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!

at Agnes‘ arm and said, “You’re hurt. Let me

has scratched her

“It’s fine,

grabbed her hand

like that, Agnes got dragged

enormous. The ground floor alone was like a huge ballroom full of elegant people. It overflowed with champagne, crystal chandeliers casting light like

Agnes couldn’t help

grand, but compared to this, it seemed a bit behind the times. It was

to avoid

Agnes tentatively asked, “Is Jared here today too?”

in taking up the position of Mrs. Whitfield’s too?”

for a wife for Jared today, I just wanted

has someone he likes; he has liked her for many

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

many guests at the Whitfield Manor today, but this is