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

his gaze falling

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

was lying, didn’t expose her, just

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

asked, “Preston and Beatrice are here today. You could have come in through the front door. Why did you climb over

bit awkward, “Well….. I had some

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

hard to say, just forget about it.”

Seemed like one

don’t mind me. I’ll be leaving

“If you need anything, just call.“.

turned around

this Icy man. Other than their

didn’t expect him to help her

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