Heartstrings on Fire (Agnes and Jared) novel Chapter 696

As Jared spoke, Agnes could only feel a wave of sadness washing over her.

He didn't look like he was lying or sugar-coating his words. Instead, he was deadly serious, his eyes shining with a light that was both deep and painfully touching.

He took Agnes' hand, leaning in as he spoke in a voice that was almost pained, "Agnes, I've been doing a lot of thinking lately. About our past, our present, and our child. I've always tried to maintain my pride in front of you, never willing to back down. But after what happened today, when I thought I couldn't catch up with Hammer and you were in danger, I realized something. My pride, the grudges I hold, none of them matter as much as you do. I can let go of everything, the life you've been living these past few years, the people you've been with. All I want is to be with you, Agnes. Can we start over?"

Jared had said quite a bit. To Agnes' memory, he had never spoken so much in one go, not even in the past, nor in the four years since they were reunited.

And every word he uttered weighed heavily on her.

Suddenly, Agnes felt the urge to cry. It was as if something inside her was crumbling.

Jared had suggested they fall in love again, but how could they fall in love again?

She never stopped loving him.

Over the years, she convinced herself that she had moved on, forgotten him.

But in her heart, she knew it was all just self-deception.

Living alone in a foreign country, dealing with Nocturne's illness, she was too exhausted to even consider the wound in her heart.