The Queen They Buried

Chapter 164

Chapter 163

Chapter 163

He was driving, so Aubree couldn’t really resist. If something happened, it’d be her life on the line.

‘Fine, let him hold my hand. What’s the harm?’ she thought. ‘It’s not like I’m going to lose anything!

After a full day at Rithol High School, Aubree slumped comfortably in the passenger seat. Lulled by the car’s slow, steady pace, she soon drifted off to sleep.

Bowen massaged her hand for a while. After a long, thoughtful pause, he finally spoke, his voice tentative. “Maybe from now on, you could-”

Only when he noticed no response from her side did Bowen realize Aubree had fallen asleep.

His hand stilled, but he couldn’t bring himself to let go.

He could completely envelop her hand in his, and he didn’t want to let go.

‘Guess I’m not letting go, then,’ she wondered.

As twilight deepened, Bowen’s lips curved into a faint smile, his eyes dark with possessive intensity.

If Kelvin were here right now, he’d definitely be grumbling about his shameless boss.

‘Miss Miller is already fast asleep, yet Bowen still refuses to let go of her hand,’ he wondered. ‘And to think someone once said he only saw her as a kid, like Alvin. Yeah, right.’

into Aubree’s apartment complex and parked outside

himself to wake her. With no one else around, he dropped all pretenses, his gaze hungrily

her, the more his heart swelled with

to everyone how differently Bowen treated Aubree, yet he stubbornly kept lying

emotion in Bowen’s eyes only grew deeper, deep, thick, and impossible to

her sleep. Suddenly, she jolted awake. Instinctively, her hand shot out and seized the

clutched his white dress shirt, pulling the collar askew to reveal

his

Only then did the pounding in her chest begin to fade-she had just relived her death in that

family’s crimes against her haunted her every thought-their blood debts still

as Aubree took a steadying breath. Looking up, she found herself caught in the warmth of

blurted out, instantly letting go. Her face

reached out and pulled her

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Chapter 163

ahead,” he said, his

asked gently, “Did you just have

he said I could, I’m not nearly shameless enough to actually do it, she

jerked her hand back. “No need-just a bad dream, but I’m fine now. Since

vanishing in

then, treating her

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