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.

voice calm but firm. “I’ll have my lawyers on it first thing in the morning. Don’t worry, all the paperwork will be sorted out within three days, and you’ll be the major shareholder of the Tim Group. Of course, if you want a position at the

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

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 he’s chosen to join the business world, it’s not too late to redistribute everything.”

you will, just don’t run the Tim

quiet throughout the meal, couldn’t help but wonder – Ryder already had Thomas Enterprises, why was the share in the Tim Group so

own making. He kept his heart securely locked away, and from the outside, all one could perceive was his stony exterior.

Nocturne, the family’s cherished little

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

to check on Nocturne, but

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

the balcony, she could see the vast expanse of

the yard, their presences equally commanding, their conversation lost to

into someone

familial bond, but an air of regal authority, a sartorial elegance that