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.

his voice calm but firm. “I’ll have my lawyers on it first thing in the morning. Don’t worry, all the paperwork will

tried to intervene, ‘No, Jared, you

gone into medicine, this is what you all would have expected Now that he’s chosen to join the business world, it’s not too late to

you will, just don’t run the Tim Group into the

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

kept his heart securely locked away,

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

the room, but while inside, she caught a glimpse of a shadow passing by the

to check on Nocturne, but upon seeing Agnes, he refrained from entering.

deliberately stepped out of the room and made her way to the

balcony, she could see the vast expanse

Jared and Ryder stood in the yard, their presences equally commanding, their conversation lost

matured into someone she no

Jared not just a familial bond, but an air of regal authority, a sartorial elegance