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.”

Whitfield’s backyard is seriously massive.”

gaze falling

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

about why Agnes was lying, didn’t expose her, just asking, “Is

scratched it when climbing over the wall, and laughed it off, “Just a scratch. It’s

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

“Well….. I had some stuff to deal with.”

wasn’t that Agnes didn’t want to tell him. She just didn’t

said, “If it’s hard to

then, someone called Ryder’s name. Seemed like one of his

mind me. I’ll be leaving later.”

nodded, “If you need anything, just call.“.

turned around

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

expect him to help her

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