Heartstrings on Fire novel Chapter 1302

Agnes spoke up, "It's not like I've forgotten everything. I remember everything clearly up until my eighteenth birthday—the moment I fell into the pool. After that, it's all a blank until now, creating an eight-year gap in my memory."

Jared was stunned.

This revelation was a sucker punch to him, the worst kind of news.

If Agnes had forgotten everything, it might have been easier to swallow.

But no, she remembered everything up until she was eighteen.

Which meant she remembered Elton but had forgotten him.

When Agnes was eighteen, Elton hadn't betrayed her yet; they were still childhood sweethearts, wrapped up in their young romance.

But every profound moment she had shared with Jared over the years was wiped clean from her mind.

That's why she called him Mr. Whitfield but referred to Elton simply as Elton.

Jared felt like a knife was being twisted in his heart, cutting deeper with every thought.

Why was fate playing such a cruel joke on him?

He couldn't help but find the situation bitterly ironic.

Yet, in front of Agnes, Jared masked his feelings.

He even managed a wry smile, saying with a touch of resignation, "So, it turns out, I'm the one you forgot."

Agnes looked at the man across from her, her heart aching.

Even as an outsider, she couldn't ignore the pain and helplessness in his voice and eyes.

"What did you want to talk about today?" Jared asked, trying to steer the conversation.

Agnes was silent for a long time before she spoke. "Honestly, I don't know what I want to talk about. I guess I want to know if I married you out of spite because Elton betrayed me?"

"Is that what Elton told you?"

Jared's expression darkened.

This was the real reason Agnes had come to talk.

When she learned she had a son, she had been at a loss for words.

It was as if one moment, she was still preparing for finals in school, and the next, she was told she had a five or six-year-old son.

But it was true nonetheless.

Jared was silent for a moment.

Agnes was diverting the topic.

Clearly, she didn't want to discuss their relationship, so she brought up their child.

Why didn't she want to talk about their relationship?

Jared knew deep down that to the current Agnes, he was a stranger, while Elton still held a place in her heart.

That was why she was so hesitant and instinctively resistant.