The Queen They Buried

Chapter 417

So, doing the math, if something happened to Ronald and his shares didn’t all end up with Bryan, Carmen would have a genuine chance to contest for control.

*Aubree first sent Emery to prison, and now she’s targeting Trevor. Instead of just watching the Wilson family fall apart, why not go for it?” Ernesto said.

‘Go for it? Take control of the Wilson family? Carmen thought. I want to. Of course I want to.

Carmen was so excited and nervous that her hands gripped the edge of the table tightly. She’d actually wondered before if she could be the one to inherit Wilson Group.

Back when MindDrift was just getting started, she never thought she was any less capable than Bryan or the others. She just never really put her mind to it before.

Carmen was indeed a smart woman. One could see it in her art. Even after Aubree kept knocking her down, she still managed to keep her cool and do what needed to be done. That was a skill in itself.

MindDrift had a solid vision from the start. If she hadn’t been so confident and brushed off everyone else’s advice, there was a good chance MindDrift could have taken off.

“I’ve thought about it before, she said, her voice low but every word clear as day. “If Aubree can do it, why can’t I?

“Last semester, I double–majored in finance and management, and by the end, I was getting better grades than the people who only focused on one. So why can’t I do it?”

stronger with every word. She looked right at Ernesto Uncle Ernesto is handing me this opportunity on a silver platter. Why shouldn’t I seize

that’s the spirit. Ernesto gave her shoulder an encouraging pat. “If you want it,

a chance before. Aubree had Bowen backing her up, but now you’ve got me in your

hit Carmen right in her sore spot. She never thought Aubree was capable. Aubree just had Bowen in her corner. She felt that if she had someone

her opportunity had

as she thought, I’m a Wilson, too.

affection could be snatched away at any time. She

back from now on

Ernesto nodded, clearly pleased.

anymore. She’d

been acting weird lately,” Carmen said, recalling Alice’s odd behavior. She recounted

face, but it was the first time I’d ever seen Mom so rattled. When we were registering, she was in such a rush to do something

instantly thought of the guy he’d seen at the last internet conference, the one who looked almost exactly

go wrong with Alice. At least, not

investigating Carmen, but since Ernesto had covered up everything about Xander, there were still no leads. That man just

recognized