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!"

and left the room, eager to escape

unified "Chairman Hoffman" struck Mrs. Hoffman like a blow to her head. It made her earlier

left, the meeting room grew cold

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

of filthy garbage," Ryan responded with cold

me! She's my flesh and

was hoarse with desperation. "You've already abandoned me as your mother. Zoe is all I have left. Send her back to

watched her

proper upbringing, had been weak and easily bullied her whole life. Yet now, she bristled with all

said Zoe was her

she had forgotten that he

son bore the family's burdens on his shoulders, ensuring his widowed mother and orphaned sister were not mistreated and lived comfortably in the

won't comply, will you? Fine... I'll go to the police and report you then! I'll expose

Clatter.

onto the table. A video began to play on the screen. Zoe's desperate cries and pleas for

pale as she watched the three men assault her daughter repeatedly. She felt her heart torn to

"My daughter... My daughter!"

She's

your daughter, the cruel world will have to teach her how to be a human being. Mrs. Hoffman, I know

Hoffman completely lost her

cursing and gnashing her teeth. Her legs gave out, and Dean called

to take your private elevator directly to the VIP parking

no need for that. Let her walk out through the main

his back to Dean. His tall and cold shadow in front of the 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,