Heartstrings on Fire

Chapter 213

Once they stepped inside, the butler took Jared’s coat and said, “Jared, Ms. Pritchard, Tim, and Alyssa are all waiting for you in the dining room.”

“Where’s Ryder?” Jared asked.

“The young master just got home and should be in the dining room as well, the butter replied.

Jared nodded in response, and then headed upstairs toward the dining room.

Agnes was silent carrying a cake and trailing behind Jared

She had forgotten about the lily flowers gifted by the cake shop owner and didn’t bring them inside.

Alyssa lit up when she saw Jared, gently touched his face, and said with a frown, Jared, why did you lose so much weight?”

“I didn’t lose weight just been out of town on a business trip,” Jared replied

Alyssa stared at him for a moment before saying. “You definitely lost weight. You’ve always been a picky eater, you surely didn’t eat well while out. Next time, I’ll send our chef with you, so I won’t have to worry”

with a helpless smile, “I was on a business trip, not a vacation”

the subject, asking, “What did you

grilled lobster, and spaghetti bolognese, all your favorites,

had a dedicated chef who would prepare

these home-style dishes were

to Agnes and said, “Jared once had spaghetti bolognese at a restaurant in another city and has been craving it ever since. I hired many chefs to make it, but he

“You’re really good to Jared.”

Jared with a loving smile, “Of

the dining table, his gaze fixed on

seemed to show a hint of accustomed loneliness.

short stay at the Whitfield Manor,

whether in how often she talked to him, or fixing his attire before they

like a child around Alyssa.

was significantly less obvious, not that she didn’t

it was because Ryder was always cold and distant, as if he rejected everyone

“Congrats on your discharge.