The Queen They Buried

Chapter 431

It was all part of the plan. Aubree quickly paid for the flowers and turned to hand them to Bowen. “Hey, flowers?”

pretty boy, want so

some

Bowen, the so–called ‘pretty boy“, was momentarily stunned. He looked at the carefully arranged bouquet before him, finding it rather novel. He reached out to take it ‘Call me that again?*

Aubree realized he was talking about the “pretty boy” part.

“Call you what? Pretty boy… Aubree played along with a grin, her voice lilting and sweet, full of playful charm.

Even though she was obviously putting on an act to tease him, Bowen found it quite amusing. He grinned. “How’d you know I like being called that?”

He never told her about his birthday, and one couldn’t even find it online.

“I asked Ollie, Aubree admitted.

JShould’ve known,” Bowen chuckled.

He gave

smile, watching Aubree stand there a little nervously. With a sigh, he held the bouquet in one hand and pulled her tightly into his arms with the other, like he wanted to

letting go, but it’s been so long now, I’m not a kid

Birthdays, for me, are just

up at him. “Well, your birthdays won’t be about

now on

to

softened. “So, you’ll take charge of my birthdays from

wrapping her arms around his neck, rising up on tiptoe, and

fireworks burst into bloom behind them, painting the night with dazzling

away, a cameraman caught

and school after Bowen’s birthday. Meanwhile, after Trevor and Sophia got their marriage licenses, Sophia finally married into the Wilson family.

a message saying their partnership was over, then blocked and deleted her in one

her. Honestly, if they’d stayed allies, Aubree might’ve even felt a

Trevor and Sophia’s marriage, the online drama around Trevor had finally died down. The whole mess hadn’t hit him hard. Sure, he had to cough up a ton in breach–of–contract fees, lost