The Queen They Buried

Chapter 421

He made it sound like it was only right. But Carmen felt a wave of bitter resentment rise inside her. Why should I take the fall for him?‘ she fumed.

That was exactly what she told him, too.

“I refuse.”

*For the first time, Carmen didn’t try to fawn over or flatter the Wilson family. She lifted her head, half her face swollen and red, but her eyes burned with stubborn defiance.

“I won’t do it. My mentor put his reputation on the line just to help clear my name a little. If I were to admit now that it was my idea to instigate Sophia to frame Aubree, my reputation would be completely ruined. I’m an artist, and my reputation is important to me.”

In that recording, Carmen was definitely involved, but since she’d always spoken and acted on behalf of the Wilson family and. Trevor, and since Sophia’s miscarriage didn’t bring her any obvious benefit, everyone just saw her as Trevor’s mouthpiece. No. one was coming after her.

But if she did what Trevor wanted, he could play the victim, say a few nice things, or cozy up to Sophia and potentially turn the whole situation around. As for her, she’d be left with nothing and ruined.

She’d end up just like Milena.

But she wasn’t Milena, and she never loved Trevor that much anyway. Carmen had only ever truly loved herself.

“You care about your reputation? Then what about mine? I’m a public

just a dog we took in. Don’t think too highly of

went even paler, but

was about to lose it and raise his hand to hit Carmen

is going on

clenched her fists, steadied her voice, and explained what had just happened to Bryan. “Bryan,

firm, but her face was full

seeing Aubree back in the old days, wronged by the

thought

our little sister. Do you think it’s okay to say things like that to her? Apologize to Carmen. And instead of trying to fix

of reluctance. He could glare at Carmen all he wanted, but he

for actually apologizing to Carmen? That was never going

really expected Trevor to apologize. Just admitting he was wrong was already more than

“Alright, this isn’t the time for fighting. We should

Sophia simply wants to marry into the Wilson family. Fine, I’l let her

getting out? That’s not going to

they thought he had no sense of responsibility.