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.

the entire Wilson

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 meant total

done all this out of love for Daxton or the Wilson family. Had the Wilson family gone down,

the root of the drug issue. She endured ridicule and humiliation, begging experts to

him successfully develop a corrected drug, only to

results, and when Daxton gave his success speech, he only thanked Carmen. The clueless media, led by his words, credited Carmen with

understand why Daxton favored Carmen to the point he

to the Wilson family, Daxton hadn’t shown such bias. At most, his care for Carmen was based on a few more years of shared roof and

his favoritism toward

would drive a wedge between the Wilson and Walton families and expose Daxton for the hypocrite

Carmen saw

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thought Carmen had gone crazy after

crazy. She walked up with that bright, genuine smile and said, “Aubree, it’s been a while! You look absolutely stunning

smile only grew

guard, Daxton followed closely behind, his face full of

but her words anything

facial expressions. She showed no sign of anger. “I hope you can keep that smile till the

is the day you meet your

Aubree. ‘Enjoy your smugness while you

with glee. Today, she was in an incredibly good

a little. ‘What’s her game

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