Heartstrings on Fire

Chapter 706

Agnes shot a subconscious glance at Jared who was standing beside her.

His face was stone–cold, seemingly dropping the surrounding temperature.

Agnes quickly averted her gaze.

Count and Countess Alexandra greeted Agnes. They complimented her in English, “We’ve always heard Mr. Kearney mentioned Ms. Pritchard. Meeting you today, you truly are stunningly beautiful, a real gem indeed.”

People around praised Countess Alexandra’s eloquent English.

Agnes returned their greetings with ease.

Countess Alexandra was apparently close with Valeria, and she introduced Kearney to her.

Kearney. She had heard about eight major wineries competing for wine distribution rights.

seven wineries were essentially industry–leading behemoths with

one she hadn’t heard

to be a new riser and she couldn’t

Count Alexandra and

in the shadows, while she was in the light,

for her, she had expended a lot of effort behind the scenes. She was quite curious about the mysterious

Those who could compete for Count Alexandra’s wine distribution rights were usually industry leaders, mostly elder statesmen. Among the nine agents, only

looking scholarly and harmless. But his

I’ve heard so much about

that’s renowned. It’s an honor to

silently stood

superficial flattery masking their real intentions, much like old friends who were emotionally deep and had long been apart. But behind the scenes, they didn’t know how many times they had

why Agnes disliked the business world.