The Queen They Buried

Chapter 472

Chapter 472

Mark’s gaze bore down on Oliver as well, making it clear that if Oliver couldn’t give a reasonable explanation, he wouldn’t let this go.

Bowen held Aubree in his arms, feeling her body tremble slightly. A surge of self–reproach burned in his chest. If only I’d been faster.

But it wasn’t really his fault.

It wasn’t that Bowen hadn’t moved swiftly. The moment Vincent was released after processing, he’d immediately alerted Bowen.

The Turner family’s influence was vast, but after Chris‘ departure, their political and military leverage had undeniably weakened. With the Lawson family involved. Bowen knew this had Isla’s fingerprints all over it. Ordinary pressure wouldn’t have sufficed, so he’d cashed in a monumental favor with Mark King, calling in the most formidable members of the King family.

But that wasn’t enough. He needed to get Aubree out unscathed and dismantle the charges against her.

The Lawson family pinned the blame on Aubree, accusing her of leaking information security based on the fact that GrabCheap’s servers had crashed after a hacker attack. They claimed she was working with foreign entities, injecting malicious code into users‘ phones, forcibly accessing their data, and sending it overseas.

Bowen moved fast and used some special means to get his hands on the evidence. It turned out GrabCheap’s servers really had been hacked, which Jed to the customer data leak.

as corporate sabotage… or, if escalated, a deliberate

big fuss, so the government stepped in and managed to stabilize the situation at GrabCheap for

bullets. “The

to me you shouldn’t bother investigating at all.” Ronald’s voice

premeditated, an attack on national data security. And yet, as a military officer, instead

negligence falls squarely

was starting to crack under the pressure, unable to get a word out. But he wasn’t overly concerned. With the Lawson family’s backing, the worst he’d face was a slap on

sorry, Aubree. This was

when he thought the whole thing was finally over, a sudden commotion

of operation are you running here?”

man in uniform strode in, flanked by

here?” Bowen asked,

was Hugo’s father,

glanced around, immediately assessing that everything had already been taken care of. “Oh, Bowen, Hugo asked me to come

ready

Ricky too, and felt an even

Kings, now the Moores?‘