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

gaze falling on Agnes’s

cherry trees in the backyard a few

about why Agnes was lying, didn’t expose her,

her hand, where she had scratched it when climbing over

could have come in through

I had some stuff to deal

Agnes didn’t want to tell him. She

hard to say, just forget

name. Seemed like one of his

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

“If you need anything,

turned

relief. She wasn’t too familiar with this Icy man. Other than

him to help

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

he was quite far away, Jared seemed to naturally radiate light. Among the crowd, she could spot him instantly. That’s what

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