The Queen They Buried

Chapter 245

All eyes snapped at Alice, and she panicked, “I…”

“Aubree, like I told you last time, no way I’ll sign this. You’re Wilson by blood, and you can’t just walk away from this family!” Alice blurted out, scrambling for an excuse. Her eyes flashed a warning glare, clearly threatening Aubree not to say anything

reckless.

But that’s exactly why I’m here: to stir up trouble, Aubree thought.

Aubree curled her lips, thinking, ‘Ronald built his empire from scratch, but Alice didn’t. Alice is the daughter of the Diamonde family in Südlichen Strand. In the business world of Lumanon, the saying goes: Turner in the North, Diamonde in the South.

Although the Diamonde family has declined in recent years, a fallen titan is still a titan. Ronald has remained devoted to Alice even after reaching his current status because the Wilson family’s success has, to some extent, relied on the Diamonde Family.

Back then, Ronald was already a rising star in business circles. The Diamonde family saw his potential and intended to marry Alice to him.

They first believed Ronald had the potential to grow stronger, making the match fairly well-suited. Second, Ronald wouldn’t outdo them and thus wouldn’t dare mistreat Alice.

to take on the Wilson Group,

something to make Ronald and Alice turn on each other. Although I haven’t found anything solid to park a real fight between them, the fact that Alice had known I was in the orphanage back then but still pretended not to know and insisted on bringing Carmen

don’t even need to lift a finger, Ronald will lay the truth bare all by

to say that. If not because Ronald was at happily,

signed that

at the papers scattered across the floor, and smiled

the human traffickers abducted me, you were so distraught, couldn’t eat or sleep, and even had a mental breakdown. That’s why the

utterly terrifying. ‘How dare

she hastily interrupted Aubree now, Ronald would be suspicious and start questioning her. But if she let Aubree finish speaking, he would still end up investigating

Alice thought, face ashen, her fingernails digging deep

treating her arrival like a mortal enemy, mainly because everyone

that when Aubree came back, her mother

have expected that, out of everyone in the Wilson family,

and daughter, but more like

Aubree gazed at Ronald with a sly smile. Despair filled Alice’s eyes; she bit her lip so