Heartstrings on Fire (Agnes and Jared) novel Chapter 513

Chapter 513 

Over the years, Jared had imagined a ton of possible outcomes 

He’d thought about Agnes leaving his world, hiding away in some comer 

Hed also considered that the might have a child in silence, like some soap opera plotline, struggling to raise it on her own 

But he’d never imagined that she’d fall in love with someone else, marry them, have their child, and start a new life 

It wasn’t that he hadn’t thought about it, but rather that he was too afraid to He’d clung to a sliver of hope that Agnes wouldn’t forget about him. 

No matter what their past relationship was like, at the very least, the things they’d experienced together were deeply ingrained in him 

He can’t easily let go, and he can’t easily start over. Every day was spent in agony and struggle for him. 

If she had an ounce of conscience, if she could feel even a fraction of his pain, Jared believed that she would never be with another man 

But now, he realized he was wrong Dead wrong. 

That woman was utterly ruthless! 

Jared’s face was as dark as a thundercloud. 

He felt his world shattering, crumbling to pieces. 

That tiny shred of hope that had kept him going for the past four years was utterly obliterated in an instant. 

His world had no sunlight, no color, only darkness. 

Jared stood there, speechless, feeling a crushing pain in his chest. 

Over and over, it felt like someone was cutting into his flesh with a knife. 

His fingers clenched so hard that they were practically crushing each other, and he could even hear the creak of his own bones. Leo, not far off, could only watch this scene unfold. 

He felt like the sky was falling 

He’d never seen the boss wear such a terrifying expression in his life. 

It felt like his gaze alone could snuff out all signs of life. 

How could he not recognize that woman? 

That was Agnes, the one the boss had been searching for for four years. 

Agnes had actually divorced Jared long ago. 

Thinking back to the boss’s demeanor during that time, Leo still felt a chill down his spine. 

Almost everyone had been affected. 

Jared was torturing himself, working overtime like a madman, constantly expanding the business. 

The company was full of complaints, everyone was exhausted to the point of collapsing 

But who could compare to the boss’s exhaustion? 

One morning, he actually saw Jared vomiting blood in the bathroom. 

He was rushed to the hospital, where the doctors diagnosed him with a stomach perforation caused by alcohol. 

For every employee at the Tim Group, those were dark and oppressive days 

And for Jared, the sudden disappearance of this woman was a catastrophic blow. 

To outsiders, this man was tough and resolute, never hesitating, never wavering.