The Queen They Buried

Chapter 275

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Bowen’s gaze grew somber as he looked at Alvin, unable to help but feel a pang of guilt. Alvin was just clever. If given too many details about the matter, he would surely trace it back to Bree. All Bowen could do was keep the truth from him and only share the outcome.

“Alvin, I’ll handle this for you and let you know the outcome. For now, just focus on your studies and pursue what makes you happy

“No, that’s not enough,” Alvin insisted, his gaze locked on Bowen. “I want the whole truth about what happened that year, and I want every single person involved to answer to what they did to my parents!”

Bowen’s heart clenched. Before he could respond, Alvin, reining in his anger, pulled a stack of photos from his pocket and thrust them at Bowen. “I wasn’t snooping on purpose. Your drawer was ajar, and the photos were right there. I just saw them.”

Bowen looked over to see Alvin holding about five or six photos, all featuring the same girl, from when she was eight or nine with twin braids, to fifteen or sixteen in a school uniform with her hair in a high ponytail.

“This is Aubree,” Alvin stated, his gaze fixed on him.

“I remember when you were sixteen, something got into you and you told Grandpa you wanted to sponsor a child from an orphanage. You were precocious and intelligent, having skipped grades to study in Odionland. You had Grandpa send a few hundred dollars to the orphanage every month, and the orphanage would send a letter back every year.

There are so many orphans in the world, and there are a lot of orphanages in Rithol City. I never connected the dots before, but now it’s clear. Mary Quinn’s surname is Quinn, so Mr. Quinn must be you, right?”

to write a letter and enclose a photo to send to Bowen. When Bowen was abroad, the butler at the family residence would carefully collect the letters and

them again, lost in thought and unaware that

was Bowen’s birth mother. He’d taken her surname back then, not out of any

her,” Bowen said, rubbing

it was true!‘ Alvin thought. With Bowen’s confirmation, he finally pieced it all together. No wonder Bowen had been

He had no intention of blindly meddling in their relationship. But since he considered Aubree a friend, if she and Bowen truly felt the same way about each other, he’d be happy

“Keep me posted if there’s any

dream finally coming true, he was too

must be urgent. He quickly answered, his voice thick with

got a girlfriend now,”

in his mind. “Bowen

on him, but Bowen simply chalked it up to Mark’s jealousy. With a smirk, he thought, ‘Guess he’s just envious. Then he wasted

was just getting

with a call this late. Don’t tell me you got

How did you

Ollie said, “Wait, what?”

stunned. “No way, Aubree said