The Queen They Buried

Tried 550

Chapter 550

Aubree, Bowen, and Vincent had made their plans for the next day. Vincent would talk to David about buying fruit, while Aubree and Bowen would pay a visit to the last holdout in town.

As they had gone straight to Ridgehaven Town right after landing, all three of them were exhausted.

Aubree advised Vincent to get some rest, and after she and Bowen washed up, they lay down on their beds right away.

Although Mistmere wasn’t as developed as Rithol City, its environment was far better. At night, from their hotel high above, no neon lights or bustling nightlife could be seen outside the window; it was just the silvery moonlight that was as gentle as water.

Bowen hugged Aubree from behind and asked, “Bree, have you been thinking about how to revamp Ridgehaven Town for a while now?”

“Mhm,” she answered softly.

“The fruit orchards in Ridgehaven Town are something special. There’s no need to get rid of all of them and we can definitely keep some.

“The environment here is perfect for turning the entire village into a vacation spot. And honestly, if there are people who don’t want to leave, we don’t have to force them to,” she added.

Right now, the folks in Ridgehaven Town basically fell into two camps. Some were just holding out for more money, sticking around and waiting for a better offer. The others truly cared about this land and simply didn’t want to leave.

identified what the real issue was, finding a solution became a

Aubree from behind,

Aubree sensed something off

quietly, “Alvin’s in

anyone with him, and he came here

Bowen was Alvin’s uncle, and given the tension between her

going to make things hard for him, Bowen, but you have to understand that I’m not someone who’ll just let people push

know…” Bowen replied, though that wasn’t what he really wanted to

hadn’t forgotten that Alvin knew he

why he’d never dared to push Alvin too hard. Instead, he gave him free rein as long as Alvin stayed within his line of

that if he pushed Alvin into a corner,

long as Alvin kept his mouth shut, Bowen

in his mouth. In the end, it all came down to this: either he’d confess himself, or wait for Alvin to reveal everything, and accept

began, but the words caught in his

arms, a hint of worry in her eyes. She comforted, “You don’t have to push yourself, Bowen. If

gaze, Bowen didn’t argue. He simply smiled and said, “Alright, I’ll

up in his arms, surrounded by his familiar

at her sleeping face, and whispered, “Please… never

next morning, the three of them split up as