The Queen They Buried

Chapter 46

Aubree woke up right on time, her internal alarm never falling her, even after a night of heavy drinkin

She woke up clutching her pounding head. The hangover hit her like a sledgehammer to the skull, sending sharp, throbbing pains through her

Aubree sat on the bed in a daze for a long moment before gradually coming to her senses

“Carol must have changed my clothes lad night. Aubier muttered to herself, glancing doon at her outfit before scanning the room,

She vaguely remember Bowens was the last to show upi

“What happened ned?” Aubree wondered.

Still holding her head, Aubree paused, her gaze suddenly blank as confusion washed over her face. “Walt Did L. Dideally kiss Bowen?”

As the memories came flooding back, the scene in the car replayed in her mind with painful clanty Aubree buried her face in her hands and let out a mortified scream

Aubree thought in horror, ‘Oh my God! What the hell did I do?

“OMG! I can’t believe Lactually flirted with Bowen while I was drunk What the hell was I thinking?

“Bown must have taken pity on me, he actually let me off the hook instead of

stead of strangling

me on the spot”

Her mind raced through the logistics. The esports club was already in its formation stage. While Alvin’s place could accommodate a pro team, it wasn’t spacious enough for the entire club

She needed to find a new venue first, then move on to recruiting staff and coaches, and finally announce open tryouts for new talent for the youth

training program.

With the prestige of being the Autumn Finals champion, none of these would be difficult

But there was one more

was one more important thing Aubree thought, I need to move out of Ellis Heights.

Now that the tournament’s over and I’ve got my prize money, I’m financially secure enough to rent a high–security place. But after last night’s incident, even if Bowen didn’t mind, there’s no way I could keep living at Elay Heights, I’d just die of embarrassment.

‘I’d die of embarrassment if I ran into Bowen anytime soon!”

Seeing it was about time, Aubree scrambled out of bed. As a senior in high school, she no longer had the freedom to skip classes at will since the new term began.

With little appetite, Aubree only managed a few sips of breakfast. She didn’t see Bowen around. She’d planned to mention she was

vas moving

out if he was

there.

She thought,

for quite a while. It just wouldn’t feel right to leave without saying a

was an urgent matter at the Odionland branch, so he left urgently last night. He probably won’t be back for a

smile, “Don’t worry, Bowen said he’ll definitely be back before

y.convinced Carol

wanted to she started, but then thought, ‘Forget it, Bowen’s not even here right now, there’s no

said, “Never mind, I’m off to school Bye,

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her backpack over her thoulder, and saw

out of Ellis Heights soon, so from now on you won’t need

orders are clear. I’m responsible for your transportation and protection” His meant that

said with a hint of helplessness, “I’ll be a frassle for you to keep following

direct onders from Mr. Turner. Before leaving, Mr. Tuner only

does he have to be so damn stubborn? Aubree thought in

e around”

time with him, she realized that if this were

Bowen. Nobody else’s words

back, anyway?” Aubree

at the scenery whizzing past,

suddenly flashed before her eyes. Aubree

I’m actually thinking about

vigorously, as if trying to physically shake the idea loose, and began silently reciting Odionlandian vocabulary, anything

trying to focus on her vocabulary list instead of

car in a less crowded spat some

The in

backpack and scrambled out. “Zachary, skip the pickup tonight, I’ve got stuff to

front gate was typically quiet. But today was different, the entrance was completely blocked by an

saw a few

Aubree wondered, frowning at the

sharp–eyed reporter suddenly shouted, “Hey, that’s Aubree!

All

crowd surged forward. Several reporters blocked her path while gawking students closed in from all sides, leaving her trapped

way to escape.

baffled. Since when did winning an esports tournament warrant this kind

moment the reporters started asking questions, Aubree realized just how dead wrong

person asked, “Hey Aubree, are you Phoenix, the mid laner who just won

in

frowned and stepped back defensively, yeah, that’s me,” she replied, her tone

progamer, how do you respond to the cheating allegations in

asked, “Aubree, rumor has it you’re the long–lost heiress of the Wilson family. Were you kicked out due

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“Aubree, did you really

rumor has it you bullied your stepsister Carmen so badly that your family disowned and kicked you out.

you know it was your own teammate who publicly accused you

the hell is all this? Aubree thought,

questions, who cheated! And who reported me? she wondered, completely