The Queen They Buried

Chapter 416

Carmen noticed Alice’s strange behavior lately, and her gut told her it had something to do with that man from the other day.

Right now, her biggest support in the Wilson family was Alice. Nothing must happen to Alice.

Carmen went to Daxton, not saying exactly what she needed, just that she had something to check and needed some help.. Daxton never said no to her requests, especially something this small, so he readily lent her some people.

Before she could find out the identity of that man from the other day, she received a message from Ernesto.

Ernesto had completely given up on Aubree, realizing she was a dead end. He didn’t have Ronald’s kind of foolish, oblivious persistence, thinking that being a father entitled him to get whatever he wanted. With the way Ronald had treated Aubree all those years ago, why would she ever come back to help him?

Uncle Ernesto wants to talk to me? Carmen wondered, feeling puzzled about what Ernesto could want from her.

They met near Carmen’s school

Have a seat,” Ernesto said.

did you want to see me about? Carmen asked. She hadn’t really interacted much with the Diamonde family, but from what she remembered, they weren’t exactly close, yet they weren’t unfriendly either. When it came to her and Aubree, they always seemed to take her side

of the Wilson family? Or do you want your dad to treat you like some disposable pawn,

shifted ever so slightly. Of course, she didn’t want that, but with Ernesto’s motives still unclear, there was no way she was about to let her

exactly are you getting at,

uncle was the one a prince trusted most when fighting for the throne.

families have always had a mutually beneficial

between the two families used to depend on the lack of conflict between Alice and Ronald. But now peace had been broken, and Ronald’s

family would have made powerful enemies like Bree Technology and Turner Group, and

family, the Wilson family’s control might end up in her hands. The last time Emesto negotiated with Aubree,

if Aubree ever took control of the Wilson family, she would be willing to work

the Wilson family fall into the hands of someone the Diamonde family could control was clearly the

too, but

held shares and was adopted, had an awkward position in the Wilson family. This made her the most suitable

stunned, hardly believing what she’d just heard. “You