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

gaze falling on Agnes’s dress.

he knew his mother had planted some wild cherry trees in the backyard a few days ago. There were too many people today, so the backyard

Agnes was lying, didn’t expose her,

scratched it when climbing over the wall, and laughed

nodded, then asked, “Preston and Beatrice are here today. You could have come in through the front door. Why

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

tell him. She just didn’t know how to say to him.

“If it’s hard to say, just forget about it.”

someone called Ryder’s name. Seemed like one

ahead, don’t mind me. I’ll be leaving later.”

“If you need

nodded, and Ryder turned

this Icy

to help

wind blew, and she felt a bit cold but didn’t feel

quite far away, Jared seemed to naturally radiate light.