Heartstrings on Fire

Chapter 498

She’s been a journalist for years, been through all sorts of crazy stuff, even survived a major terror attack. But man, even Agnes had never been this freaked out before.

Jared was like her cognitive weakness. The second he came into the picture, her ability to think straight just flew out the window. Her only plan was to dodge the bullet, and the only thing she was sure of was that she couldn’t face him right now.

Jared had no clue he had a child, and Agnes had no idea how he’d react if he found out Nocturne was their kid.

Plus, Jared was about to pop the question to someone else.

And then, Nocturne’s voice came from her phone, “Mom, this gentleman wants to talk to you.”

hadn’t heard Jared’s voice in a long time. It was

“Hello?‘ came from Jared’s

just shrugged it off and gave the watch back

ruffled Nocturne’s hair, said something, then got in the car with Nocturne and drove

current mood was as devastated as a city after a typhoon had

she saw Jared, she felt like

mirror of truth. She started shaking as she held

“That kid’s parent is really gutsy. What could be more important than their own kid? Just leaving their

indifferently, “You think something would happen

through the rear–view mirror. He had a feeling his boss was actually quite pleased that the Kid

fell asleep again shortly after they got