The Divorced Heiress’s Revenge

Ryan lowered his eyes, spinning the pen of power between his slender fingers.

The others glanced at Mrs. Hoffman's outburst, shaking their heads with a hint of contempt in their eyes.

"Zoe disappeared on her way to the hospital for treatment, and no one has seen her since then! You must have taken her!"

Mrs. Hoffman stormed up to Ryan. She slammed her hands on the table repeatedly, ignoring the presence of the board members.

"Ryan! Send my daughter back to me! Or else... I'll call a shareholders' meeting and kick you out of the Hoffman Group! Send Zoe back to me!"

Ryan stopped spinning the pen in his fingers. However, he did not lift his gaze to look at his distressed mother.

"Mrs. Hoffman, what are you doing?"

Unable to bear the scene any longer, a fellow director spoke up. "Ms. Hoffman might've disappeared because she jumped out of the car when the officers weren't looking. If you want to make a fuss, go to the police."

"Exactly. We're in the middle of a board meeting. You shouldn't bring up your trivial family matters here. It will damage the Hoffman Group's reputation."

"Trivial family matters?"

Mrs. Hoffman's eyes widened. She looked as if she was about to attack someone. "Is that all you can say about this matter? Are you heartless? If it were your child, would you still be so indifferent?!" The directors fell silent, shocked by her words.

The directors thought that Mrs. Hoffman, the matriarch of the Hoffman family, had never been so irrational when her husband was still alive. Being a young widow seemed to have driven her to the brink of madness.

As the key person behind Claire's outburst, Ryan finally spoke with calm authority.

"That's all for today. Meeting adjourned."

"Yes, Chairman Hoffman!"

rose and left the room,

Mrs. Hoffman like a blow to her head. It made her earlier outburst seem even more foolish and

everyone left, the meeting room grew cold

did you kidnap Zoe? Where did you take her?!" Mrs. Hoffman demanded, her

Ryan responded with cold

me! She's my

"You've already abandoned me as your mother. Zoe is all I have

watched her

been weak and easily

said Zoe was

she had forgotten that he was

that after her husband's death, her son bore the family's burdens on his shoulders, ensuring his widowed mother

will you? Fine... I'll go to the police and report you then! I'll expose your abuse and kidnapping

Clatter.

on the screen. Zoe's desperate

at the phone, her face turning deathly pale as she watched the three men assault her daughter repeatedly. She felt her heart torn to

"My daughter... My daughter!"

your daughter! She's the

to teach her how to be a human being. Mrs. Hoffman, I know you must be heartbroken right now. Well, She is your daughter after all. Go ahead and cry

completely lost her

her teeth. Her legs gave out, and Dean called two bodyguards to carry

I've arranged for Mrs. Hoffman to take your private elevator directly to the VIP parking lot. I guarantee

for that. Let her

wowsing figure cast a floor-to-ceiling window. "Since she walked in through the main door openly, let her leave the Hoffman Group's building in the same state, in front