The Queen They Buried

Chapter 498

She could bide her time. But Daxton couldn’t tolerate this. He could ignore his big brother, but Aubree flaunting herself above his beloved Carmen? Unforgivable.

The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. “Showing off, huh? Careful. Don’t get too cocky.”

Aubree wasn’t angry at all. She actually laughed, shrugging casually. “Starting a company at nineteen with a billion–dollar market cap. Shouldn’t I be proud?”

She glanced meaningfully at Carmen. “At least Carmen got national praise for a little million–dollar project. Compared to that, mine’s not even that impressive, right?”

Daxton’s breath quickened with rage. He was pissed that Aubree mentioned Carmen. If it weren’t for Aubree’s scheming, Carmen’s MindDrift would’ve been the number one streaming platform in the country by now. Aubree’s Playzy wouldn’t be a thing.

In Daxton’s eyes, Carmen was flawless, a hundred times better than Aubree. And whatever she did fall short on,

“Aubree, you’ll regret this one day!” Daxton spat.

myself right now,” Aubree

all

you were actually capable of making me suffer, we wouldn’t be sitting here trading insults, would we? Daxton, do you really think you’re that powerful? Let me

hand… It’s more valuable

the Wilson family had used their connections to ensure he’d be safe inside. No one expected that as soon as he

even went that far against your own brother? Aubree! You’ll die a miserable death!”

that this heartless, venomous woman shared his blood

smiled wider. “Before I die, I’ll make sure each and every one of you ends up

emotions. Finally, he snapped, “Aubree, even if you hate us, even if you blame us,

tolerated you storming out, going against the family… but this again and again? Don’t you think you’ve gone too

had been indifferent toward her. Now he was pulling the big brother

conversation in the study, Bryan had started seeing her as the most

“Oh? Daxton is Carmen’s second brother. What does that have to do with me? You said you

speechless. Because at this point, they