Heartstrings on Fire

Chapter 24

Ryder strolled over, eyed Agnes and asked, “What are you doing here?”

Caught off guard. Agnes stammered, “It’s a long story”

The butler inquired, “Mr. Ryder, do you know them?”

Ryder pointed at Agnes and said, “She’s a friend”

He then glanced at Jenny and declared casually, “Don’t know this one though”

The butler got the drift immediately, and his attitude towards Agnes changed, “Since you’re a friend of Mr. Ryder, you can go in. But as for you, miss, without an invitation, you need to leave. If you try to sneak in over the wall again, we’ll call the cops.”

Jenny got kicked out.

Standing outside the Whitfield family mansion, Jenny was fuming. She couldn’t believe that Agnes had somehow gotten in with Ryder. Inside, it was all glitz and glamour, but she had got no part in it!

one look at Agnes‘ arm and said, “You’re hurt. Let me get you some

looked down and saw that she has scratched her arm on some roses when she jumped

fine,

he grabbed her hand and

that, Agnes got dragged into the Whitfield family’s

blown away. The mansion was enormous. The ground floor alone was like a huge ballroom full of elegant people. It

couldn’t help but

grand, but compared to this, it seemed a

the elevator to avoid the crowd in the main hall.

up, Agnes tentatively asked, “Is Jared here today

“Why? You’re interested in taking up the position of Mrs. Whitfield’s

saying your family is looking for a wife for Jared

of them. He already has someone he likes; he has

to herself, “Jared already has someone he likes? Then why did

a room and said, “Wait here, I’ll find you some clothes. There are many guests at the Whitfield Manor today, but this is