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.”

going up against Bowen in business was like bargaining with a tiger. If he wasn’t on my side right now, just Ethan’s act

why Aubree was dressed the

and she snarked, “So, you’re

long as it got their foot in the door, it

they could pull off

the Wilson Group were already praying for Bryan

they supposed to compete with Bree

chief and seal the deal? Isn’t that way better than messing around with

as they collectively thought, “The process

and she couldn’t stand it another second. She proposed, “Why don’t you guys go talk to the village chief? I need to go change out

rest of the group agreed. After all, they understood her situation and

prepared. At the very least, they’d already dug up everything there was to know

could greet just about everyone

over and scope things out. He pretty much knows everything about the village now, Bowen

fruit 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

downright scary, Aubree thought, half–joking. She was confident she could keep Bowen from getting the better

her.

sure she could walk away unscathed every single time if she had to go