The Queen They Buried

Chapter 545

Ethan scratched the back of his head as he neatly pulled off that honest farmhand vibe.

“That’s easy. Come, follow me,” he said after a moment’s hesitation.

The team that Carmen brought along stood there, dumbfounded as they watched Bowen and Aubree blend right in without any trouble at all.

They collectively wondered, ‘Seriously, do they have no shame?

Everyone else is being upfront about who they are, being transparent in sharing that they were here to talk to the villagers about the demolition, but these two think they’re so clever to pull off this kind of stunt?‘

One of Carmen’s men got anxious and blurted out, “Hey, we’re fruit buyers too! Let us tag along with you, will you?”

Like Ethan would ever let them tag along. Not a chance.

Ethan gave them a critical once–over, sizing them up from head to toe before he spat, “Do you think I’m stupid? You’re dressed like that, you’re obviously here to discuss the demolition, right? I’m not even from Ridgehaven Town–if I take you in, we all get tossed out together, and that’s on me. So, there’s absolutely no way.

Move along now, will you? Nobody’s selling their land here.”

a laugh as she thought, ‘No wonder they said going up against Bowen in business was like bargaining with a tiger. If he wasn’t on my

understood why Aubree was dressed the way

fell, and she snarked, “So, you’re trying

shortcut or not, as long as it got their foot in the door, it was a

others kept quiet, wishing they could pull off

for Bryan to hurry up and wrap things up with

supposed to compete with Bree Technology and

and seal the deal?

thought, “The process did not

another second. She proposed, “Why don’t you guys go talk to the village

they understood

come prepared. At the very least, they’d already dug up everything

had been around long enough that he could greet just about everyone he

hint of this project, I had Ethan come over and scope things out. He pretty

buyer, hoping to lower the locals‘ guard and dig up some information. But Bowen had already done all the groundwork. Honestly, it made her feel

that’d be downright scary, Aubree thought, half–joking. She was confident she could keep Bowen from getting the

her.

completely sure she could walk away unscathed every single