Trick Him Into Divorce, Then Flee With His Unknow Kid

Chapter 203: Chapter 203 Honey, Say Something

Ryan stared at the screen, his expression almost completely devoid of emotion.

Rose hadn’t hesitated at all. The moment her phone rang and she saw that it was Ryan calling, she had hung up without a second thought.

The scene left Oliver stunned.

“She hung up?” he exclaimed, jumping to his feet. “What gives her the right to hang up on you?”

This was completely unexpected.

What exactly was Rose trying to do?

Samantha’s expression also darkened.

Rose had chosen the worst possible moment to lose her temper.

Ryan, however, remained the calmest among them. He stopped calling and calmly put his phone away.

“If she won’t answer the phone,” he said evenly, “we’ll go see her in person.”

Samantha understood what he meant.

If Rose refused to answer, they would have to meet her face-to-face.

Which also meant...

She would likely have to endure Rose’s humiliation while Rose took advantage of her vulnerable position.

The feeling was deeply unpleasant.

All these years, Samantha had always looked down on Rose.

Now she had to ask Rose for help—help her retrieve the former employment records and onboarding documents from New Hope.

The situation was clearly not in her favor.

Soon, the office door opened again.

Owen, who had been waiting outside, walked in. He glanced around at everyone before finally looking at Ryan.

“Mr. Knight, I just received news that G.S has signed a major overseas order for fifteen units of equipment.”

“What?!”

Oliver shot to his feet.

His expression changed instantly.

Back then, he had considered G.S’s project technically risky and commercially unpromising, so he had chosen not to invest.

Now, just as Samantha’s project had encountered a major crisis and his investment seemed destined to fail, G.S had secured a massive order.

Not only had they entered the overseas market, but this was merely the beginning.

One could easily imagine how quickly their momentum would grow afterward.

Even Samantha was stunned.

A sharp pain tightened in her chest as her expression darkened.

“With my project running into trouble at this critical moment, G.S is simply taking advantage of the situation to seize the market. If this accident hadn’t happened, they would never have had the chance to stand out against my project.”

She would be lying if she said she wasn’t shocked.

Fifteen units.

That was no small order.

Even the three units she had signed with Angel Hospital had already been considered impressive.

She couldn’t help looking at Ryan.

“Ryan, what should we do?”

Ryan casually spun his phone between his fingers several times before standing up.

“Let’s speak to Rose first.”

*****

Rose had, in fact, seen Ryan’s call.

She hadn’t thought much about it when she hung up.

But afterward, she began to piece things together.

There was probably something related to Samantha’s situation that required her involvement. Otherwise, Ryan rarely contacted her on his own.

Still, she didn’t think much of it and had no intention of calling him back.

That afternoon, Diana introduced her to a potential client.

The client was also in the medical industry and wanted to learn more about G.S’s project.

Rose grabbed her bag and headed out to meet Diana. They had agreed to meet at a restaurant.

As soon as she arrived, Diana walked over.

“This person is from Washington, D.C.,” she said. “Your project needs to expand beyond the local market. With so many top-tier medical institutions in Washington, you can’t afford to ignore that market.”

Rose looked at her in surprise.

“You have connections like that?”

Diana blinked. “Fine, fine. It’s my brother. He made the introduction.”

Rose froze briefly.

Trevor was still overseas, yet he was still helping G.S.

Diana explained, “I didn’t tell my brother that you’re the project lead. I only said you were in charge of part of the project and that having more clients would be beneficial, so he agreed to help.”

Rose suddenly felt that she owed Trevor far too much.

She didn’t know how she would ever repay him.

Diana grinned mischievously. “You know, my brother is a typical businessman—completely rational, objective, and profit-driven. Yet he took the initiative to use his connections to help you. He really cares about you.”

Rose immediately pushed Diana’s face away.

“Enough. I’ll thank him properly when the time comes.”

Diana followed after her, still talking excitedly. “What’s there to thank him for? Just marry him! My brother’s status and influence are no less than Ryan’s. And then you can appear in public every day as Mrs. Robinson and make Ryan call you ‘Mrs. Robinson.’ It would drive him insane.”

