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.”

nervously, “The Whitfield’s backyard

his gaze falling on Agnes’s

wild cherry trees in the backyard a few days ago. There were too many people today, so the backyard entrance was closed today to prevent any

Agnes was lying, didn’t expose her, just asking, “Is your hand

glanced at her hand, where she had scratched it when climbing over the wall, and laughed it off, “Just a scratch.

today. You could have come in through the front door. Why did you climb over

I had some

him. She

hard to say, just forget about

called Ryder’s name. Seemed like one of

ahead, don’t mind

“If you need anything, just

turned around

relief. She wasn’t too familiar with this Icy man.

to

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