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.”

the tip of his tongue. He thought, ‘Elizabeth is there too? I could ignore Grace’s feelings, but with her cousin present, I can’t just say

to the phone at the mention of Aubree. He asked, “Bree, you’re there

other end, Aubree was caught off guard by his voice. ‘Seriously? What are the

some paintings, and we ran

it, it was obvious

“Is it

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

are you? We’ll come over and check things out,”

address. After hanging up, she shot Birgitte a smug look. “See? The moment Hugo heard

didn’t say a word, but Aubree just looked at Grace

turn out like this? Did all the brains skip a generation or something?” she

into 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,

lost in their

the four in the

you tell me you were coming out

you barging in on our girl time?” Ever since she started dating Bowen, Aubree had started addressing his dad in a different

Bowen chuckled.

Blued t

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

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