The Queen They Buried

Chapter 496

The Walton family’s engagement banquet was held at a private estate. Aubree and Bowen arrived together. They were both stunningly charismatic. Their entrance alone overshadowed the actual hosts of the event.

Trailing behind them was Nina in a striking red dress, breathtakingly beautiful. Her temporary escort, Kelvin, was also quite the sight. He was handsome and refined. The four of them together certainly captured more than a few eyes.

As for Vincent, his delicate features made him seem plain by comparison, like the ugly duckling in a lineup of swans. He silently vowed that next time, he would avoid joining the main group for such an entrance.

The Walton family was one of the most prominent in Rithol City. The engagement was with someone from a family steeped in academia. It was a fitting match in terms of status. Unsurprisingly, the banquet was grand in scale.

Aubree looked around the estate with interest, already toying with the idea of having one of her own. Bowen’s Ellis Heights was essentially a private estate built across the entirety of Mount Ellis, shaped by the mountain’s natural terrain and absurdly massive in size.

She had long been itching to have her own estate, though Bowen’s kindness was admittedly too extravagant. The Walton family’s setup felt much more practical.

Bowen and Kelvin were soon called away by others. Nina stayed close to Aubree, not leaving her side. Vincent followed as well, ready any business–related interactions.

Everything was going smoothly until Aubree saw Bryan, Daxton, and Carmen.

to step in for

Currently, Bryan and Carmen were the public faces of the Wilson Group, handling most of the business dealings. Daxton’s presence today spoke volumes about the Walton family’s influence.

Seeing them, especially Daxton, stirred up Aubree’s memories of the Walton family.

In the previous timeline, Daxton’s biggest research partner had been the Walton family. This generation of the Waltons had two daughters and one son. The eldest daughter was already married, and today was the engagement party for the second daughter. As for the youngest son, he lived a carefree life and wasn’t considering marriage.

Everyone thought the Walton family’s youngest son, Casper Walton, was useless and spoiled. No one knew he was harboring a deep crush on Carmen, his true love.

Daxton’s anti–cancer drug had gone terribly wrong in the past. Ignoring incomplete clinical trial data, he used his status to push the drug into early use. However, the drug not only failed to kill cancer cells but actually caused them to multiply and metastasize, leading to catastrophic consequences.

and the entire Wilson

had taken the fall and shifted all the blame onto the Walton family. Thanks to him being manipulated by Carmen, the Wilson family escaped unscathed while the Walton family was utterly ruined. In the pharmaceutical industry, losing public trust

Daxton or the Wilson family. Had the Wilson

irony was, Aubree had worked herself to the bone to help Daxton find the

helped him successfully develop a corrected

he only thanked Carmen. The clueless media,

understand why Daxton favored Carmen to the point he disregarded everyone else in the

based on a few more years of shared roof and sibling ties. He might’ve looked out for her slightly

only after Aubree started genuinely caring for Daxton that his favoritism toward Carmen grew. Aubree sneered inwardly. Her kindness

She would drive a wedge

Carmen saw her, she

could still smile

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slightly, hairs standing on end. That was creepy. She thought Carmen

wasn’t crazy. She walked up with that bright, genuine smile and said, “Aubree, it’s been a while! You look

smile only

followed closely behind, his

replied, her tone polite but her words anything but. “Still just

now learned to control her facial expressions. She showed no sign of anger. “I hope

the day you meet your doom,‘ Carmen

Aubree. ‘Enjoy your

bursting with glee. Today, she was

a little. ‘What’s her

over to exchange pleasantries. While Aubree had no obligation to give face to the Wilson family, she had to respect the Walton