Heartstrings on Fire (Agnes and Jared)
Chapter 405

Chapter 405

Alyssa coldly stated, "There's no way in hell I'm letting my son go back to the Thomas t Ryder

So whatever you just blabbed shoot. Stopa puhees it away fr

Agnes wanted to defend Ryder

But if she spoke up now, Alyssa might misconstrue their relationship even mom

She might even suspect that she was coaxing Ryder to ditch the Whitfield family

Agnes obediently agreed, "Gotcha"

Alyssa shot Agnes a cold glance and turned to go inside

"Alyssa Agnes suddenly stopped her

Alyssa stopped in her tracks, tuming to face Agnes

Mustering her courage, Agnes said, "I have a question for you" Alyssa's poised facade wavered slightly, yet she retained her chilly demeanor (Go on "

"You were friends with my mum, Julia, weren't you?" Agnes hesitated for a moment. The weight of this confrontation had been bearing down on her. The fear of facing this truth, the anxiety of opening old wounds. Yet, when she finally spoke the words, they flowed easier than she had annopated

Alyssa's face tightened, her tone sharp. "What are you suggesting?"

"I just want to understand why you denied knowing my mum when you clearly did."

Alyssa's composure cracked, she visibly trembled. The nightmares she had been experiencing seemed to be merging with reality, making her feel trapped in a relentless dream.

The truth, however, was inevitable. Taking a deep breath, Alyssa finally confessed, "Yes, I knew Julia. We attended film school together We were inseparable

"But you guys fell out because you stole my mum's first love, Michael Albert."

Hearing this name, Alyssa's pupils visibly shrunk

Michael, Michael.

It felt like ages since she'd heard this name

So long it felt like someone she knew in a past life.

But that was over twenty years ago.

The memory of a cheeky boy with a smirk on his face was like a dagger to her heart. An old wound ruthlessly torn open, not healed after so many years, but festering even worse Alyssa just stood there, frozen

As if she hadn't yet processed it

Agnes began recounting the past, "Because of Michael, your relationship with my mum shattered. You went from being sisters at film school to enemies. Then you went abroad for two years, and during this time my mum married my dad. But when you returned two years later, you were only eighteen, and you entered the entertainment industry. You started putting all sorts of pressure on my mum, forcing her out of the industry and into charity work. But you still wouldn't let her be Ten years ago, you donated two million to my mum's Angelic Wings Foundation, but it was because of this money that my mum's reputation was ruined, and she ended up taking her own life. Alyssa, you're the one who caused my mum's death."

Agnes calmly narrated the past

When she got to the last sentence, her tone was one of calm despair

Under the moonlight, the courtyard was dead quiet.

Everything seemed to have frozen in place

Agnes and Alyssa were only two meters apart

Their eyes met, yet it felt like a chasm was between them.

Alyssa saw Julia from many years ago standing in front of her

Agnes's eyes resembled Julia's when she was young

They appeared calm, but were actually stormy inside

Memories from the past hit her like a tidal wave

Alyssa didn't want to remember and woke up from the reverie.

She closed her eyes.