The Queen They Buried

Chapter 23

Chapter 23

In the penthouse office of Apex Squad, Emery sat behind his desk, his hands crossed and resting against his forehead, his forehead pressed against the back of his hands.

None of the tasks demanding his attention could stir any enthusiasm in him.

It had been days since he sent his assistant to check on Aubree’s current situation, but there was still no news.

‘Aubree has no money, and as a girl, where could she go after leaving home?’ he said inwardly.

Even the bodyguards he recently sent to block her at school haven’t seen her.

Just then, his phone rang.

It was his mom.

“What have you been busy with these days? Carmen even came to ask if she had upset you. Find some time to come back, and let’s all get together at the hot spring resort for a family gathering,” she said.

Emery’s heart gave a sudden lurch as he listened.

whereabouts unknown, his mom was actually in the mood to have the

felt both shocked and infinitely sad. ‘So this was how

here.” Emery hung up and

then, his assistant knocked on the door and entered. “Sir, we’ve got news. Miss Aubree Miller

had been kicked out by Bryan, Emery grabbed his car

was shocked that

were crowded with

in a zoo, attracting stares. So, he

born with a silver spoon, the biggest hardship Emery had faced was probably eating salad every day during a

indescribable smell, with dirty

were smoking and leering at

environment?’ With this thought, Emery’s face turned

through. As a pretty

Aubree once rented.

me, has a pretty girl around sixteen

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immediately recognized Emery’s extraordinary background. Remembering the man in a suit who paid