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

squinted, his gaze falling

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 to prevent

clueless about why Agnes was lying, didn’t

glanced at her hand, where she had scratched it when climbing over the wall,

have come in through

I had some stuff to deal with.”

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

to say, just

called Ryder’s name. Seemed like

don’t mind

nodded, “If you need anything, just call.“.

Ryder turned around

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

to help her out today.

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

Jared seemed to naturally radiate light. Among the crowd, she could spot him instantly. That’s what one call standing out