The Queen They Buried

Chapter 217

Bowen led Aubree up to his room. “Don’t let what my father said bother you,” Bowen remarked, his tone impatient.

Aubree was momentarily taken aback, but then she offered a reassuring smile. “Mr. Turner didn’t say anything inappropriate.”

Bowen hesitated, the words choking him. “I…”

“It’s okay, I don’t mind,” Aubree said with a warm, reassuring smile.

Bowen felt a lump in his throat as emotion overwhelmed him. For the first time, Aubree’s smile pierced him like salt in a wound. ‘Does she not care about anything… or is it that she just doesn’t care about me?’ he wondered.

His eyes briefly darkened. Bowen flashed a teasing grin and spoke playfully, “That’s great to hear. But so that you know, I don’t believe any of the things my dad said about me.” Without warning, Bowen suddenly grasped Aubree’s wrist, pulling her toward him until their faces were only inches apart.

Aubree gasped softly and instinctively raised her hand-she nearly slapped Bowen, but fortunately, her rational side intervened just in time. “You startled me!” she exclaimed, instinctively retracting her hand.

‘Sorry,” Bowen quickly released his grip, but couldn’t resist showing off for Aubree. “Do I look handsome?” he asked with a playful grin.

Aubree exclaimed

even more, his smile broadened. “Am I

Aubree thought, ‘I

had already been through more than most. By the time everything had come full circle, she had reached her late twenties-nearly thirty. Measured

“It’s okay,” Aubree murmured.

So, I’m old, huh?” His deep-set eyes held a mystery within them-something she

at all,”

to step back, but Bowen’s arm quickly wrapped around her waist. With a firm pull, he drew her close to his chest. The scent of his cologne enveloped

allow me, just like

changed my mind. Call me anything

still flustered, as Alvin’s voice

you no shame? You just left me stranded at the supermarket without even a car, and to make matters worse, you didn’t take a

struggling to carry shopping bags in both hands-almost ready to hang one around his neck and clamp another between his teeth. Meanwhile, Bowen rushed back just to put on a show for

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on his forehead as he glared