The Queen They Buried

Chapter 305

Aubree smiled. “I’ve never denied your help, Bowen. Honestly, getting you on board? That’s a skill, too, and I own that. They don’t buy my whole e- commerce thing? Fine. I’ll show them. I’m still gonna build something real my way.”

“Still, bad press could have some impact,” Kelvin cautioned.

They were businesspeople, not celebrities living under the spotlight. And most of the time, sticking to basic integrity was enough to stay on steady ground. But that didn’t mean they could brush off every minor scandal. Even the small stuff could still stir up trouble.

Aubree wasn’t fazed. “Then we’ll just make our relationship public.”

The reporters could so easily stir up the rumors for two main reasons. First, many were eager to see Aubree fall. And second, there had already been tabloid talk that something was going on between her and Bowen.

By openly announcing their relationship, she could put an end to most of the trouble. And once GrabCheap took off and proved the naysayers wrong, all of this would just be one more badge of honor on the road to making it.

Aubree moved fast. She arranged for reporters to take photos of her and Bowen together, and both PR teams promptly announced their relationship.

The online rumors became old news before long.

guilty for dragging them into the mess, Kurtis offered an olive branch–he pitched a partnership on Aubree’s Zappy project. Easy money was hard to turn down, and Aubree agreed. So

handed over a photo. “When Alice came to me about working together, I figured I shouldn’t just take her word for it, so I had my people

with flowers at the market for years. You said you were out of leads over there, right? Sure, Gordon might run, but if this couple

or seventies, but their eyes didn’t look that age; they

familiar…” Aubree murmured, her gaze fixed intently on the photo as she searched

seen it before, but not in a good way. It turns my stomach

“Do you mind if I

Kurtis waved it off. That photo wasn’t any use to

a photo of it and send it to Mark. “I’ll have Mark look into

right

been looking

do you

couple. They’re the human

they the human traffickers who kidnapped Bree and caused the deaths of

he say?” He quickly flipped