The Queen They Buried

Chapter 274

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Bowen rested his chin on her shoulder, his warm breath caressing her skin like a breeze fanning embers, setting her whole body ablaze with delicious, tingling, scorching heat.

Aubree stiffened, not daring to move. She stammered, “Un…”

“Hmm?” Bowen huffed, his voice laced with displeasure.

“Bowen,” Aubree stammered.

Now satisfied, he murmured, “Good girl. Will you say yes? Be my girlfriend?”

Bowen grinned and added, “You don’t hate me, so you must like me. If you like me, why hesitate? If you ever stop liking me, you can just kick me, the old bachelor, to the curb. Fair enough?”

Aubree felt a shameful flutter in her chest. What she feared most was investing her heart only to have it broken.

life, I died because of that pathetic excuse for family. This time, there’s no way I’m

forgot. In her past life, she was always forced to go along with things. Now, even if she said yes to Bowen, she might actually be the one

said softly, “You don’t need to carry any burdens when

that I’m in

and enticing, yet imbued with an unwavering firmness,

it a try?” Aubree tentatively raised her head, and her

all it took to reignite Bowen’s barely banked

voice as he spoke that single word. Even he himself had no idea how much restraint it took not to pull Aubree, who barely noticed him, into his arms and make her a part of him, body

gently kissed Aubree’s forehead. “Good night, my little girlfriend,” he

smile playing at the corners of her lips as she silently thought, ‘Good night,

his face, completely oblivious to Alvin,

crossed, waiting for him.

teasing, “Last I checked, it’s summer, not spring fever season.” Bowen, caught off guard, nearly jumped. He hadn’t even noticed

too elated to take offense at Alvin’s teasing. “With enough effort,” he quipped, “any season can feel like

on the shoulder with a grin. “Time to

Auntie Bree?” Alvin’s icy expression cracked, his eyes