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

his gaze falling on Agnes’s

wild cherry trees in the backyard a few days ago. There were too many people today, so the backyard

clueless about why Agnes was lying, didn’t expose her, just asking,

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

come in through the front door.

I

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

“If it’s hard to say, just forget

Seemed

don’t mind me. I’ll

nodded, “If you need anything, just

nodded, and Ryder turned around

of relief. She wasn’t too familiar with this Icy

him to

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

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