Agnes was deeply disappointed.
Maybe it was Jared's frosty tone that shattered her hopes.
But she might have really bothered him.
"Well, you go on with your stuff."
Jared grunted a response and hung up the call.
Agnes held the phone, feeling her heart sink a little more.
She just missed him, just wanted to hear his voice.
Meanwhile...
Jared stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window in his office on the 99th floor of Tim Tower.
In his hand was a half-burned cigarette.
He rarely smoked.
In the hazy smoke, his face looked incredibly indifferent.
The scene on the balcony just now seemed to reappear before his eyes, his fingers clenched tight, feeling more irritable than ever.
He didn't expect...
The next day was the campus festival of Lakeside College.
The whole Lakeside College campus was very lively.
Today Lakeside College was open to the public, students from other schools could come and visit.
Of course, the highlight was the campus festival performance competition among 32 colleges.
Agnes's drama was scheduled to start at three in the afternoon.
It was the last performance of the whole competition.
Before going on stage, Agnes kept looking at her phone backstage.
She was wondering why Jared hadn't texted her yet.
He said he would come...
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