Heartstrings on Fire

Chapter 518

At night, Alyssa decided to pay Jared’s room a visit.

But she didn’t expect to find Jared sleeping in his bed.

The room was pitch–black, with the curtains tightly drawn over the floor–to–ceiling windows.

Alyssa had no idea when Jared picked up this habit.

Now, whenever he was having an emotional meltdown, he’d either bury himself in work or sleep all day. He had quit smoking and drinking.

That’s because he once had a bleeding stomach from drinking and a bout of pneumonía from smoking. Alyssa felt heartbroken. She wished she could take on all the pain herself.

But she couldn’t help him. She had caused all this.

Her mistakes when she was young had finally caught up with her, but Jared was the one paying the price. Alyssa switched on the light.

The sudden brightness made Jared blink.

He wasn’t actually asleep, just lying there with his eyes closed, staring at the ceiling.

When Alyssa turned on the light, he used the blanket to cover his eyes.

Alyssa still saw

tears were trickling down his face, wetting

never shed tears in front

was a baby,

their kid was born with

Jared did turn out like Tim predicted.

with an extremely

unusual

wasn’t entirely pleased about

be like other kids, laughing at a flower or getting excited

and sorrow seemed to

everything changed when Agnes entered the picture.

was once thankful for

realized, that was

Jared didn’t want her to

to see, and said in her usual tone, “You never eat airplane food. You must be hungry after

Jared didn’t respond.

“I’m leaving now. Come out and have some soup later.”

Then she left.

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