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.”

laughed nervously, “The Whitfield’s backyard is seriously massive.”

his gaze falling on

some wild cherry trees in the backyard a few

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

climbing over the wall, and laughed it off, “Just a scratch. It’s

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

awkward, “Well….. I had some stuff to

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

hard to say, just

someone called Ryder’s name. Seemed like one

“Go ahead, don’t mind me. I’ll be

you need anything,

nodded, and Ryder turned around and

familiar with this Icy man. Other than their

him to help her out

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