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

seriously, you can go ask my folks

he was on board, it’d be a great story. But if he wasn’t, they’d just laugh it

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

calling me so intimately,”

as she stared at him in shock

for a second believing that Grace had only

icy as he spoke. “So, Ms. Lawson, you brought your cousin here thinking my girlfriend and her

decided to say nasty things and got what was coming to you.

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

figured that since Grace got slapped, even if they were totally in the wrong, at least they’d gain sympathy. Elizabeth felt that Bowen should’ve

it all wrong. I’ve never been

fault today, if you made her upset, you’ll just have to deal with

up this

temper exploded. The sting from that slap on her face was still burning, and no

they refused to leave, Bowen didn’t mind giving them a