Heartstrings on Fire

Chapter 651

Agnes was no fool; she generally picked up technical skills quite quickly.

But for some reason, forming the pies just didn’t come naturally to her, no matter how many times Jared tried to teach her.

Of course, it didn’t help matters that Jared was standing uncomfortably close to her as he tried to guide her hands.

He’d lean up to her ear to whisper instructions, his low voice sending shivers down her spine as his lips occasionally brushed against her earlobe.

Agnes‘ ears turned a bright red and she could hear nothing but the pounding of her own heart.

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Jared’s warm hands covered her chilly ones as he patiently guided her through the motions of forming the pies.

hands were icy cold, but

a warmth

remembered a winter during college when she loved dragging Jared along on trips to the food trucks lining their campus. When her hands got cold, Jared would clasp her hand in his own and

It was warm.

now,

away, her voice faltering, “Forget it,

retreated to the kitchen, leaving Jared

probably mourning the past, isn’t she? Your

couldn’t help but chuckle, reaching out to ruffle Nocturne’s

to mind, replying seriously, “Books say that casual physical contact

asked, “What kind

of interests.” Jared shook his head, “You should be reading ‘Grimm’s Fairy Tales‘ and ‘Aesop’s Fables. You need to learn

“Did you like those stories when you were a

Jared admitted,

Why should I like something

and followed his mother into the kitchen, leaving a

growing up too

dinner was