Heartstrings on Fire

Chapter 826

As Ryder spoke up, the atmosphere around the dinner table shifted palpably. It was as if a hush fell upon the room in an instant.

Jared looked up, his gaze settling on Ryder with a mixture of surprise and contemplation.

Alyssa’s face was a picture of disbelief as she scrambled to make sense of the situation.

“You’re now the General Manager of Thomas Enterprises, isn’t one massive corporation enough for you? What on earth do you want with shares in the Tim Group?” Alyssa demanded.

Ryder’s voice remained level, betraying none of the turmoil that seemed to grip the others. “It’s not the same. Grandpa said I’m as much a Whitfield as my uncle is, and therefore, shouldn’t half of the shares in the Tim Group be mine by right?”

Tim, the venerable patriarch of the Whitfield clan, seemed momentarily at a loss for words.

worry, all the paperwork will be sorted out within

tried to intervene, ‘No, Jared,

Ryder’s right. He’s a Whitfield, and the Tim Group was always partly his. If Ryder hadn’t gone into medicine, this is what you all would have expected Now

heavy heart, Tim sighed deeply. “Do as you will, just

throughout the meal, couldn’t help but wonder – Ryder already had Thomas Enterprises, why was the share in the Tim Group so important to him? Was it merely a matter of pride and fairness?

kept his heart securely locked

dinner, Nocturne, the family’s cherished little guy, was

boy to the room, but while inside, she caught a glimpse of a

Tim, likely wanting to check on Nocturne, but upon seeing Agnes, he refrained from

deliberately stepped out of the room and made her way to the second–floor conservatory.

she could see the vast expanse of

their presences equally commanding, their conversation lost to the night breeze

grown, matured into someone she no

air of regal authority, a sartorial elegance that made them