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.”

“The Whitfield’s backyard is

his gaze falling on

the backyard a few days ago. There were too many

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

scratched it when climbing over the wall, and

are here today. You could have come in through

a bit awkward, “Well….. I had some stuff to deal with.”

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

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

Ryder’s name. Seemed like

ahead, don’t mind me. I’ll be

need

and Ryder turned around

She wasn’t too familiar with this Icy

to

night wind blew, and she felt a bit cold

naturally radiate light. Among the

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