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.”

Whitfield’s backyard is seriously massive.”

his gaze falling on

cherry trees in the backyard a few days ago. There were too many

about why Agnes was lying, didn’t expose her, just asking, “Is your hand

hand, where she had scratched it when climbing over the

nodded, then asked, “Preston and Beatrice are here today. You could have come in

a bit awkward, “Well….. I had some

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

said, “If it’s hard to say, just forget

then, someone called Ryder’s name. Seemed like

“Go ahead, don’t mind me. I’ll be leaving

nodded, “If you need anything,

Ryder turned around

out a sigh of relief. She wasn’t too familiar with this Icy man. Other than

didn’t expect him to

and she felt a bit cold but didn’t feel like going

distance, and even though he was quite far away, Jared seemed to naturally radiate light. Among