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.”

laughed nervously, “The Whitfield’s

falling on

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

although clueless about why Agnes was lying, didn’t expose

she had scratched it when climbing over

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

bit awkward, “Well….. I had some

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

to say, just forget

Seemed like

ahead, don’t mind me.

you need anything,

Ryder turned around

this Icy man.

him to help

already dressed quite lightly. The night wind blew, and she felt a bit cold but didn’t feel like

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 out from the crowd.