Heartstrings on Fire

Chapter 696

As Jared spoke, Agnes could only feel a wave of sadness washing over her.

He didn’t look like he was lying or sugar–coating his words. Instead, he was deadly serious, his eyes shining with a light that was, both deep and painfully touching.

He took Agnes‘ hand, leaning in as he spoke in a voice that was almost pained, “Agnes, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately. About our past, our present, and our child. I’ve always tried to maintain my pride in front of you, never willing to back down. But after what happened today, when I thought I couldn’t catch up with Hammer and you were in danger, I realized something. My pride, the grudges I hold, none of them matter as much as you do. I can let go of everything, the life you’ve been living these past few years, the people you’ve been with. All I want is to be with you, Agnes. Can we start over?”

Jared had said quite a bit. To Agnes‘ memory, he had never spoken so much in one go, not even in the past, nor in the four years since they were reunited.

And every word he uttered weighed heavily on her.

to cry. It was as if something inside her was crumbling.

love again, but

never stopped loving

years, she convinced herself that she had

her heart, she knew it

alone in a foreign country, dealing with Nocturne’s illness, she was

every encounter, every word spoken felt like a battle.

Agnes learned of Jared’s womanizing

wasn’t that she didn’t care. In fact, it bothered her

loved other women just as passionately as he had

real feelings involved? Did he