Heartstrings On Fire

Chapter 213

Once they stepped inside, the butler took Jared’s coat and said, “Jared, Ms. Pritchard, Tim, and Alyssa are all waiting for you in the dining room.”

“Where’s Ryder?” Jared asked.

“The young master just got home and should be in the dining room as well, the butter replied.

Jared nodded in response, and then headed upstairs toward the dining room.

Agnes was silent carrying a cake and trailing behind Jared

She had forgotten about the lily flowers gifted by the cake shop owner and didn’t bring them inside.

Alyssa lit up when she saw Jared, gently touched his face, and said with a frown, Jared, why did you lose so much weight?”

“I didn’t lose weight just been out of town on a business trip,” Jared replied

Alyssa stared at him for a moment before saying. “You definitely lost weight. You’ve always been a picky eater, you surely didn’t eat well while out. Next time, I’ll send our chef with you, so I won’t have to worry”

“I was

he changed the subject, asking, “What did you make for

chicken, grilled lobster, and spaghetti bolognese, all your favorites, Alyssa replied with a

Whitfield family actually had a dedicated chef who would prepare a vanety of dishes, mostly high-end seafood and

home-style dishes were rare

many chefs to make it, but he always said it wasn’t the real spaghetti bolognese, just regular noodles. I had no choice but to go to that city and learn how to cook

and said. “You’re really good to

looked at Jared with a loving smile, “Of

noticed Ryder sitting at the dining table, his gaze fixed on Alyssa

show a hint of accustomed

her short stay at the Whitfield Manor,

how often she talked to him, or fixing his

like a child around Alyssa.

was significantly less obvious, not

because Ryder was always cold and distant, as if

Ryder, saying, “Congrats on your discharge. This