Heartstrings on Fire

Chapter 738

“There’s actually something I need to discuss. Alyssa just called me, inviting me over for New Year’s Eve dinner at the Whitfield Manor tonight. But… I don’t think I can make it today. Could you tell Alyssa that I won’t be able to join tonight?”

Jared nodded. He then asked, “How’s the project in Cloudsdale going? Is it all chewed up yet?”

“It’s going smoothly, almost done. Couldn’t have done it without your help.”

“That’s no problem at all. I’ve arranged a dinner with the director of the Bureau of Land Management. You should come along, it could be helpful for your progress.”

“Alright then, I’ll stay a couple more days in Willowbrook Town.”

Jared and Valeria were discussing business matters which Agnes didn’t quite understand. So she sat on the couch, reading a magazine.

After a while, it seemed like the business talk was over. At some point, Valeria had come to stand in front of Agnes. Valeria began, “Ms. Pritchard, may I have a word with you?”

Agnes nodded, and the two of them left Jared’s office. They went to the end of the corridor

There was a small, fan–shaped glass platform. From the window, one could see the entire cityscape. But the people who worked here were busy as bees. No one had the leisure to enjoy the view.

was unusually quiet. The two of them came

looked

lot of things were quite coincidental, like her wedding, like that banquet.

spoke first, “Ms. Pritchard, I believe Jared has already explained certain things to you. But from my standpoint, I

to clarify once more.”

want to clarify?”

I have no personal feelings for him, and he feels the same towards me. Even our engagement was simply a business arrangement I

worry, I

my father did to your father, I deeply regret it. But that was a matter of their generation He paid his dues, and I hope we can let this matter rest it’s better to reconcile than to feud, and I hope it won’t

fact that Valeria could say this was quite unexpected for

had said that Valeria was a frighteningly

1/2

of the previous generation

good to

the open, and Agnes

the women she had met. She was genuine, efficient, and powerful – the quintessential