The Queen They Buried

Chapter 390

Before Aubree could even find a chance to reach out to Sheldon, he beat her to it and extended an olive branch first.

Sheldon took the initiative to contact Aubree, dropping hints that he wanted in on the GrabCheap project as an investor.

He’d actually noticed her back at the last Internet Innovation Conference, when Tryfon Marchuk couldn’t stop singing her praises.

“Once I wrap things up on my end, I’ll bring my team over to Rithol City to talk partnership with you, Ms. Miller,” Sheldon said.

The two of them hit it off right away.

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With a few days of vacation left after Christmas, Aubree got a call from Alvin.

He said, “Aubree, remember that thing I told you I was looking into? I’ve traced it back to an orphanage, and it turns out it’s the one you used to live in.

don’t know Ethel, so I was hoping you could help me make the connection and come with me to

to see Ethel in a while. How about this

visited, Ethel Yahya hadn’t been in the best health.

orphanage, it wasn’t Ethel who

can’t overexert herself these days, so

sank. Ethel had never married or had children of her own. She’d opened the orphanage

Ethel was preparing for the worst and planning to let Angela take over

Aubree Miller, one of the kids who grew up here. We’re here to see

you are. My aunt mentions you all the time. Actually, someone else just came to see her right before you, so let me check if it’s a good time for you to go in,” Angela

way to Ethel’s

could even step inside to ask, the door opened from the inside.

“Bowen?” Aubree blurted out.

“Uncle Bowen!” Alvin exclaimed.

doing here?” Aubree blurted out, still reeling from the

smile. “Didn’t you complain last time that Ethel wasn’t doing well? I brought

brings

instinctively didn’t want Bowen to know his real reason for coming. His eyes flickered with something unreadable, but his face stayed as cool as ever. “Aubree came to visit Ethel. I’m just tagging along,” he