Outcast Queen: Her Return from Hell novel Chapter 369

Faced with Lucas's probing, Peyton could only force a professional smile. "Mr. Montgomery, we'll all find out what Ms. Miller's instructions are once the meeting begins."

Hitting a soft wall, Lucas frowned slightly in annoyance. "I was just curious. You won't even give us a hint?"

Peyton pressed her lips together and didn't reply. It wasn't that she didn't want to tell him; it was because she was completely in the dark herself and had absolutely no answers.

Just as the room fell into a tense silence, the double doors of the conference room were pushed open from the outside.

General Manager Lyle Foster walked in first, and right behind him was a sophisticated, arrogant-looking woman whom no one recognized.

Under the bewildered gazes of everyone present, the unfamiliar woman walked straight to the head of the long table and unapologetically sat down in Meredith's chair.

"What do you think you're doing?!" Peyton shot up from her seat, her hands planted on the table, her face displaying pure shock.

The surrounding shareholders exchanged confused glances, the room breaking out into murmurs. That seat was the absolute symbol of power at Lumina Jewelry. Who besides Meredith had the right to sit there?

Facing the crowd's skepticism, the woman leaned back comfortably in her chair, her voice clear and dripping with arrogance. "Let me introduce myself first. My name is Mavis Miller, and I am Meredith's biological sister. From today onward, I will be stepping in to take full control of Lumina Jewelry."

The announcement sent shockwaves through the room, and the conference erupted into chaos.

"That's absolutely impossible!" Peyton retorted sharply, her voice trembling with anger. "Lumina Jewelry was built from the ground up by Ms. Miller! She poured her blood, sweat, and tears into getting it where it is today! She would never just hand her life's work over to someone else over a few empty words!"

Mavis glanced sideways, her cold eyes locking onto Peyton with a condescending glare. "You're my sister's secretary, Peyton Quinn, aren't you?"

"Yes!"

Once the noise in the room died down, he looked around and spoke in a deep voice. "Everyone, I understand how you feel. When I first got the news, I was just as shocked. However, I can confirm with absolute certainty that having Mavis take over Lumina Jewelry is, in fact, Ms. Miller's exact order."

"How is that possible?" Peyton grabbed the edge of the table with one hand, her body swaying slightly as a wave of dizziness hit her. She flat-out refused to believe Meredith would surrender the company so easily. Others might not know, but she knew perfectly well: Lumina Jewelry was a promise Meredith had made to a very specific someone.

"Everyone, please look at the screen." Instead of wasting more breath, Mavis simply pressed the remote in her hand. The projector lowered, the screen lit up, and the face of the woman they all knew so well—Meredith—appeared.

In the video, Meredith looked slightly nervous facing the camera.

She took a deep breath before speaking softly. "Hello everyone, this is Meredith Miller. I am currently overseas, studying under Master Padraig. To ensure that Lumina continues to operate smoothly, I have fully delegated the daily management of the company to my sister, Mavis. As a daughter of the Miller family, Mavis has received top-tier elite education and is highly skilled in financial management and corporate operations. I hope all my colleagues will fully cooperate with her. I believe Mavis will elevate Lumina to new heights and make our name known worldwide."

The Meredith in the video was as sweet and gentle as always, and her phrasing seemed completely normal. But as Peyton stared at the screen, an overwhelming sense of wrongness gripped her heart, and she couldn't shake it off.