The Queen They Buried

Chapter 437

Alice sat in the living room until Ronald came home at night. With all the socializing and dinners lately, he’d been getting back late every night.

“Why’d you drink so much?” Alice asked, stepping forward to steady Ronald, who was a bit wobbly on his feet

Ronald turned to look at Alice. Time had been kind to her. From their youth to now, Ronald’d lost the shine of his younger days, but for Alice, it was just a few more wrinkles and a little less elasticity in her skin, nothing more.

The years had smoothed away Alice’s youthful naivety and given her a different, more refined kind of charm.

However, Ronald and Alice hardly ever sat down for a peaceful talk ever since their blow–up at the hospital. For Alice to wait for Ronald late tonight, Ronald honestly never thought he’d see the day.

Ronald pulled his hand away and said coldly. “Do you need something?”

He was just a poor kid from a small mountain village. When he first saw Alice, the girl so graceful, pampered, and adored, at the Diamonde family, it would’ve been a lie to say he wasn’t moved. Anyone would be, and he was no exception.

He had liked her from their youth until now, at least. His feelings had never changed.

the Diamonde family. After that, it was all about responsibility. He liked her. Even though he knew exactly what the Diamonde family was up to, he just went along with it. Because of the guilt, he never held it against her and still stayed by her side after she

up in Ronald’s heart. It had been doomed from the start, and they

from now on

not expecting Ronald to react like

How could she tell him she wanted

“I knew it was

you care about and favor Carmen, but if you’re just here to win me over because of that, there’s really no need. As long as she gives back what doesn’t belong to her, I’m

hands, especially when combined with the ones Alice held. It could be troublesome

leave himself

with Aubree that he’d shoved

fists. Her earlier hesitation now replaced by a

She grew up in the Wilson family. She’s my daughter and carries the Wilson name. She’s one

not it. I overheard what you said outside the study last time. I

to the Wilson family, so I

face grew solemn at the mention of

this, huh? With a market cap of hundreds of billions, it’s not small pressure