Heartstrings On Fire

Chapter 19

Agnes never thought that a dude like Jared would be caught dead in the kitchen. Wasn’t a guy like him supposed to be all about takeouts and dining out?

But you had to hand it to him, watching him cook was a sight for sore eyes. Every move he made was like watching a masterpiece in the making.

Turning around, Jared caught Agnes in his‘ view. “Off to school?” he asked.

Agnes just nodded, almost robotically.

“Breakfast is ready. Eat before you go.” Jared suggested in the most nonchalant manner,

Thinking about last night’s events, Agnes was still down in the dumps.

She sat down silently and started on her breakfast.

The breakfast was the whole nine yards. Jared’s pancakes were to die for. But right now, all Agnes wanted to do was skedaddle out of there. So, she wolfed down her food hastily she burned her tongue.

about to sit down, Agnes was already done. Dropping her fork, she announced, “I gotta jet. It’s the opening ceremony today, can’t

could sense that something was off. Frowning, he asked, “Agnes, do you remember

last night? I don’t remember a thing.”

a moment before asking, “Do youjwant me to

not far away, I

hall like a bat out of hell. She

1. up.

sophomore. In the afternoon, she was notified about a meeting at 3 pm

Lakeside College was a well–known media university. The Journalism Society was one of

the meeting, Agnes bumped into Jenny. She almost forgot that Jenny was now the vice president of The Journalism Society, a position that

Lily, was running the meeting, Agnes was spacing out. She did hear something about The Journalism Society planning to start a new column called Big Shot, and they

Some suggested the bad–boy hacker, Javier, an e–commerce

Lily turned to Jenny and asked, “Jenny,

replied, “If we want to make a splash with this column, our first interviewee has to be a big fish. We shouldn’t limit