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!

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

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

“It’s fine, I

Ryder had other plans, he grabbed her hand and stated, Come with

that, Agnes got dragged into the Whitfield family’s

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

help but

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

the elevator to avoid the crowd in

way up, Agnes tentatively asked, “Is Jared here

Agnes, “Why? You’re interested in taking up

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

He already has someone he likes;

heart. She thought to herself, “Jared already

There are many guests at the Whitfield Manor today, but this is the quietest place. No one will