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!

said,

that she has scratched her arm on some roses when

“It’s fine, I

her hand and stated, Come with

dragged into the Whitfield family’s

full of elegant people. It overflowed with champagne, crystal chandeliers casting light like cascading tassels, with guests everywhere, laughing

Agnes couldn’t help but

it seemed a bit behind the times. It was like being in a

to

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

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

I was just curious. Everyone’s saying your family is looking for a wife for Jared today, I just wanted to

already has someone he likes; he has liked

Agnes felt a sting in her heart. She thought to herself, “Jared already has someone he likes? Then

are many guests at the Whitfield Manor today,