Trick Him Into Divorce, Then Flee With His Unknow Kid novel Chapter 494

Chapter 494: Chapter 494 The Truth Behind the Door

Diana rummaged through the storage cabinet in her office for quite some time.

All the belongings she’d accumulated over the years were stored there, including an old cellphone.

At work, she was decisive and efficient. In her personal life, however, she could be surprisingly absent-minded.

The previous year, she’d lost her phone and spent ages searching for it without success. Liam had even joked that she was lucky she remembered his number. Otherwise, she might have lost contact with him altogether.

It wasn’t until she bought a new phone that she finally found the supposedly lost one at the office.

By then, she already had a replacement, so she’d left the old phone there as a backup.

Now, holding it in her hands, Diana fell into a long silence.

No one knew what was going through her mind.

She simply sat there for over an hour.

At last, she seemed to make up her mind. She plugged in the phone and switched it on.

*****

Over the past few days, Ryan had been driving Ariel to and from school every day.

Whenever Rose had some free time, she would join him to pick their daughter up.

Somehow, the three of them had developed a little family ritual out of it.

With more than half an hour left before Ariel’s school day ended, Rose spotted a dessert shop in the heart of the city and asked Ryan to pull over.

“I’m going to get Ariel a little cake.”

“Just for Ariel? What about you?”

Ryan continued scrolling through his iPad without looking up, his tone deceptively casual.

Rose paused with her hand on her seat belt.

“...Don’t be so sarcastic.”

Of course she wanted a cake, too. She loved sweets more than anything.

A faint smile tugged at Ryan’s lips, but he didn’t tease her any further. He simply tipped his chin toward her.

“I’ll wait here.”

“Got it.”

Rose climbed out and headed straight for the shop.

Ariel liked chocolate, while she preferred blueberry, so she bought two cakes.

At that time of day, the upscale shopping district was surprisingly busy. Luxury cars streamed past one after another, filling the streets with a constant hum of traffic.

Across the road stood a five-star hotel that had only recently opened.

Rose slowed down and glanced at its name.

Wasn’t this one of the hotels managed by Liam?

As she studied the sign, a car pulled up at the entrance.

She recognized it immediately. She’d seen the same car at NYU before.

It belonged to Liam.

But the person who stepped out wasn’t Liam. It was a woman.

She hurried into the hotel lobby without looking back.

The sight sent a jolt through Rose.

Once might be an accident. Twice might be a coincidence. But three times?

At some point, repeated coincidences stopped feeling like coincidences.

Rose’s breathing quickened. Without a moment’s hesitation, she ran toward the hotel.

She arrived just in time to see the woman step into an elevator.

Rose hurried after her, but by the time she reached the elevator bank, the doors had already closed. She watched the floor indicator climb, pause briefly on the thirteenth floor, then the seventeenth, before continuing upward.

It appeared to be heading for the top floor.

Something clicked in Rose’s mind.

She turned immediately and approached the front desk.

“I’d like to book a room on the top floor. Please hurry.”

The top floor housed the presidential suites.

Unwilling to keep such a distinguished guest waiting, the receptionist processed the reservation as quickly as possible and handed Rose a key card.

Rose barely listened to the explanation before taking the card and heading straight for the elevator.

If the hotel hadn’t required a reservation to access the floor, she wouldn’t have needed to spend so much money on a room.

There were only two suites on the top floor, which made her task much simpler.

She didn’t have to waste time searching.

Her heart pounded as she rode the elevator upward. She couldn’t explain why she felt so nervous, or why her intuition was suddenly so strong.

Perhaps today she’d finally be able to confirm what she’d been suspecting.

This wasn’t just about satisfying her curiosity. Diana’s lifelong happiness was at stake, and the thought made Rose’s palms damp with sweat.

But she’d come this far. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

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