Heartstrings on Fire

Chapter 27

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.”

“The Whitfield’s

falling on Agnes’s dress.

mother had planted some wild cherry trees in the backyard a few days ago. There were too many people today, so the backyard entrance

clueless about why Agnes was lying, didn’t

scratched it when climbing over the wall,

then asked, “Preston and Beatrice are here today. You could have come in through the front

I had some

tell him. She just didn’t know how to say to him.

said, “If it’s hard to

Ryder’s name. Seemed like one

don’t mind

need

Ryder turned around

let out a sigh of relief. She wasn’t too familiar with this Icy man. Other than their not–so–pleasant first encounter, they had never crossed paths before.

him to help

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