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.”

as day. “Hello, ma’am. Can we meet?” Agnes hadn’t heard Jared’s voice in a long time. It was deep and clear, laced with a faint familiarity and coldness. Her heart started pounding like crazy, and it felt like her body was

from Jared’s end of

She saw Jared’s confused look, but he just shrugged it off

got in the

as devastated as a city after a

and strong, and she made sure she appeared that way. But the moment she saw Jared, she felt like she had reverted back to her old self, with her

version of herself, but Jared was like her personal mirror of truth. She started shaking as she held her phone. After a long while, she started the car

What could be more important than their own kid? Just

something would happen to

as he glanced at his boss through the rear–view mirror. He had a feeling his boss was actually quite pleased that

again shortly