The Queen They Buried

A blond, blue eyed man waved Bowen’s phone teasingly and joked in a crisp London accent, “Bowen, your phone’s ringing, it’s from your home country. Could it be your sweetheart missing you already?”

Bowen took the phone, saw it was Carol calling, and explained to him. “It’s just our housekeeper”

The dashing foreigner before him was Aidan Matthews, scion of the prestigious Matthews family in Odionland. Their diversified business empire spanned miltiple industries, with digital media and the internet as their crown jewel, fields in which they reigned as undisputed leaders..

I was just feeling sorry for my hopelessly unvitten little sister, but thankfully it was just a misunderstanding” Aidan shrugged with a teasing grin and pointed to the golden–haired girl nearby, dressed up like a doll under her dainty parasol “Bowen, are you really not going to give my sister a chance? promise, she’s the most sought after debutante in all of Odionland’s high society.”

Bowen didn’t even spare a glance in that direction, though that burning gaze, so frank and full of affection, had been fixed on him from the moment he set foot on the golf course,

“Compared to pampered flowers, I think I prefer the tenacious grass that defies the harsh winds on a cliff,” Bowen said with a wry, apologetic smile, “Now, if you’ll excuse me

Bowen stepped away with his phone and called Carol back.

No sooner had Bowen walked away than isis, the doll–like girl under her dainty parasol, glided over to her brother and pouted coquettishly “Brother what did Bowen say?” she asked, her tone full of playful curiosity.

Aidan let out a helpless sigh, he’d already tried his damnedest for his little sister’s happiness

“Isla, I think something intriguing happened to Bowen during his trip back to Lumanon,” Aidan remarked. As a fellow man, he noticed the subtle shit in Bowen’s expression when he jokingly brought up the sweetheart.

Bowen called Carol back. She asked if he’d be returning soon and briefly explained what had happened to Aubree recently.

Bowen said, “I don’t need to go back just for this, she’s already handled it perfectly well, hasn’t she?

“I won’t be coming back just yet. Do keep an eye on things over there for me,” He had to admit to himself that, in a way, he was running away

coward

Bowen’s mind drifted back to that kiss. He knew full well it had been an accident, yet that night, his dreams kept replaying it over and over.

Bowen thought to himself. I’m not going back until I sort out my feelings for Bree!

“But Bree’s moving out of Ellis Heights, she’s upstairs packing right now, and I just can’t stop her” Carollingered downstairs, stealing anxious glances upward as dusk fell. Bree had come home insisting she’d already found a new place, and no amount of pleading could change her mind.

he repeatedly reminded Carol to take good care of Aubree. Now, frantic with worry and at her wits end, Carol had no

him.

Heights, Bowen’s mind went

she couldn’t stay at Ellis Heights forever, this

to avoid me

the only reason Bowen could think

wouldn’t return, he hung up on Carol and immediately messaged Kelvin:

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Chapter 51

didn’t tell him to keep an eye on her low tha’s about to leave and he didn’t eve me a

surely protest his innocence. His orders were

still couldn’t stop Aubere from leaving. The base of her departure made it

thought to hersell, Bowen jant gave me such a

Even their first meeting was so random, she still couldn’t figure

and taken an equity stake, there’s no way Bowen, as the head of such a large corporation, would personally oversee this

distance from Bowen shouldn’t cause

fully furnished luxury unit,

basically resolved. When the tournament officials sensed something was off, they promptly issued a statement confirming that, after

room in

the Wilson family dinner table was devoid

fell over the

and Ronald had all

He thought, “What a miscalculation. Never expected

annoying but hardly a real threat, What really surprises me is discovering that Aubree has become rather intriguing.

he got dragged back home. Emery was

really are such a wonderful big brother to Carmen, aren’t you? This is how you handle things? Now the whole internet’s bashing her, how’s she supposed to show her face at school

The only reason he was stil cleaning up her mess was out of lingering sibling loyalty after

thought, Nothing is ever absolute. Once you’ve acted, you must be ready for your mistakes to be

have to

Bryan. He’d just pulled two all–nighters finishing critical lab work and hadn’t even caught his breath when he saw the online

at Bryan. “Did you