Heartstrings on Fire novel Chapter 1072

That sensation of plummeting from the clouds left him feeling dizzy, as though he had unwittingly stumbled into an enormous pitfall.

No, this can't be happening.

Just one step away, why only one step?

Agnes raced ahead of Jared, suddenly enveloping him in a tight embrace.

Looking up, Agnes asked, "Is everything wrapped up? Can you finally step away from all this?"

Jared's voice was soft and reassuring, "Don't worry, I'm all clear now."

From a short distance, Ryder stood frozen, his limbs icy cold, feeling as though he had turned into a glacier.

The two of them, who had faced a heart-wrenching separation just the night before, now seemed as if they had planned this reunion.

What were they discussing?

Why couldn't he grasp a single word?

It baffled Ryder even more that Jared, accused of murder and a serious criminal offense, could appear so nonchalantly.

There, Agnes and Jared remained in a tight embrace, like lovers reunited after a long separation.

Ryder could hardly believe his eyes.

That familiar sensation of falling, yet he found it unbearable to accept.

For years, Ryder had been living in a dream where he and Agnes were married, only to be interrupted at the last moment by Jared, who would then take Agnes's hand and leave.

And now, his worst nightmare had materialized, in an even more cruel reality.

Just as he was about to touch happiness, he hadn't even had the chance to savor a fleeting moment of it.

People seemed to keep their distance from Jared, treating him as a dangerous entity.

Jared made his way through the crowd, stopping in front of Ryder.

His expression was dark, as if he had just snapped back to reality.

Ryder blurted out, "Impossible, you can't be here."

Jared suggested, "Maybe you should check out the news."

Instinctively feeling that something big had happened, Ryder mechanically grabbed his phone to check the day's headlines.

To his astonishment, the headline read, "NovaPlex Labs Confirms White Powder to Be Flour, Not Drugs, in a Real-Life Drug Bust Staged by the Tim Group in Collaboration with Law Enforcement."

The article detailed how Jared had discovered issues at the pharmaceutical plant early on and had proactively contacted Jarvis from the narcotics bureau. They had seized the supposed drugs, but in order not to alert the perpetrators prematurely, they staged an elaborate ruse with the narcotics bureau playing along.