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.”

Whitfield’s backyard

his gaze falling on Agnes’s dress.

knew his mother 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

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

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

here today. You could have come in through the front door.

awkward, “Well….. I had some

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

said, “If it’s hard to say, just

Ryder’s name. Seemed like one of

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

“If you need

nodded, and Ryder turned around and left.

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

to help her out

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