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 backyard is seriously

his gaze falling on

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 today to prevent any

lying, didn’t expose her, just asking, “Is your

when climbing over the wall, and laughed it off, “Just a

have come in through the front

felt a bit awkward, “Well….. I

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

it’s hard to say, just forget

Seemed like one of his buddies.

said, “Go ahead, don’t mind

you need anything, just

and Ryder turned

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

didn’t expect him to help her

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