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.

end, it was

understand the depth of his disappointment,

to himself, he was head over heels in love with

was she becoming more and more determined to

Preston’s hospital room.

still lying there,

doctors said the chances of him regaining

as long as his vital signs were

was very

thought. She wanted to say something but couldn’t find the words.

sent a text to Kerri, just one short sentence,

the blood samples. The blood sample tested was actually Kerri’s.

cardiology, but had recently been

was this coincidence that gave Kerri the opportunity to switch the samples.

sure if

life had been so

hadn’t had her period in

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