The Queen They Buried

Chapter 47

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,

while. It just wouldn’t feel right to leave

Aubree!” she asked gently, “There was an urgent matter at the Odionland branch, so he

knowing s smile, “Don’t worry, Bowen said he’ll definitely be back before your birthday,” Aubree shihed uncon must have guessed

y.convinced Carol

scratched the back of her head. “I just wanted to she started, but then thought, ‘Forget it, Bowen’s not even here right now, there’s no point telling Carol

said, “Never mind, I’m off to

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shung her backpack over her

of Ellis Heights soon, so from now on you won’t need to pick me

responsible for

Ellis Heights anymore,” Aubree said with a hint of helplessness, “I’ll be a

need direct onders from Mr. Turner. Before leaving, Mr. Tuner only told me to

to be so damn stubborn?

e around”

gave up trying to persuade Zachary Alter spending some time with him, she realized that if this were ancient times, he’d be the

only took orders hom Bowen. Nobody else’s words would

coming back, anyway?” Aubree

cut the window at the scenery

face suddenly flashed before her eyes. Aubree shuddered and thought, ‘Did that damn kiss mess with

I’m actually thinking about

horrifying Aubree shook her head vigorously, as if trying to physically shake the idea loose,

focus on her vocabulary list

usual, Zachary parked the car in a less crowded spat some distance

The in

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

early, so at this hour, the front gate was typically quiet. But today was different, the entrance was completely blocked

also saw a few camera crews

here? Aubree wondered, frowning at

her backpack, a sharp–eyed reporter suddenly shouted,

All

reporters blocked her path while

way to escape.

Since when did winning an esports tournament warrant this

reporters started asking questions, Aubree realized just how dead

person asked, “Hey Aubree, are you Phoenix, the mid

microphone right in her face, nearly hitting

yeah, that’s me,”

“Aubree, as a progamer, how do you respond to the

has it you’re the long–lost heiress of the Wilson family. Were you kicked out due to your

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did you really cheat

rumor has it you bullied your stepsister Carmen so badly

“Aubree, did you know it was your own teammate who publicly accused you of cheating in

all this? Aubree thought,

questions, who cheated! And who reported me? she

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