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

gaze falling on Agnes’s dress.

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

was lying, didn’t expose her,

hand, where she had scratched it when climbing over the wall, and

could have come in through

“Well….. I had

to tell him. She

it’s hard to say, just forget about it.”

Seemed like one of his

“Go ahead, don’t mind

you need

Ryder turned around and left.

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

didn’t expect him to help

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