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.

Bowen left, he repeatedly reminded Carol to take good care of Aubree. Now, frantic with worry and at her wits

him.

out of Ellis Heights, Bowen’s mind went completely blank ‘She’s leaving he thought in

forever, this is way too sudden. Is it

to avoid me

the only reason Bowen could think

wouldn’t return, he hung up on Carol and immediately messaged Kelvin: Book me the earliest flight

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Chapter 51

keep an eye on her low tha’s about to

now, he’d surely protest his innocence. His orders were just to keep her

Aubere from leaving. The base of her departure made it clear that she was

jant

her and him. Even their first meeting was so random, she still couldn’t figure out how

taken an equity stake, there’s no way Bowen, as the head

distance from Bowen

apartment was a fully furnished

sensed something was off, they promptly issued a statement confirming that, after investigation, God’s Fury had not violated any rules during the Autumn

Carmen trashed her room in a fit

the Wilson family dinner table was

heavy silence fell over

and Ronald had all gathered for

thought, “What a miscalculation. Never expected Aubree to actually have some real

doesn’t worry me much. It’s a bit annoying but hardly a real threat, What really surprises me is discovering that Aubree has become rather intriguing. There’s

when he got dragged back home. Emery was still on

are such a wonderful big brother to Carmen, aren’t you? This is how you

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

you must be ready for your mistakes to

the whole world have to

work and hadn’t even caught his breath when he saw

glared at Bryan. “Did you