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.

tow, Kurtis had just sunk a putt. One of his agency’s artists was fawning over him with

when he saw her. With a dismissive wave at his entourage, he flashed a charming

hand first. Aubree responded with a brief, perfunctory handshake before

a playboy. Put him next to Ollie, and Ollie

despite his playboy 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 rakish charm

audience with you is no easy feat, Ms.

been tied up with business in Südlichen Strand lately. Mr. Carr, since you took the initiative to seek cooperation, I thought reaching an agreement wouldn’t be difficult…” Aubree paused, her tone full of implication. “But now it seems I was overthinking it. You don’t seem very interested

with you from the start, Ms. Miller,” he said, glancing at Dorcas. “But

an

a moment. ‘Wait,

was pushing forty. Sure, he had that dashing playboy look, but if he’d been a bit wilder in his youth,

subtly put some distance between them. “So, now that

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

started to

in Kroit City for quite some time, Ms. Miller. Seems they’ve been looking for someone. Have you found

exactly do you