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”

was on

subject, asking, “What did you make

spaghetti bolognese, all your favorites, Alyssa

Whitfield family actually had a dedicated chef who would prepare a vanety of dishes, mostly high-end

these home-style dishes were rare

it ever since. I hired many chefs to make it, but he always said it wasn’t the real spaghetti bolognese, just regular noodles. I had no choice but

said. “You’re

with a loving smile,

at the

show a hint of

at the Whitfield

how often she talked to him, or

acted like a child

less obvious, not that she didn’t care, hut she

because Ryder was always cold and

the cake to Ryder, saying, “Congrats on your