Outcast Queen: Her Return from Hell novel Chapter 375

Ignis Global Headquarters.

"Phoenix, you finally decided to show up!"

The moment Phoenix stepped into the office, Macy Monroe rushed over and pulled her into a massive hug.

"Now that the Prescott family's empire has crumbled, it's time for you to focus and take the reins here, right?" Macy pouted, feigning resentment. "You've been playing the absentee boss for years."

"Hmm?"

Macy acutely caught the gloom in Phoenix's eyes and immediately dropped her joking demeanor. "What's wrong? What happened? Or... did Pierce Sterling bully you?"

Glancing over, she suddenly spotted the faint red marks on Phoenix's pale neck and flew into a rage. "That jerk! Pierce actually took advantage of you!"

"I'm going to skin him alive!" Macy rolled up her sleeves, ready to storm out.

"Macy, come back." Phoenix sighed in resignation and grabbed her arm. "Pierce and I did cross a line, but it was consensual."

"Consensual?" Macy froze, a mischievous glint of gossip sparking in her eyes. "Hehe, I told you to just make it real with him, but I didn't think you'd actually go for it!"

She leaned in close, winking playfully and lowering her voice. "Come on, tell me. How do his eight-pack abs feel? And... how is he in bed?"

"Stop it." Phoenix rolled her eyes in exasperation, her tone growing serious again. "I'm stressed because Meredith is missing."

"What?!" The teasing vanished from Macy's face, replaced by absolute shock. "Wasn't she in the States studying under Master Padraig? How could she just go missing?"

Phoenix recounted everything that had just happened at Lumina Jewelry.

"So, the Miller family might be behind this?" Macy frowned, quickly piecing it together. "Lumina's momentum is unstoppable right now, especially after making a splash at the International Jewelry Expo. The Millers getting greedy and trying to force a merger is a perfectly solid motive."

"But," she pivoted, looking doubtful, "Thaddeus Miller dotes on Meredith. Would he really allow his people to pull something like this?"

"Found her? Where is she?" Macy instantly leaned in.

Phoenix hit enter, zooming in on the coordinates. However, when the detailed street view and location name loaded, the temperature in her eyes plummeted to absolute zero.

"...At the Miller Estate."

She had imagined countless scenarios—stranded overseas, trapped in the wilderness, or relocated to another city. But she never expected Meredith to be hidden right under their noses at the Miller Estate!

But thinking about it calmly, hiding her in plain sight was a brilliant move. Subduing Meredith silently without her raising an alarm could only have been done by someone inside the Miller family. The culprit had capitalized on their psychological blind spot, betting they wouldn't suspect her own family of locking her up.

"Macy, I need to go to the Miller Estate myself," Phoenix stood up abruptly, her tone leaving no room for argument.

"I'm going with you!" Macy grabbed her arm, looking worried. "The waters in the Miller family are way too deep right now, and you don't know who's friend or foe. Going in alone is too dangerous."