Outcast Queen: Her Return from Hell novel Chapter 294

"The moment I married Pierce, he transferred his shares to me. As it stands, I hold the absolute majority in this room," Phoenix sneered, her sharp gaze sweeping over every shareholder present.

Under her piercing stare, the men squirmed in their seats, suffocating from anxiety.

With that share transfer agreement in Phoenix's hands, they had no choice. If they blindly supported Silas and Pierce returned, they would face an absolute reckoning.

"Impossible! Pierce would never give you something so important! It has to be a forgery!" Silas yelled, completely losing his composure in the face of the evidence.

Phoenix looked at his panicked state and shook her head. "You thought you had everything perfectly calculated, but you're just a clown providing entertainment for me and Pierce."

Silas snapped his head up, crashing into Phoenix's mocking gaze.

"You... you don't mean..."

"That's right. We know exactly what you did." Phoenix stood up and took a slow step toward him. "You thought today was your coronation, but it's the day you lose absolutely everything."

An hour ago.

Phoenix and Eustace had led their men in a frantic search up the Cloud River.

Despite finding zero traces of Pierce along the way, Phoenix's intuition screamed that he had taken this route.

Soon, they reached a fork in the riverbank.

"Ms. Prescott, should we split into three groups?" Eustace suggested.

Phoenix stayed silent, stepping forward to carefully inspect the ground.

If Pierce truly came this way, he would have left a sign at the crossroads to point her in the right direction.

Hmm?

Out of the corner of her eye, she caught a metallic glimmer in the dirt.

She rushed over and picked up a ring. The moment she recognized the design, her heart soared with wild relief.

"He's definitely down this path." The ring she picked up was the primary ring of 'The Celestial,' the very ring Pierce wore on his ring finger. The fact that he dropped it here was a deliberate breadcrumb.

Pierce's eyes flickered with absolute certainty. "I trust her."

Yancy was stunned. He had only managed to fire off a single distress text to Phoenix before everything went dark. How could she possibly find them here?

Thinking about it made his chest ache. He had lived all these years without ever having a girlfriend. Dying here as a virgin felt incredibly unfair.

Just then, the sound of footsteps echoed outside.

Pierce peeked through the shattered window and immediately ducked back down.

"It's Silas's men. They found us."

Yancy's heart plummeted into his stomach.

They were freezing, completely drained from fighting the river's current, and had absolutely no strength left to fight.

Yancy gritted his teeth, a look of grim resignation settling over his face. "Boss, let me be the decoy. I'll draw them away."