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

falling on Agnes’s dress.

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

clueless about why Agnes was lying, didn’t expose her, just asking, “Is your hand alright?”

it when climbing over the wall, and laughed it off,

here today. You could have come in through the front door. Why did you climb over the wall?”

a bit awkward, “Well….. I had some stuff to

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

it’s hard to say, just forget about

then, someone called Ryder’s name. Seemed

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

need anything, just call.“.

and Ryder turned around and left.

out a sigh of relief. She wasn’t too familiar with this Icy man. Other than their not–so–pleasant first encounter, they had

him to

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