Trick Him Into Divorce, Then Flee With His Unknow Kid novel Chapter 338

Chapter 338: Chapter 338 Loose Ends

Rose watched Ryan walk toward the front steps and let out a frustrated laugh.

Seriously?

She hurried after him, the sharp click of her heels echoing across the stone patio.

"Ryan."

He kept walking.

"Ryan."

This time he stopped and glanced back over one shoulder.

"What?"

"Do you ever actually listen to anyone?"

She folded her arms.

"I’ve been saying no for the last five minutes."

She’d spent the entire evening playing the role the Knight family expected of her. The last thing she wanted now was another pointless performance.

Ryan turned to face her.

"Am I keeping you from something?"

Rose stared at him.

"We’ve been divorced for months."

She laughed once, humorlessly.

"So what is this? You break up with your girlfriend and suddenly your ex-wife is interesting again?"

She gestured toward the mansion behind them.

"You already put on a convincing show in there. Nobody’s watching now."

"There isn’t an audience."

"So you can stop acting."

Ryan didn’t react to the word girlfriend.

Instead, he asked calmly, "You’re a surprisingly forgiving ex-wife."

Rose blinked.

"If I were you, I’d be enjoying this."

She frowned.

"What?"

"The woman I left you for cheated on me."

His expression never changed.

"Seems like the perfect opportunity to say, ’I told you so.’"

Rose let out a short laugh.

"I was thinking something much less polite."

She stepped closer.

"Your girlfriend is pregnant with someone else’s baby."

"I’m sure tonight has been rough."

"But I’m not the person you call for comfort."

"If you need someone to unpack all that emotional damage, find a therapist."

She smiled sweetly.

"They’ll charge you a few hundred bucks an hour."

Ryan looked at her for several seconds.

"Sounds like you know the going rate."

His voice remained maddeningly even.

"Got someone you’d recommend?"

Rose pinched the bridge of her nose.

She honestly couldn’t tell whether he was joking anymore.

Everything in his life had exploded within the last few hours.

The woman he’d chosen over his marriage had lied to him.

His biggest corporate project was in crisis.

Half his family was probably sharpening knives behind closed doors.

And somehow...

He still had the energy to trade insults with her.

She had spent seven years married to Ryan Knight.

Seven years.

She still couldn’t remember a single time she’d seen him lose control.

Not when his business was on the line.

Not when his relationships fell apart.

Not even tonight.

Whatever he felt...

He buried it so deeply that no one else ever saw it.

Rose sighed.

"You’ve got enough problems."

"I won’t keep you."

Ryan tilted his head.

"Was that concern?"

She immediately regretted saying it.

"No."

Her voice became firmer.

"I didn’t depend on you when we were married."

"I certainly don’t now."

"Where I go..."

"Who I see..."

"How I get home..."

"None of that is your concern anymore."

The words landed differently this time.

There was no sarcasm.

No anger.

Just finality.

Ryan studied her.

Then he nodded once.

"Fine."

Rose turned toward the driveway.

After only a few steps, she stopped.

One last thing.

She looked back.

"Our divorce is final."

"I assume Mr. Edwad had accepted that."

"No one’s going to use me as your wife again."

Ryan’s eyes narrowed.

There was something unusual about the way she’d phrased it.

Accepted.

Not announced.

As though she believed Grandpa already knew.

"The family’s keeping it quiet."

"My grandfather doesn’t know."

He watched her carefully.

"So how would he know before anyone else?"

Rose frowned.

Hadn’t Ryan already gone through the old divorce agreement?

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