Heartstrings on Fire

Chapter 823

Jared couldn’t shake the suspicion that Agnes had been faking her drunkenness last night

Waking up the next morning with a splitting headache, Agnes found her memories of the evening were patchy at best, leaving her with a disconcerting blank space where last nights events should have been

After freshening up, she made her way down to the breakfast nook, only to be met by Jared’s piercing gaze from the moment she entered the room

Agnes shot him a casual glance and settled into her chair, taking a sip of her milk “What’s got you looking so sour this morning?”

Agnes you still owe me a reasonable explanation Jared prodded

A flicker of guilt passed over her as she asked knowingly. “What explanation?”

“What exactly did you get up to last night?” he pressed

just had an interview, grabbed dinner,

scoffed. You seriously don’t remember how

the more serious Jared’s expression became, the guiltier

hadn’t told Jared about her interview with Ryder, which in itself wasn’t a problem The issue was that she had also gone out for drinks with Ryder afterward without giving Jared a heads–up

night but had completely blanked on the rest of the evening. She assumed she had woken up at home because a colleague must have called Jared to pick her up After all, their relationship was common knowledge at this point, and she had indeed

bedroom

it be that something else

I cause

remained

won’t happen again I won’t drink out anymore. I just couldn’t get out of it last night,

know I messed up Can you forgive me just

but Jared was a sucker for it Watching her now, it was impossible for him to stay mad

quick to admit your mistakes, yet you never seem to learn from them.”