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.

family say they

taking turns showing up to find me? If before it was just about keeping Carmen at Rithol Art School, what’s their excuse now, after everything that’s happened? Is Emery

me, coming after me one after another? If you’ve got all that pent-up family affection and nowhere to put it, just give it all to Carmen. Trust me, she’ll lap it up. As

annoyance. It felt as if a thousand knives were stabbing into his heart, the pain so sharp it stole his breath

nothing more than her family, these very people. But

Aubree,” Emery blurted out urgently, “I genuinely want to help you. Did you see my posts online? You’re new to this, now’s when you need support the most. My team can get your

earnest Emery became, the more suspicious Aubree grew,

me?” Aubree echoed, her tone laced with irony. That word held no good memories for her,

turned even more sardonic at the memory. “Seriously, don’t you see how absurd this is?” she scoffed. “Let’s be honest, in the three years I spent with the Wilson family, I got scraps of kindness but a full course of suffering. So I’m

caught off guard by Aubree’s reaction. “No, it’s not like that. If you don’t trust me, I can assign my team to you directly. We can sign a formal contract. That way, you’ll know

premier esports organization, Apex Squad was such a powerhouse that everyone from star players to support staff became highly sought after by

then expect me to go back and slave away for Carmen, right?” Aubree cut him off, already wary of this family. Three years had taught her that the price of any favor from

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she could ever bear.

with Carmen, I…” Emery stammered, her words cut