Trick Him Into Divorce, Then Flee With His Unknow Kid novel Chapter 223

Chapter 223: Chapter 223 The Scandal

The possibility alone was enough to make Rose restless.

Ariel was still so young. If she found out now that her father had been unfaithful during his marriage, it would deal a devastating blow to her fragile worldview.

Rose didn’t want to shatter Ariel’s innocence.

Diana lowered her voice. “With the media releasing these photos at a time like this, how are we supposed to draw a clear line between you and Ryan? Before, only people within our social circle knew about your marriage. Now everyone knows he’s married.”

Rose ran her fingers through her hair, staring at the article on her phone in frustration.

News involving Ryan always attracted an extraordinary amount of attention.

She scrolled down.

The trending comments quickly caught her eye.

[Mr. Knight is actually married? They’ve been married for years, and they still look so loving in this photo. He looks incredibly gentle.]

[Even their kiss doesn’t look passionate—it looks tender. You can tell he truly cherishes his wife.]

[Too bad we can’t see Mrs. Knight’s face. This photo is wallpaper material.]

[Then who was the woman rumored to be dating CEO Knight before? Did we misunderstand? I thought she kept implying she was the real Mrs. Knight...]

Rose’s eyes lingered on the comments mentioning Samantha.

Samantha had already faced criticism within certain social circles for allegedly being a homewrecker.

Now, with Ryan’s marriage suddenly exposed to the public, the situation had become even more complicated.

Rose couldn’t bring herself to care about what Samantha might face.

She had her own problems to deal with.

At the time, Ryan had essentially misled the media in order to divert attention away from Grayson, thereby protecting the Knight family’s reputation.

Diana continued, “I even checked Samantha’s social media. Her fans are asking whether she’s the woman in the photo and what her relationship with Ryan really is. She’s pretending nothing happened, but I bet she’s panicking.”

Diana found the situation somewhat satisfying.

People who care the most about public opinion are often the ones most affected by it.

One wrong move, and Samantha’s carefully crafted public image could collapse entirely.

Having worked in the entertainment industry, Diana understood these rules better than anyone.

Rose pinched the bridge of her nose. “I’ll talk to Ryan first.”

She had to convince Ryan to have the story removed.

Glancing at the time, she realized she had barely unpacked any of the belongings she had moved back the previous night.

She immediately stood up, grabbed her car keys, and headed out.

She drove straight to Moonlake Villa.

It was the weekend, and Ryan usually returned home at least once during weekends. It had become his habit.

She decided she would simply wait for him.

When Rose arrived at the gate, she noticed the security guard was absent. She got out of the car and entered the passcode.

Beep.

Incorrect password.

Rose paused before entering it again.

Still incorrect.

Ryan had changed the security code to Moon lake Villa again shortly after she moved out.

If he hadn’t planned it in advance, how could he have remembered such a trivial detail in the middle of his busy schedule?

It was as if he couldn’t wait for her to leave, afraid she might return.

Rose stood silently before the keypad.

She couldn’t summon much emotion.

She had witnessed Ryan’s coldness too many times. This was simply one more example.

It didn’t really matter anymore.

Rose gave up.

She didn’t ask Martha to open the gate.

She simply turned around and returned to her car, no longer willing to remain outside the place she had lived in for seven years—a place that had never truly been her home.

She took out her phone and called Ryan.

The phone rang for a long time.

Rose waited patiently.

Eventually, he answered.

But he said nothing.

The silence was so complete that it almost felt as if the call had never connected.

Rose spoke first. “Let’s talk.”

“Have you seen the news? There are photos of us looking very affectionate. These pictures are inappropriate given our current situation, and I’m sure you understand that. Please arrange to have them taken down. For you, it’s only a matter of saying a single word—”

Before she could finish—

Beep.

The call ended.

He had hung up.

From beginning to end, he hadn’t said a single word.

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