The Queen They Buried

Chapter 396

Hugo didn’t bother hiding the call from Bowen. “Birgitte is calling me.”

He added, “I heard your girlfriend is pretty close with Birgitte. Maybe you could put in a good word for me sometime.”

Hugo picked up.

Birgitte, never one to lash out for no reason, asked, “Hugo, are you busy?”

“Not at all. What’s up?”

“I’m in Rithol City right now, and 1 just ran into Grace. She seems to have some misunderstandings about our relationship. Do you think you could talk to her and clear things up?”

Birgitte had put the call on speakerphone.

‘Grace?‘ Hugo wondered.

Hugo’s brow furrowed in recognition, but before he could say anything, Elizabeth’s voice came through the speaker.

She said. “Hugo, it’s Elizabeth. I’m here with Grace at an art exhibition. We happened to run into Ms. Cherniavsky and Ms. Miller. Grace can be a bit impulsive, and there was a bit of a conflict.”

tip of his tongue. He thought, ‘Elizabeth is there too? I could ignore Grace’s feelings, but

phone at the mention of Aubree. He asked, “Bree,

the other end, Aubree was caught off guard by his

and I came to buy some paintings, and we ran into a moron,” Aubree said before pausing,

obvious

softened in relief. “Is it any trouble? Want

exactly how he felt about Birgitte. There was no way he’d let her get hurt. Besides, with Birgitte’s

We’ll come over and check things out,” Hugo

rattled off the address. After hanging up, she shot Birgitte a smug look. “See? The moment Hugo heard I was in trouble, he’s

a word, but Aubree just looked at Grace

How did her cousin turn out like this? Did all the brains skip a

this kind of bonus bringing her out today. When Bowen shows up, I’ll make sure to put on my best performance,‘

lost in their own

Hugo showed up in no time. Before the four in the lounge had even finished a glass of

were coming

here with Birgitte. Why are you barging in on our girl time?” Ever since she started dating Bowen, Aubree had started addressing

Bowen chuckled.

Blued t

his attention Aubree.

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