Outcast Queen: Her Return from Hell novel Chapter 390

The Miller front courtyard.

Cora's interrogation was still going in full swing.

However, her questions were becoming increasingly absurd, completely derailing from a theft investigation.

"Cora, are you done?!" One of the elders finally lost his temper, shouting furiously. "If we're investigating a theft, ask about the theft! What kind of circus are you running? None of this nonsense has anything to do with a missing necklace!"

Cora refused to back down, letting out a cold laugh. "How I interrogate them is my business. What, are you getting anxious because you have a guilty conscience?"

"You are absolutely insane!"

Cora turned to the next person in line, asking slowly, "So, what exactly did you have for lunch today?"

"!!!"

That question was like pouring gasoline on a fire.

The detained Miller relatives were completely pushed to their limits, their fury on the brink of an all-out explosion.

"Sorry to interrupt, everyone."

Right as the tension reached a boiling point, a cool, amused voice drifted over from the corridor. "I just double-checked, and it seems Merry's necklace was never actually missing."

Phoenix walked into the courtyard with a confident, unhurried stride, her arms crossed and a mocking smile playing on her lips.

"What?!" The Millers froze for a second before erupting in pure rage. "So you've just been playing us for fools this whole time?!"

But Cora didn't even care about the screaming relatives. An impossibly bright light exploded in her eyes as she rushed forward, her voice trembling violently. "Phoenix, did you...?"

Her gaze was a chaotic mix of desperate hope and suffocating fear, terrified that Phoenix was about to deliver devastating news.

Phoenix didn't say a word. She simply curled her lips into a reassuring smile, giving Cora a look of absolute certainty.

"Mom—"

A raw, tear-choked voice echoed from the shadows behind Phoenix.

Meredith stepped out into the light, her eyes red and swollen. Like a lost bird finally finding its nest, she threw herself directly into Cora's arms.

In an instant, the entire courtyard fell into a dead, absolute silence.

"Silly girl, why are you apologizing? As long as you're safe, nothing else matters." Gideon let out a long sigh, tears welling in his cloudy eyes.

She was his favorite granddaughter.

In this toxic, rotting family, she was the only one untainted by greed and deception, carrying only pure kindness and loyalty for her family. If this final sanctuary of innocence had been destroyed, the Miller family would truly be rotten to the core.

The surrounding Miller relatives watched the reunited family with extremely complicated expressions.

They never imagined that the supposedly kidnapped Meredith would walk right out of the inner courtyard of their own estate.

Following that logic to its terrifying conclusion... everyone simultaneously sucked in a breath of cold air. Gathering them all here was just a massive setup to trap the rat!

There was a mole in the Miller family!

The temperature in the courtyard instantly plummeted. Suspicion and paranoia infected the crowd as they stepped away from each other, staring warily at the relatives they usually called friends, terrified the traitor was standing right next to them.

"The reunion is over. Now, it's time for a reckoning," Phoenix stepped forward leisurely, her chilling voice shattering the dead silence. Her eyes sliced through the crowd like razor blades. The suffocating, dominant aura radiating from her was so intense that it made these seasoned corporate sharks tremble involuntarily.

"Phoenix, what do you mean by that? Are you accusing one of us of being the mole?" someone in the crowd forced themselves to ask defensively. "Everyone standing here, aside from the staff, is a core member of the Miller family! How could there be a traitor among us?!"