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

squinted, his gaze falling on Agnes’s

some wild cherry trees in the backyard a few days ago. There were too many people today,

although clueless about why Agnes was lying, didn’t expose her, just

when climbing over

here today. You could have come in through the

bit awkward, “Well….. I had some stuff to

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

to

called Ryder’s name. Seemed like one

said, “Go ahead, don’t mind me. I’ll be leaving

“If you need anything,

and Ryder turned

with this Icy man. Other than their not–so–pleasant first encounter, they had never crossed paths before.

him to help her out

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