The Queen They Buried

That evening, the top floor of the hotel booked by the Wilson Group was visited by an unexpected guest.

Alvin came alone, knocking on Carmen’s door as he asked, “Wanna have a chat?”

When Carmen opened the door and saw his face, her eyes were full of disbelief. She gasped, “Alvin?”

Alvin’s face was blank, but the slight furrow of his brow made it clear he didn’t like the way Carmen addressed him. He shifted half a step to the side and said, “Aubree is working with Uncle Bowen. Whether it’s you, Bryan, or me, none of us stands to gain much by going up against those two. Besides…”

He paused before continuing. “You have to fight not just the outsiders, but Bryan too. So, what do you say about teaming up?”

Carmen gripped the doorknob a little tighter before agreeing, “Come on in.”

She poured Alvin a glass of water.

Knowing he was here to talk about teaming up, Carmen couldn’t help but feel a little flutter of excitement inside. ‘He could’ve gone to Bryan, and wouldn’t that have made it easier for him to deal with Aubree? But he came to me instead. Did that mean I actually meant something to Alvin?‘ she wondered.

She clasped her hands together and flashed what she thought was her most perfect smile at Alvin and replied, “Of course, I’d never say no to teaming up with you.

project. Acquiring the land will cost us approximately $ 66 million, and afterward, we’ll require a substantial amount of manpower and resources for cleanup, rebuilding the foundation, and establishing

now are nothing special, but later on, we could bring in some rare fruit saplings to really draw people in. Once

team

handed it over for her dad to review, he even gave her

see her plan in a whole

expected a conglomerate like the Wilson Group to actually pursue

Carmen right away, “You guys are planning to build a

blinked in surprise as she asked,

companies would have agreed that building a resort was the obvious choice when they

flatly. “Did none of you even think about the location or

was not fully accessible to the public. Indeed, there were plans to transform the entire area

knows how many years it’ll take? Building a resort out in the middle of nowhere like this? Who in their

‘So what’s the point?

because it’s

the bathroom without being swamped