Heartstrings On Fire

Chapter 27

Ryder, with his stern face, seemed to ignore everyone else, only addressing Agnes, “Come with me.”

Agnes nodded, gave a quick greeting briefly, and under everyone’s gaze, followed Ryder to the balcony.

The balcony was relatively quiet. A glass door completely isolated the hustle and bustle inside.

Ryder broke the silence, “Where did you sneak off to? I’ve been looking for you.”

She had just…..

Agnes’s face began to heat up, thankfully concealed by the night.

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Agnes fibbed, “After you left, I heard footsteps in the hall. Thought someone was heading my way, so I took off to the backyard for a bit. Got lost, didn’t expect it to be such a maze.”

laughed nervously, “The Whitfield’s backyard is

his gaze falling on

mother had planted some wild cherry trees in the backyard a few days ago. There were too many people today, so the backyard entrance was closed today

although clueless about why Agnes was lying, didn’t expose her,

her hand, where she had scratched it when climbing over the wall, and laughed it off, “Just

Beatrice are here today. You could have come in through

awkward, “Well….. I had some stuff to deal

that Agnes didn’t want to tell him. She just

to say,

name. Seemed like one

ahead, don’t mind me. I’ll

nodded, “If you need anything,

Ryder turned around and

a sigh of relief. She wasn’t too familiar with this Icy

him to help her out today.

wind blew, and she felt a bit cold but didn’t feel like going inside.

and even though he was quite far away, Jared seemed to naturally radiate light. Among the crowd, she could spot him instantly. That’s