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 backyard is

gaze falling on

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

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

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

asked, “Preston and Beatrice are here today. You could have come in through the front door. Why did you climb over the

awkward, “Well….. I had some stuff

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

hard to say,

someone called Ryder’s name. Seemed

don’t mind me. I’ll

“If you need

turned

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

expect him to help her out

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

naturally radiate light. Among the crowd,