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.

was the key to the Pritchard family’s villa.

turned on the lights.

though she was in Manhattan, she had prepaid twenty years‘ worth of

Agnes

one had set foot in here for four years.

furniture and floors were covered in a layer of

into the house, climbing

each step, a footprint

the hallway had been left open when

already covered in ivy.

the vines had crept

on the staircase was unrecognizable.

of the past four

the past, hiding

Agnes was

away these vines, revealing everything as it truly

upstairs, the first room she visited was

spent most of

it was just a grey, dusty

as he left it, there was even

room had that musty smell