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.”

“The Whitfield’s backyard is seriously massive.”

his gaze falling on

trees in the backyard a few days ago. There were too many people today, so the backyard entrance was closed today to prevent

why Agnes was lying, didn’t expose her,

she had scratched it when climbing over the wall, and laughed it off, “Just a

have come in through the front door. Why did you climb

“Well….. I had

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

it’s hard to

Seemed like one of his buddies.

don’t mind me.

you need anything, just

Ryder turned around

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

didn’t expect him to help

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

Jared seemed to naturally radiate light. Among the crowd, she could spot him instantly. That’s what one