The Queen They Buried

Chapter 94

Chapter 94

Emery looked at her, his eyes earnest.

Aubree looked back at him and thought, ‘If you’d said this to me before, I would’ve been over the moon, probably too excited to sleep for days. But now? I feel nothing. If anything, it is almost laughable.

‘Now you put on this act? Where were you when it actually mattered?

‘So what were those three years of suffering for? Was I just a glutton for punishment?

‘Are they seriously trying to lure me back just so they can keep trampling all over me?

‘Like he’d really rush to help just because my startup club lacks anything. Who knows, maybe after all this ‘helping, God’s Fury would just end up being renamed Apex Squad.

As soon as the thought took root in Aubree’s mind, it spiraled out of control. Her previously scornful expression instantly hardened into seriousness.

Aubree shot Emery a guarded look, her whole body tense with suspicion.

‘Didn’t the Wilson family say they wished I’d just

to find me? If before it was just about keeping Carmen at Rithol Art School, what’s their excuse now,

snapped, “wasn’t I clear enough last time? Your whole family is a joke. What exactly do you want from me, coming after me one after another? If you’ve got all that pent-up family affection and nowhere to put

Aubree regarded him with wariness and annoyance. It felt as if a thousand

these very people. But now, she cast aside what she once

see my posts online? You’re new to this, now’s when you need support the

more suspicious Aubree grew, she could practically smell

for her, the last time Emery had offered his “help,” it was all for Carmen’s

is?” she scoffed. “Let’s be honest, in the three years I spent with the Wilson family, I got scraps of kindness but

If you don’t trust me, I can assign my

organization, Apex Squad was such a powerhouse that everyone from star players to support staff became highly sought after by other clubs, unless they’d been dismissed

me to go back and slave away for Carmen, right?” Aubree cut him off, already wary of this family. Three years had

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she could ever bear.

do with Carmen, I…” Emery stammered, her words cut off in her rush