Trick Him Into Divorce, Then Flee With His Unknow Kid novel Chapter 70

Chapter 70: Chapter 70 The Matching Watches

Rose’s head was throbbing just listening to this.

She paced back and forth before finally finding her voice.

“Mike is still going to the same school as Ariel?”

“You bet!” Diana scoffed. “A friend of mine—her father is on the kindergarten’s board—told me everything. When Ariel’s spot was taken, I went to confront them about it. Today, my friend finally admitted that Ryan pulled some strings, and the school made a special exception to create an additional spot for Mike.”

Diana couldn’t help sneering. Several times, she nearly cursed outright.

“If he’s so powerful, why didn’t he arrange an extra spot from the beginning? Why did he have to take Ariel’s spot first? And now he won’t even transfer Mike to another school. If they run into Ariel sooner or later...”

That was exactly what worried Rose.

She had naturally assumed Ryan would find another excellent school for Mike.

She had never imagined this would be the outcome.

The school year was about to begin.

It was already too late to transfer Ariel elsewhere.

After all, she wasn’t Ryan. She couldn’t expect people to make exceptions for her.

If Ariel missed enrollment, her education would be delayed.

Getting into a school in New York was already difficult, let alone a top-tier private kindergarten like this one.

Rose’s thoughts were a mess.

She rubbed the bridge of her nose.

“Unless Ryan starts personally picking Mike up from school every day, the chances of them running into each other aren’t very high.”

“That’s true,” Diana agreed. “Given Ryan’s status—and since Mike is, after all, a child of the Hill family—there’s no reason for him to be hanging around the school regularly.”

Even so, Rose couldn’t shake her uneasiness.

Diana quickly reassured her.

“It’ll be fine. No matter what, our daughter carries the Robinson name. My brother is returning next month, and he’s Ariel’s legal father. Even if Ryan meets her, he won’t suspect she’s his daughter. We still have our backup plan.”

Rose nodded.

Aside from the fact that Ariel was legally registered as Trevor’s child, even if Ryan eventually discovered the truth, he had already signed a voluntary termination of parental rights agreement.

He couldn’t simply change his mind.

To protect Ariel, Rose had prepared plenty of contingency plans.

Thinking of Trevor’s role in everything—and the fact that the divorce was nearly finalized—helped ease some of her anxiety.

“We’ll take it one step at a time. In the end, Ariel will stay with me.”

She wanted to become stronger as quickly as possible.

She wanted enough power to stand up to the Knight family so Ariel could live openly and honestly in the light, rather than hiding in fear.

She had considered asking Ryan whether Mike could be transferred to another class or another campus.

But then she remembered she had already blocked him.

The idea was immediately discarded.

Speaking of blocking him...

Ryan probably didn’t even know yet.

After all, unless it was absolutely necessary, he rarely contacted her.

Rose let out a quiet sigh.

If she hadn’t secretly taken Ariel away and raised her on her own, she might have exposed everything long ago, regardless of Ryan’s relationship with Samantha.

If she didn’t have someone she needed to protect...

If she didn’t have a vulnerability that could be used against her...

With her personality, she never would have accepted such humiliation.

For the first time in her life, she had truly been forced to play the role of the “reasonable” ex-wife.

*****

Early the next morning, Rose was eating breakfast while scrolling through her social media feed when she received a call from Sofia.

“Dr. Rose~ Ms. Hill has submitted the test data for the Western medicine ingredients. It really paid off that you went to see her! I heard she became ill, and to make sure she could rest properly, President Knight arranged for New Hope’s research team to assist her.”

“President Knight’s devotion and support are honestly enviable.”

Just then, Rose’s finger paused on the screen.

A new message from Oliver appeared.

Oliver: Sam got sick, so he bought her a pair of matching watches worth $250,000 to cheer her up. They’re absolutely perfect together.

Attached was a photograph.

Taken from a third-person perspective inside a luxury boutique.

Two matching watch boxes sat side by side on the counter.

In the corner of the image, a man’s long, elegant hand held a bank card, ready to make the purchase.

Rose recognized Ryan’s hand instantly.

He never even wore his wedding ring.

Yet for Samantha, he was willing to break his own rules and wear matching watches.

“Dr. Rose?”

When Sofia didn’t hear a response, she called out several times.

Rose finally replied, “I know. Let’s discuss it when I get to the office.”

Only then did she remember Oliver—that loose end still lingering in her WhatsApp contacts and ruining her morning.

She immediately blocked him as well.

Only afterward did she spare a thought for Ryan’s decision to assign New Hope’s researchers to assist Samantha.

Rose knew exactly how prestigious New Hope was.

It housed some of the most respected experts in the industry.

And now those experts had effectively been reassigned to clean up after Samantha.

In the end, the results and recognition would still belong to Samantha.

Perhaps it was because of Rose’s remark at New Hope about replacing Columbia University’s project leader.

Ryan wasn’t just helping Samantha solve the problem.

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