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!"

the room, eager to escape the

Hoffman" struck Mrs. Hoffman like a blow to her head. It made her earlier outburst seem even

left, the meeting

take her?!" Mrs. Hoffman demanded, her eyes red

always dispose of filthy garbage," Ryan responded

me! She's my

hoarse with desperation. "You've already abandoned me as your mother. Zoe is all

watched

weak and easily bullied her whole life. Yet now, she bristled with all

said Zoe was

had forgotten that he

burdens on his shoulders, ensuring his widowed mother and orphaned sister were not mistreated

revealed her true intentions, threatening through gritted teeth. "You won't comply, will you? Fine... I'll go to the police and report you then! I'll expose your abuse and kidnapping of your sister to the media! I'll make sure public opinions

Clatter.

began to play on the screen. Zoe's desperate cries and pleas

turning deathly pale as she watched the three men assault her daughter repeatedly. She felt her heart torn to shreds. She then clutched her head, tearing at her hair, jumping,

"My daughter... My daughter!"

not your daughter! She's the monster you've

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 since you'll never see her

Hoffman completely lost her

through her tears, cursing and gnashing her teeth. Her legs gave

for Mrs. Hoffman to take your private elevator directly to the VIP parking lot. I guarantee she won't encounter anyone along the way," Dean said, recalling Mrs. Hoffman's hysterical

her walk out

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