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.”

nervously, “The Whitfield’s backyard is seriously massive.”

his gaze falling on

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

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

her hand, where she had scratched it when climbing over the wall, and laughed it off, “Just a scratch. It’s okay.”

Beatrice are here today. You could have come in through the front door. Why did

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

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

to say, just forget

someone called Ryder’s name. Seemed

don’t mind me. I’ll

need anything, just call.“.

Ryder turned around

with this Icy

didn’t expect him to help

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

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