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!"

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

blow to her head.

everyone left, the meeting room grew cold and

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

should always dispose of filthy garbage," Ryan responded with cold indifference, his eyes dark and

me! She's my flesh and

already abandoned me as your mother. Zoe is all I have left. Send

silently watched her

and easily bullied her whole life. Yet now, she bristled

Zoe was her flesh

she had forgotten that he was also

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

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!

Clatter.

play on the screen. Zoe's desperate cries and pleas for mercy echoed throughout the

Hoffman stared

men assault her daughter repeatedly. She felt her heart torn to shreds. She then clutched her

"My daughter... My daughter!"

not your daughter! She's the

to be a human

Hoffman completely lost her

gnashing her teeth. Her legs gave out, and

private elevator directly to the VIP parking lot. I guarantee she won't encounter anyone along the way," Dean

need for that. Let her walk out through the

stood with his back to Dean. His tall

in front

wowsing figure cast a

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