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.”

is there too? I could ignore Grace’s feelings, but with her cousin present, I can’t

snapped to the phone at the mention of

Aubree was caught off guard by his voice.

some paintings, and we ran into

she said it, it was obvious she hadn’t been the one

softened in relief. “Is it any trouble? Want us to

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

We’ll come over

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

say a word, but Aubree just looked at

seems perfectly normal. How did her cousin turn out like this? Did all the brains skip a generation or

a faint smile as she glanced at Grace’s half–swollen face. ‘Didn’t expect to get this kind of bonus bringing her out today. When Bowen shows up, I’ll make sure to

was lost in

four in the lounge had even finished a glass

didn’t you tell me you were

you barging in on our girl

Bowen chuckled.

Blued t

since Bowen walked in, all his attention Aubree. Elizabeth, whose face had been lit up with

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