Heartstrings on Fire

“Even though Mr. Whitfield spoils her rotten, she’s just a rich man’s pet. How could a master ever marry his pet?”

“The Thomas family and the Whitfield family are evenly matched, and Valeria is the general manager of the Thomas Group. She’s sharp as a pin, do you think she doesn’t know about Sharon? I bet Sharon’s in for a rough ride.”

“These rich guys, every single one of them has a wife at home and a lover on the side. Even if Jared dumps her, she’ll get a decent payoff that’ll set her up

for life.”

“Sharon isn’t a stunner and she doesn’t have a fancy background. How the heck did she catch Mr. Whitfield’s eye?”

T heard that Mr. Whitfield saw her in a bar and liked her eyes. They reminded him of his ex–wife.”

“Speaking of which, it’s a darn shame that Mr. Whitfield turned into such a playboy because of a broken heart.”

Agnes had been following the news these days too, and most of the reports were about Sharon.

Agnes suddenly remembered that she once called Jared because of her grandmother.

The call was answered by a girl, she said that Jared left his phone at her place.

Now, Agnes thought, that girl must’ve been Sharon.

Jared was really getting engaged.

Agnes couldn’t tell what she was feeling.

She wouldn’t admit that it actually hurt, but after all, she had no place in this.

none of her

was to find

day Jared gets engaged would be

he was getting engaged, he

needed to sleep during the

keep an eye on Nocturne all

been

had been having an on–and–off cold, still running

Agnes couldn’t be bothered with

been glued to Nocturne’s location every

day Jared gets engaged

was two

Christmas

prematurely on Christmas Eve four years

it had been almost a month since Agnes last saw

her, Nocturne had been with Jared

venue of Jared’s engagement party was the Caesar International

the entire

had been monitoring Nocturne’s

between Maplewood Manor and the

surprised

could still go to work

in the Tim