The Queen They Buried

Chapter 397

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That was just Aubree being sarcastic, but Birgitte was even more ruthless. Their styles were totally different. Aubree liked to set up a long game, draw people in, and then slowly grind them down.

Birgitte, though, was just savage. She was hard on herself and even harder on others.

She said, “You really think you can get into the Moore family after sleeping with some old man? Take a good look at yourself. Can you stop hanging all over Hugo already?

“You’re just a shameless homewrecker, always trying to come between Hugo and me.”

Those filthy words rolled off Birgitte’s tongue in that icy, almost creepy tone of hers. After a few lines, she paused and stared straight into Grace’s panicked eyes. “If you’ve forgotten what you said, Miss Lawson, I can remind you.”

Stuff like that would be a lifelong scar for just about anyone.

Elizabeth finally gave Birgitte a real look. ‘Damn, this girl is ruthless. She really doesn’t give a damn,’ she thought.

Hugo’s face turned stormy. “Grace, I’ve told you before. I’ve only ever seen you as a little sister. I don’t have any feelings for you. Not now, not ever.

got wrong. That so–called engagement between our families was just our parents

the Lawson family actually took it seriously, you can go ask my folks yourself and see if they’ll even

would never set their son up like that. If he was on board, it’d be a great story. But if he wasn’t, they’d just laugh it off as

voice trembled with disbelief. She was the one who got slapped, yet she was stunned by

so intimately,” Hugo said

welling up as she stared at him in

second believing that Grace had only mouthed off

your cousin here thinking my girlfriend and her friend would be easy to push

and got what was coming to you. Now you

polite smile faltered. ‘Wait, this isn’t how things were

slapped, even if they were totally in the wrong, at least they’d gain sympathy. Elizabeth

let out a cold laugh. “Ms. Lawson, you’ve got it all wrong. I’ve never been the reasonable

to deal with it. If you’ve got a problem, come talk to me when

screwed up this time and

The sting from that slap on her face was still burning,

they refused to leave, Bowen didn’t mind giving