Heartstrings on Fire novel Chapter 269

Agnes asked, "Just to be sure, did you put Kingdom Heart in my bag?"

Mamie snorted, "Are you accusing me or what?"

Agnes retorted, "Why are you so ungrateful? If it wasn't for me just now, you'd still be being bullied by that woman. You're always so cocky with me, why did you back down when facing an old woman?"

Mamie shot back, "Mind your own business.” Mamie was fearless, but she was scared of that home.

She was afraid of hearing the family curse, afraid of anyone mentioning her parents' and Antonia's deaths.

Over the years, she often had nightmares and was afraid of the dark, so she preferred the spotlight on stage.

But Lara would show up every now and then to remind her, to provoke her.

She had been tormenting her since she was a kid.

That fear instilled from childhood still haunted Mamie.

She had tried to fight back, but each attempt only resulted in self-injury and implicated her brother.

Ivan had fallen out with the Bartley family for protecting her. He didn't want a penny of the Bartley fortune and established Century Entertainment for her.

Mr. Brian cherished his eldest grandson, giving Lara the excuse to badmouth Mamie in front of him.

Even though Mamie was a popular star, the Bartley family had not only wealth, but the ultimate power.

If not for Ivan's protection, she would have sunk into the mire long ago.