The Queen They Buried

Chapter 18

But she simply refused to believe that she couldn’t find a place to stay in the entire Rithol City.

Aubree let out a sigh, thinking she was still too weak.

She needed to become stronger. Only then would she be able to stand up against the Wilson family and have the power to fight back the next time something like this happened.

Her eyes were resolute.

But a gust of night wind hit the next second, and she deflated like a pricked balloon. ‘First, figure out how to survive tonight!

“My… In just a day, you’ve turned into a stray cat?” Suddenly, a teasing, amused voice came from above.

Aubree looked up, her eyes blank.

Under the streetlight stood Bowen in a white shirt, black pants, one hand in his pocket.

Compared to last time, his hairstyle was way more formal, slicked back with gel, which added some distance.

His words sounded playful, but there wasn’t a hint of humor in his expression, just some unreadable emotion deep in his

eyes.

I’m blacklisted by every place I could stay,” Aubree said, feeling relieved

weak smile.

as Bowen messed up her hair. “Don’t force a smile. It’s no big deal. I haven’t blacklisted

the corners of her mouth, which had been rising, slowly fell.

and decided to walk in out of pure whim,

replying, “You’ve said it all. What can

lips, looking at him

that Bowen would help her was that he was attracted to her looks and wanted

around.”

she started, but Bowen

unusually serious. “Aubree, I’m not that low to mess with a high school

You can

That made sense.

had no

now would be

before she time traveled, so

up a foundation in his brother’s name, funding poor girls in

Bowen a bright

dazzling,

in his eyes surged

family manage to turn the cheerful little girl in the photos into this in just