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

his gaze falling

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

lying, didn’t expose

when climbing over the wall, and laughed it off, “Just a

today. You could have come in through the

felt a bit awkward, “Well….. I had some

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

to say, just forget about

name. Seemed like one of

said, “Go ahead, don’t mind

nodded, “If you need anything, just

turned

a sigh of relief. She wasn’t too familiar with this Icy man. Other than their not–so–pleasant first encounter, they had never crossed paths

didn’t expect him to help her

dressed quite lightly. The night wind blew, and she felt

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