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 Agnes’s

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

didn’t expose her, just asking, “Is your

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

“Preston and Beatrice are here today. You could have come

“Well….. I had

didn’t want to tell him. She just didn’t know how to

to

someone called Ryder’s name. Seemed like one of

“Go ahead, don’t mind me. I’ll be

you need anything, just call.“.

Ryder turned

too familiar with this Icy man. Other than

to help her out

night wind blew, and she felt

from a distance, and even though 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