period in two or

with everything going on with her dad, she hadn’t been paying attention to her own body and just thought