The Divorced Heiress Revenge (Bella Thompson) novel Chapter 1930

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 directors quickly rose and left the room, eager to escape the conflict.

The unified “Chairman Hoffman” struck Mrs. Hoffman like a blow to her head. It made her earlier outburst seem even more foolish and desperate.

As everyone left, the meeting room grew cold and empty.

“Ryan, did you kidnap Zoe? Where did you take her?!” Mrs. Hoffman demanded, her eyes red with fury.

“One should always dispose of filthy garbage,” Ryan responded with cold indifference, his eyes dark and inscrutable.

“Send Zoe back to me! She’s my flesh and blood!”

Mrs. Hoffman’s voice was hoarse with desperation. “You’ve already abandoned me as your mother. Zoe is all I have left. Send her back to me!”

Ryan silently watched her madness unfold.

His mother, who only knew how to spoil her daughter without any proper upbringing, had been weak and easily bullied her whole life. Yet now, she bristled with all her spikes to protect a monster.

She said Zoe was her flesh and blood.

But it seemed that she had forgotten that he was also her son.

She overlooked that after her husband’s death, her son bore the family’s burdens on his shoulders, ensuring his widowed mother and orphaned sister were not mistreated and lived comfortably in the Hoffman family.

Seeing that Ryan remained unresponsive, Claire finally 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 condemn you and ruin your reputation!”