Heartstrings on Fire

Chapter 519

Agnes furrowed her brows, her voice unconsciously laden with reproach, “Why did you have to go so hard on him? I know you and Sean used to be in the intemational special forces, but he’s just an ordinary guy. Couldn’t you have been a bit gentler?”

Kearney found it both exasperating and amusing, “Septima, the guy was trying to hurt you and here you are worrying about whether he’s injured?” Agnes fell silent all of a sudden.

She hadn’t expected Jared to get so worked up.

Because of Jared’s reaction, Agnes was even more certain.

She absolutely couldn’t let Jared find out about Nocturne.

If he did, it would certainly lead to a nasty fight, and Agnes wasn’t sure she could win.

Keamey dropped Agnes off at the Pritchard family’s villa./

As the car came to a stop, Kearney spoke up, “You gonna be okay here on your own? Want me to stick around tonight?”

Agnes shook her head with a smile, “I know you’re busy. Go on home, this is my place, I’ll be fine.”

Kearney nodded, “Call me if you need anything.”

Agnes got out of the car and headed towards the villa.

Kearney drove off.

she left was the key to

on the

though she was in Manhattan, she had prepaid twenty years‘ worth of utilities before she left.

on, Agnes felt a touch of disorientation.

set foot in here for four years.

floors were covered in a layer of

took slow steps into the house,

a footprint appeared in

been left open

already covered in ivy.

the vines had crept into

white marble railing on the staircase was

vines were like traces of the past

buried the past, hiding what once was.

Agnes was back.

clear away these vines, revealing everything as it truly

went upstairs, the first room she visited

was alive, he spent most of his time

was just a grey,

the desk was just as he left it, there

smell of time and neglect.