The Queen They Buried

Chapter 386

“Ronald, Alice, try this.” Sophia said, looking especially pleased with herself.

She was probably the most smug person at the whole table.

She put on a bright smile and cheerfully picked up food for the two sitting at the head of the table. Trevor’s expression was sour. With the media watching, he had to put on a show of taking great care of Sophia in public.

In private, he still couldn’t do anything to her, or she’d just cry and he’d be swarmed by netizens.

Carmen sat next to Daxton, her eyes wandering around the room. No one could tell what she was thinking.

Daxton seemed completely unfazed, just quietly eating his meal.

Every so often, he would serve Carmen some of her favorite dishes. “Just focus on eating,” he told her.

“Okay, Daxton,” Carmen said, lifting her plate, her eyes flashing with a calculating light.

Sophia was basically a walking time bomb. Anyone who messed with her would get dogpiled by everyone.

Carmen could more or less guess that all of this was Aubree’s scheme targeting Trevor. Trevor wasn’t really on anyone’s side. He just hated Aubree more than he disliked Carmen.

denied ever

‘If Sophia blew up while she was with Aubree, there’d be no way

finally be free of this mess, he might even see me in a new light. I’d get to give Aubree a

forgotten about that art exhibition fiasco. Just thinking about it now made her so mad that she

someone.

clearing her name, but thanks to Aubree’s meddling,

she apologized quickly. The people on the internet never remembered one incident for very long. Once the drama blew over and with the Wilson

capital

took a little time for Carmen to get marketed as a gorgeous, gifted painter. Since she couldn’t make it as some highbrow art master, she just went

“Let’s just eat,”

meal. It was the holiday season, and Trevor still had to put on a show with Sophia for the media. No matter how much he hated it, he

anger rising. After just a couple of bites, he slammed his fork down and stood up from the table. “Come

talking to Trevor, who

Sophia pose for some photos. Sophia knew how to act up, but she wasn’t dumb. She understood when to stop and played along

her pregnancy at the Wilson family. He posted them to his X, and only after a flood of compliments did

else. Just have the baby, and I’ll give you a sum

reality, he’d never actually planned to

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