Rose instantly covered Diana’s mouth.

Because she had just spotted a tall figure standing beneath the restaurant’s entrance canopy.

The man had his suit jacket draped over one arm.

A cigarette had only just been lit between his fingers.

Hearing the voices, he turned his head slightly.

His dark, handsome eyes carried no warmth, as if nothing in the world could ever truly touch his heart.

His gaze landed squarely on Rose.

She had no idea how much of Diana’s outrageous speech he had overheard.

The moment she saw him, Rose instinctively stopped.

She even took two steps backward.

Ryan said nothing.

He calmly extinguished the cigarette.

At that moment, a voice came from behind.

“Rose? So you really are here.”

Rose turned around.

Oliver, Samantha, and Daisy were approaching.

She suddenly felt that she should have checked the calendar before leaving the house today.

She turned, intending to leave.

But Daisy stopped her.

Daisy was still frustrated about Samantha’s situation and knew that Rose now possessed the employment records needed to prove the identities of the two foreign experts from New Hope.

“Don’t you know how to greet your elders?” Daisy asked coldly.

Diana immediately fired back. “In ancient times, you’d be nothing more than a concubine. You’d have to kneel before Rose. Why are you acting so superior?”

Daisy was furious.

However, Diana had powerful connections, and Daisy had no interest in arguing with her.

She simply looked at Rose. “You know exactly how you got New Hope in the first place. If it weren’t for Samantha, you wouldn’t have received that opportunity. So now it’s time to repay that favor. Pull the personnel files for those two foreign experts from New Hope and verify their employment records. It’s only a matter of a few words from you.”

Rose immediately understood.

“So you’ve already found your scapegoats.”

She instantly saw through their plan.

These two foreign experts were highly skilled and respected figures.

If they were pushed forward at this critical moment and took responsibility, the public would believe they weren’t simply random fall guys.

People would believe that Samantha had been framed by them, generating sympathy and giving her project a chance to recover.

At this point, it was impossible to convince the public that the equipment itself was flawless.

Samantha couldn’t afford to offend the influential family behind the surgeon at Angel Hospital.

So she intended to protect him while shifting the blame onto the foreign experts, minimizing the damage to her project.

After all, in the public eye, scapegoats are usually forgotten quickly.

And these two men happened to be highly convincing candidates.

Rose certainly remembered them.

Back then, G.S had tried to recruit them, but Samantha had stepped in and taken them away.

Rose knew that Samantha had no other choice now.

After all, she couldn’t afford to offend those powerful people at Angel.

Looking at Daisy’s commanding attitude, Rose suddenly smiled.

“Sure.”

Daisy’s expression softened. “That’s more like it. You and Samantha are still sisters, after all—”

“First, go kneel in front of my mother’s hospital bed ten times and admit that you shouldn’t have slept with her husband or interfered in their marriage. Then I’ll consider it.”

Daisy froze.

Her entire body trembled with rage.

“You... you...”

Samantha’s expression also turned cold.

“Rose, don’t you think you’re going too far?”

Oliver frowned.

Even he felt Rose was being somewhat unreasonable.

But the situation truly needed to be resolved.

If his grandfather learned the truth, he might lose his position altogether. The old man had always kept business and family strictly separate.

He would show no favoritism.

“Rose, enough,” Oliver said.

Diana crossed her arms. “You’re so kind. Why don’t you kneel for her? That would work too. After all, you’re practically a saint.”

Oliver’s face darkened.

Everyone close to Rose seemed to be just as infuriating as she was.

Daisy was furious, but after calming herself down, she pulled Samantha toward Ryan and sneered.

“How much? Name your price.”

If necessary, they could settle the matter with money.

After all, Mr. Knight had always been willing to spend money on his future wife.

Rose instantly understood the implication.

Daisy was deliberately provoking her.

By implying that Ryan would pay, she was essentially declaring that he would become Samantha’s husband sooner or later.

The corners of Rose’s lips curled slightly.

She suddenly looked directly at Ryan and spoke in a light, detached voice.

“So who’s paying?”

Her gaze rested steadily on him. “Say something, honey.”