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.

Ryder, his 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

intervene, ‘No, Jared, you can’t

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

you will,

but wonder – Ryder already had Thomas Enterprises, why was the share in the Tim Group so

her mind, Ryder seemed like a man in a fortress of his own making. He kept his heart securely locked away, and from the outside, all one could perceive was his

little guy,

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

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

and made

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

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

someone she no longer

but an air of regal authority, a sartorial