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!"

left the room, eager

Hoffman like a blow to her head. It made her earlier outburst seem even more foolish and

everyone left, the meeting room

kidnap Zoe? Where did you take her?!" Mrs. Hoffman demanded, her eyes

always dispose of filthy garbage," Ryan responded

to me! She's

me as your mother.

watched her

her daughter without any proper upbringing, had been weak and

said Zoe was

she had forgotten that he was also

death, her son bore the family's burdens on his shoulders, ensuring his widowed

intentions, threatening through gritted teeth. "You won't comply, will you? Fine... I'll go to the police and

Clatter.

on the screen. Zoe's desperate cries and

Hoffman stared

repeatedly. She felt her heart torn to shreds. She then clutched

"My daughter... My daughter!"

not your daughter! She's the

how to be a human being. Mrs. Hoffman, I know you must be heartbroken right now. Well, She

completely lost

gnashing her teeth. Her legs gave out, and Dean called two bodyguards

private elevator directly to the VIP parking lot. I guarantee she

no need for that. Let her walk out through the

with his back to Dean.

shadow in front of

wowsing figure cast a

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