The Queen They Buried

Chapter 372

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“This isn’t how it happened! He was the one who brought it up. He hinted that he’d get me that role, help me lock in a first–tier spot, then pick out a good script so I could win an award.” Sophia sobbed.

She thought he was going to make her his equal, to go public with their relationship.

She added, “The evidence he posted was just me getting anxious and pushing him, worried about scheduling conflicts. But he never gave me a clear answer, and that delayed my work.”

Sophia didn’t need to finish. Aubree understood the rest. Trevor had used that as the excuse to break up and had even saved evidence.

“I didn’t keep any proof.” Sophia hadn’t realized Trevor was planning to dump her and frame her in the process!

Aubree’s face remained calm. “It’s fine. If he does nothing, that’s when we should worry. The fact that he’s doing all this means he’s scared.”

All that online noise didn’t matter. Sophia wasn’t planning to stay in the industry anyway. No matter how hard they bashed her, it didn’t affect her.

increasingly thankful to have met Aubree. As long as

the situation. But he couldn’t truly rest until

incident back to Aubree. They confirmed she was helping Sophia. That made Trevor

wasn’t the only one troubled. Alice had been deeply anxious too. She couldn’t find that man. After thinking back carefully, she started

show up so she could figure out what Aubree was really

not only did Aubree remain quiet, but that man had also vanished into thin air. She even sent people to Südlichen Strand to investigate, and

dare make any bold moves. She was terrified that Ronald would find out. Or worse, Ernesto would realize

to find someone. And both of them were somehow

caught wind that Ronald and the Yurchenko family were working together to target Aubree. He went to persuade Alice. “Mom, I’m

added, “I can’t find Sophia. Once Aubree gets overwhelmed, she’ll slip. Then I’ll be able to track her down

be able

mentioned it to

was angry, but at the end of the day, it was still his son.

going straight for Trevor. Ronald had thought about giving her a chance to back down, but now it was clear.

“How’s