The Queen They Buried

Chapter 295

‘Sure enough, I’m still no match for Birgitte. Even after all this time, I couldn’t close the deal, and ended up making Ms. Miller come all the way here herself, thought Dorcas.

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Aubree looked at Dorcas’s noticeably thinner face with concern and gently patted her back. “I told you before, if you can’t close the deal, don’t push yourself. Kurtis was the one who approached us for the partnership, but now he’s just stringing us along. It’s obvious he has ulterior motives. He probably never intended to cooperate in good faith from the start.”

Of course, I’m not really here to discuss business,‘ Aubree mused.

Gordon’s flower shop only restocked once a month. Seriously, what was his deal? It was weird enough for a psychologist, who was definitely not short on cash, to run a flower shop, but every month he still insisted on hauling himself downtown to buy fresh flowers.

The monthly flower supply run was coming up soon. ‘I’m going to find out exactly what dirty little secrets Gordon and Alice are hiding!‘ Aubree thought.

Aubree composed her expression, her gaze turning calm. “Take me to Kurtis first,” she instructed.

Anticipating Aubree’s visit, Kurtis had reserved a private spot at an exclusive golf club early that morning and was awaiting her arrival.

a putt. One of his agency’s artists was fawning over him with exaggerated

a dismissive wave at his entourage, he flashed a charming smile. “Ms.

hand first. Aubree responded with a

to Ollie, and Ollie seemed

looks and matching personality, he managed to build such a massive empire from scratch–a rare display of true ambition and business acumen that almost made his

no easy feat, Ms. Miller,” Kurtis chuckled, his smile

agreement wouldn’t be difficult…” Aubree paused, her tone full of implication. “But now it seems I

glancing at Dorcas. “But you keep trying to fob me off with your secretary, hardly a

flashed an overtly

moment. ‘Wait, is

pleasure at being admired. Seriously, Kurtis was pushing forty. Sure, he had that dashing playboy look, but if he’d been a bit

“So, now that we’ve finally met, Mr.

tonight. It’s shame I’m short a female

to refuse without

chuckled, “Your people have been in Kroit City for quite some time, Ms. Miller. Seems they’ve been looking for someone. Have

knitted sharply. “What exactly do