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 took when she left was the

on the lights.

she had prepaid twenty years‘ worth of utilities

Agnes felt a touch of

foot in

and floors were covered in a layer of

steps into the house,

footprint appeared in

had been left open when she

wall was already covered in ivy.

and the vines had crept into the house,

on the

of the past

buried the past, hiding what

was back.

revealing everything

upstairs, the first room she visited was Preston’s study.

Preston was alive, he spent most of his time at home in his

just a grey, dusty mess.

he left it, there was

had that musty smell of time and neglect.