The Queen They Buried

Chapter 489

In his mind, the whole mess between Aubree and the Wilson family happened because of Carmen/ He felt that Aubree was jealous that everyone in the family loved Carmen and ignored her. If she hated anyone, it was definitely Carmen

Worst case, he could just toss Carmen to Aubree and let her deal with her however she wanted.

After all, Carmen was just an adopted daughter. He’d given her a good life for over ten years, so Ronald felt that it was about time for Carment to pay him back.

He’d actually thought about using Carmen as a peace offering to Aubree before, but Carmen had talked him out of it, saying she could win over Alvin instead.

That was the only reason he held off. If she hadn’t been doing well with her recent projects and finally gotten a bit closer to Alvin, he would’ve sacrificed her without a second thought.

́Alright, the investment meeting is settled. Bryan. you handled the marriage alliance with the Lawson family well. It really made a difference when it mattered. You both can go get some rest now,” Ronald said.

Bryan agreed, but the moment he turned away, his face went completely dark. ‘So now my only value is landing a decent marriage alliance?‘ he thought.

Carmen didn’t feel the same sense of crisis as Bryan. All she could think about was how furious she was at Aubree for ruining her plans and making her lose face in front of Ronald.

Bryan left the study with a grim look, his steps quick as he headed straight for his room. The moment he got inside, he called Elizabeth.

aren’t looking good right now,”

its own purposes: One was Aubree, and the

what their personal motives were, they both wanted to take down

of spell. Even after all this, he can still laugh when it comes to Aubree,”

from Carmen that Ronald was planning to make a move against Aubree. She could tell that Bryan probably had the wrong idea

ended up helping Bryan or Carmen, having Ronald out of the picture would be a

Bryan was

ever considered that as long as Aubree’s still around, your dad

said, “You mean go after Aubree? We’ve tried that before. She’s not easy to deal with, and now she’s got Bowen watching her back. You didn’t see what happened at the detention center last

big names showed up for her. If we make a move now, it’s just going to blow up in our

laugh. “If you can’t deal with the person causing the problem, then just deal with the

had back in the study suddenly roared back

just don’t forget about our partnership,”

course not, my dear fiancé. How could I ever forget about helping you

ended, and Bryan’s expression was

her partner as frantically as Bryan did,

home today, she