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.

morning. Don’t worry, all

to intervene, ‘No, Jared, you can’t do

Jared was resolute “Alyssa, 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 that

heart, Tim sighed deeply. “Do as you will, just don’t run the Tim Group into

who had been quiet throughout the meal, couldn’t help but wonder – Ryder already had Thomas Enterprises, why was

securely locked away, and from the outside, all one could perceive was his stony exterior. His thoughts and

little guy, was

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

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

and

the balcony, she could see the vast expanse of the Whitfield Manor’s grounds.

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

into someone she no longer

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