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 is seriously

squinted, his gaze falling

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

didn’t expose her,

had scratched it when climbing over the wall, and

Beatrice are here today. You could have come in through the

a bit awkward, “Well….. I

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

said, “If it’s hard to say, just forget about

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

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

nodded, “If you need anything,

Ryder turned around and left.

out a sigh of relief. She wasn’t too familiar with this Icy

didn’t expect him to help her out

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