The Queen They Buried

Chapter 614

The food was served relatively quickly.

“Is Bowen not picking you up from work today?” Oliver asked, trying to sound casual, but there was a sharpness in his eyes. He’d run into Bowen a few times lately, and every time, it left him fuming inside.

Aubree paused, her fork halfway to her mouth. “You’re asking as if you don’t already I know exactly where he is,” she shot back.

She thought, ‘A few days ago, Oliver had backed off immediately after being rejected, and he barely put up a fight. But now, suddenly, he was acting all bold. Isn’t that because he knew Bowen was out of town on a business trip?‘

“You figured I’d have no choice but to give in with everyone pressuring me and Bowen being out of town, right?” she said, her voice dripping with sarcasm.

She shot him a mocking look–she was honestly fed

up with him.

Oliver, pretending not to notice her irritation, put on a surprised face and asked, “Bowen… went on a business trip?

tabs on you two. I want to pursue you, and as far as I’m concerned, Bowen is my biggest obstacle at the moment. So

stand me, but there’s something you should know. I don’t know if Bowen’s on a business

her appetite at his words. Her eyes locked on Oliver, trying to

stare. He was telling the truth–and

was still

her composure. Everything lately had made her more on edge than usual. Before, even if someone had told her Bowen was hiding something, her first instinct wouldn’t have been suspicion–she

he had

doubts proved something: Alvin and the others‘

they trying to do?‘

too uptight. If she kept obsessing over whether Bowen was hiding something, she’d be walking right into Alvin’s

emotionally, she couldn’t help herself; she

stuck to his word and didn’t push to walk her home.

found an email from Vincent–he’d sent the results of his

Jacinta majored in finance at Rithol University

well during her internship and was eventually offered a full–time

seemed normal at