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.”

gaze falling on Agnes’s

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

didn’t expose her, just asking, “Is your hand alright?”

it when climbing over the wall, and laughed it

then asked, “Preston and Beatrice are here today. You could have come in through the front door. Why did you climb

awkward, “Well….. I had some

tell him. She

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

called Ryder’s name. Seemed like one

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

need anything, just call.“.

nodded, and Ryder turned

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

to help

she felt a bit cold but didn’t

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