The Queen They Buried

Chapter 147

“I swear, if I find out who recorded this.” Aubree ground her teeth in frustration. “You all get to work-send the recording to the forensic lab first. I need to figure out how to handle this situation.”

Keeping everyone here won’t solve anything. With so much else to handle, Aubree waved her hand and decisively called an end to the meeting.

Aubree propped her chin in her hands. ‘What should I do? Just wait it out?’ she wondered. ‘Who knows what other surprises might pop up if I just wait around? Should I ask Emery to come forward and clarify?’

A fleeting thought crossed Aubree’s mind, but she dismissed it at once. ‘First,’ she reasoned inwardly, ‘I can’t be sure if Emery is involved-and even if he isn’t, I just couldn’t bring myself to ask him!

“Bree, you in there?” A voice called from outside the slightly ajar conference room door.

A voice filtered through the slightly ajar conference room door.

Aubree froze for a moment and looked up. ‘Did I mishear?’ she wondered. ‘Why did I just hear Bowen’s voice?’

“I’m coming in,” he said.

A moment later, a series of sharp knocks rapped against the door.

‘Bowen actually came?’ Aubree thought in disbelief.

room door swung halfway open, revealing Bowen’s unfairly handsome face. “Mind if

in,” Aubree

and casually, with

brow, then helped himself to

already know,

help but chuckle. “Well, should

impatiently, “I’m really not in the mood for your jokes

as he grew serious. “The club’s issues aren’t hard to resolve. I know

in closer, his voice dropping to a low, hushed

mere inches away-his breath brushing her cheek. Uncomfortable with the sudden proximity, she instinctively

genuinely puzzled-completely unaware of

intoxicating scent filling the air and surrounding her from all sides, leaving her nowhere

room was huge, yet she

her gaze. “N-nothing, how did you

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Chapter 147

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