Outcast Queen: Her Return from Hell novel Chapter 268

Meanwhile, in a private hospital ward.

Warren had been rushed in for emergency treatment. After much agonizing effort, a sliver of color had returned to his face, but due to the severe wounds on his back, he wouldn't be able to lie flat for a long time. He could only lie awkwardly on his stomach.

As the head of the Prescott family, to be subjected to the family whip twice was an utterly unbearable humiliation. It drove Warren to the brink of madness.

"Dad, she really crossed the line this time!" Phoebe sat nearby, her face filled with indignation. "The only reason Pierce got Alistair to use the whip was definitely because she was pulling the strings behind the scenes!"

"Phoebe, that's enough!" Vanessa glared at her adopted daughter.

She used to think nothing of it, but hearing these words now, every syllable felt like fuel added to the fire, as if Phoebe were terrified they didn't hate Phoenix enough. Vanessa tightened her fists slightly, increasingly feeling that this adopted daughter had ulterior motives.

But looking at her furious husband, she didn't dare say anything more. Warren was enraged; if she crossed him now, she would be the one to suffer.

"Phoebe, make the arrangements." Warren closed his eyes, his voice so dark it seemed to crawl out of hell itself. "I want Phoenix to be cursed by everyone. I want her reputation completely ruined, and I want her to crawl right back to that hellhole she came from!"

Phoebe's eyes lit up, and she quickly replied, "Don't worry, Dad. I'll get right on it."

"Wait!"

Just as Vanessa was about to speak up to stop them, Julian stepped forward first, his voice trembling. "Dad, do we really have to go this far?"

Warren's eyes snapped open, glaring viciously at his eldest son. "Do you know what you're saying? That bitch had your father's flesh ripped open, and you're pleading for her?"

"I just think that the reason Phoenix and our family have ended up like this is because she was pushed to the edge." Julian clenched his jaw, his hands balled into tight fists, nails digging into his palms. "If we had just given her a little more trust and love back then, maybe the outcome would have been entirely different."

"Julian?!" Phoebe stared wide-eyed, looking completely in disbelief. "What kind of nonsense are you spouting? Have you been brainwashed by Phoenix? Are you seriously taking the side of the person who did this to Dad?"

She shot a glance at Warren's increasingly dark expression and added more fuel to the fire. "Mom and Dad brought her back, gave her a life of luxury and fine clothes. Wasn't that the greatest gift? If she hadn't constantly targeted me out of jealousy to steal your affection, would she have ended up where she is today?"

"Now that she's out, instead of showing any remorse, she's trying to get revenge on us. Doesn't she deserve to be punished?"

"Enough!"

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